No consultation on bus changes

I wonder if anyone can explain why the First Bus service 12 is not running down Dodsworth Avenue/Fossway during the day time this week?

The excuse given on posters at the bus stops is the closure of Monkton Road, but surely this closure should not affect the Dodsworth area, as buses could run their normal route to the Byland Avenue junction and then continue on Huntington Road to New Lane?

I would guess that if Dodsworth Avenue were closed it would not stop buses serving the Byland Avenue/Elmfield Avenue loop so why inflict this problem on areas that are not in any way directly affected by the closure?

I have asked First and the council for an explanation but I am still waiting.

It would seem, as usual, the fare paying passengers are the last to be consulted.

A few years ago the council stressed that it was concerned about the falling passenger numbers on this service and even suggested cutting the route (which was vigorously opposed by residents).

Actions such as these will only, inevitably, lead to less bus use and, with council subsidies being trimmed, put extra financial pressures on an already limited service.

Mike Longhurst, Pottery Lane, Heworth, York

Our countryside is drowning in litter

REGARDING litter problems in York: People are responsible for littering along with all these fast food and drink outlets. Everyone seems to be eating/drinking on the hoof. Bins fill up very quickly so littering occurs.

I cannot understand why car drivers and passengers throw their food containers out on to the roadside.

Why not take them home? The countryside is drowning in litter, not just towns, cities and villages.

Our village is well kept by a fantastic few but bins are overflowing.

Some time ago I said to a lady her little girl had dropped her sweet wrapper.

Her response would have done the proverbial fish wife justice.

Parents are responsible for teaching their children by example so do not lay the blame on YCC.

Visitors, shoppers, etc, should take the blame.

Pamela Z Frankland, Hull Road, Dunnington

Keeping best players out is just not cricket

BEFORE competing in the Olympics, Chris Froome spent three weeks competing in the Tour de France. He then spent the same time touring Spain.

Andy Murray has been playing tennis virtually non-stop since Wimbledon. County cricketers love playing the game from April to September. Yet for some obscure reason the ECB at any given opportunity insist on a fit group of players “resting” in preparation for a Tour which does not start until a month after the last home Test match.

For example, Jonny Bairstow and Joe Root not being allowed to play in Yorkshire’s last four-day County match during half of which they could be in the dressing room.

It appears England players today are unduly cossetted, extremely well paid to spend more time off the field of play than on.

To what end, one asks.

Peter Rickaby, West Park, Selby