HAVING been born, reared and worked in the area, I love Malton. But in recent years it has been left to rack and ruin.

I don’t wish to be a Job’s comforter, but if anyone can perform a miraculous revival of Malton with (at today’s prices) a £2.7 million pound revamp, I will eat hay on Scarborough sands with a donkey.

Ken Holmes, Cliffe Common, Selby.