The project had its funding of almost £30,000 taken away as part of last week’s Fairer Scotland cuts.

To say we are angry and disgusted would be putting it mildly.

We serve some of the most vulnerable people in the community and in some instances we are the only support they have been willing or able to access.

The service of advice, information and support plus the self-help groups of sign language, art and craft activities are not provided anywhere else in the local community. Poverty-relieving services, like credit union, are run by our volunteers, and we host vital money advice sessions.

WING provides the summer gala day and Christmas tree ceremony for the local community, an important event for many, which will now end, due to there being no other group or project within this area who is willing or able to take it over.

Are the most vulnerable people in our community to be penalised yet again by the withdrawal of these facilities?

Why? What is the justification for this? — Helen Marshall, Secretary, WING.

We have decided to write a poem about it.

Highwayman

The soup is great, the chicken nuggets are yummy

The clubs are fun and we’re still young

Don’t close them down, they are the heart of the Hilltown

And you will turn our smiles upside down.

Colin is cool with his organic biscuits

Elanie is funny and her soup is yummy

It really fills up our empty tummies

She doesn’t go to the pub she comes to the club.

Jim is the boss, he lets us play pool and that’s so cool

Brenda is sound, just like a golden pound

Martyn’s the man, he plays us jam.

So please, please, please save our Highwayman

It’s the place to be

So why don’t you come along and see.

— Bronwyn, Courtney and Heather, Age 11, Dundee.

However, it’s now been almost two weeks and still no replacement has been found. Every night I drive home to see a group of parents helping children across this busy stretch of road.

Although I appreciate the time and effort they are putting into doing this, it is not a long-term solution and action needs to be taken urgently to rectify the situation.

Dundee City Council says it is struggling to find people to work as lollipop people.

I find this hard to believe. In this economic climate and with all the associated unemployment, it is astonishing there are not more people out there who would be willing to do this job.

There is nothing more important than children’s safety. — Balgillo Resident.

The Tele reported delays of 15 minutes.

The delays were much longer than that. I joined backed-up traffic at 8.40am just before Longforgan and did not emerge at the Swallow roundabout until 9.20.

That is a quite considerable 40-minute delay, which made me very late for my work.

I had assumed, at the time, that this was for urgent and necessary roadworks.

To find out later it was an operation carried out by the police at apparently no notice, was a surprise.

I appreciate the police have a duty to ensure road traffic laws are being abided by.

However, do they have to do so at this time and at this place?

The Swallow roundabout is a bottleneck at the best of times and normal rush hour traffic is bad enough.

I can accept there can be delays caused by accidents and essential maintenance, but these delays were caused by a planned action and could have been avoided.

I suggest that, for any future operation, more thought is given to the road users.

Furthermore, if this is the only available location, then at least implement adequate road markings and perhaps lanes could be separated so that those who need to turn right on to Riverside Drive can do so without being held up along with the northbound traffic? — Late For Work.

I am still working 30 hours a week as a carer, so I drive a lot of miles a week to people’s houses.

I do not use lifts, I run up and down stairs and will continue to do this as long as I can. — Very Fit Pensioner.

We are celebrating 40 years of youth training and still a self-supporting company.

We are holding a ball in the Apex Hotel on Saturday, March 13, to which we invite former members and friends to attend.

For further information, please telephone 01382 816460. — Reader.