One night this week, the police were called on two separate occasions for vandalism to the fence.

On the advice of our Police Community Support Officer (PCSO), we started to call in each and every incident so that a pattern could be established of what was happening and when.

We have been turned down for CCTV on the grounds that what we experience is "low level" crime. We do not consider 22 incidents in the space of less than an year to be "low level".

By allowing these offenders to persistently get away with this behaviour, the police are encouraging these youths to escalate their crimes.

This is supported by the fact that there have been two arson incidents that we know of in the last couple of months.

Our MP, Sally Keeble, wrote a letter to the chief superintendent at the end of April but we have heard nothing further since.

When is someone in authority going to realise that the longer this "low level" crime goes unpunished, the more aggressive criminals they will become in the future?
Names and address supplied
but withheld by request.

Bullying issue already tackled
I manage a counselling, information and sexual health service called Time2Talk and we are based in the Abbey building in Daventry.

We take our range of service provision, all free and aimed at 13-25 year olds, into the community and we work in all secondary schools in our district, including many in South Northamptonshire.

We have been around now for just under 20 years. An important and vital part of our work is tackling bullying, either by working with the victims via one-to-one counselling support, or with schools, parents and carers that acknowledge that bullying is an issue.

While we fully appreciate and welcome any work aimed at tackling bullying, it must be remembered that, as well as Time2Talk, a number of other agencies that are registered charities or not-for-profit organisations, among others, have made bullying a key priority and continue to work with individuals and organisations to tackle this ever present and serious issue.

It is not fair to suggest, as your article of May 7 does, that work to tackle bullying hasn't been taking place in the county; it has.

The suggestion in fact denigrates the work of dozens of volunteers and staff that have been working on these issues for many years.

In addition, we did not need to commission research for four years to come to the conclusion that bullying is a major issue in our schools and we accepted, along with many others, years ago that only with the support of young people can bullying be effectively challenged.

Once again, and to reiterate, any work aimed at dealing with bullying is of paramount importance and is to be welcomed but I simply had to point out that the welcome news that Service6 is dedicating more resources to this issue should be placed into context and be seen alongside a range of activities that schools and other organisations have in place.
Andy Nixon,
Manager, Time2Talk, The Abbey, Market Square, Daventry.

You may save life
There are over 7,000 people throughout the world who are desperately in need of a bone marrow transplant.

The Anthony Nolan Trust is continually looking for any young person (particularly males) who are between the ages of 18 to 40 who are willing to give a drop of blood to see if their blood is compatible to the blood of someone who is ill with leukaemia, aplastic anaemia and immune deficiencies. A bone marrow transplant may be the only thing that will save this person's life.

Are there any young people willing to give that drop of blood and join the Anthony Nolan Register?

Contact The Anthony Nolan Trust, Royal Free Hospital, Freepost, Pond Street, London, NW3 4YR or telephone 020 7284 1234 or look at www.anthonynolantrust.co.uk.
David Ball,
Carlton Terrace, Mount Pleasant, Swansea.

Why opposition?
Former Labour councillor Geoff Howes writes (Viewpoint, May 13) in condemnation of the Lib Dems. He outlines achievements when Labour held office and invites comments from the Lib Dems on his criticism and his party record.

As a neutral, perhaps he can provide me with an answer to the following: "Why, if your party functioned in the admirable manner you suggest, are they now in opposition?"

Personal thoughts are a failure to acknowledge error, a symptom his governor Gordon Brown down at HQ appears to suffer.
Mr J J Webb,
Whitegates, West Hunsbury, Northampton.

My blueprint to rescue country
The final words of my letter in November 2005 to Your Say read: "The bleak future will be even blacker under Brown."

In spite of access to the best-brained advisers in the country since 1997, why are we in such dire straits now?

To rescue GB and save us from the brink, here is my blueprint for the Tories to follow, unless it is too late by 2010!
Abolish all tax credits. Make able people work for a living. Those who refuse get a small basic allowance, not live in comfort.

Stop single parents (and some families) making a career from kids by the pramload, who know New Labour will bale them out.

n Make employers, like large supermarkets, pay double wages from their huge profits, instead of lining the pockets of the already rich directors and shareholders (in place of low earnings and credits).

Abandon means-tested Pension Tax Credits, give in place £120 per week minimum to all those who worked long hours for 45 years-plus (without tax credits to boost wages) who should now be rewarded with a comfortable retirement.

Abolish council tax, so that all residents pay for local services in a fairer way by income tax, thereby also saving a fortune in unnecessary bureaucracy.

All this can be afforded by getting rid of the majority of the one million Government staff, who now administer this waste.

Encourage real jobs by restoring our manufacturing base.

Seize some of the obscene profits of the wealthy power and fuel companies to balance out the unrelenting price increases, which much of the public cannot afford.

Stop the abuse of the NHS by foreigners, who have paid nowt in contributions.

Bring back our troops from abroad to protect our borders from illegal immigrants and potential terrorists, already costing us dearly in protecting the public.

Do away with human rights laws and political correctness, so that the police and the judiciary can help victims of crime unfettered.

Withdraw from the EU after the promised referendum. Then stop state benefits going to non-British people, based on our rules.

Issue ID cards so that we know exactly who is in the country.

Install an English Parliament, run by our own countrymen.

Had I managed my own household budget and affairs like New Labour for 11 years, I would be on the street by now!
Keith Jackson,
Tavistock Close,
Northampton.