THERE has been so much publicity about Leeman Road and the way the National Rail Museum will take it over to expand, forcing vehicles to drive alternative routes and pedestrians and cyclists on a route around the museum.

Surely Leeman Road is a public highway? How on earth can such as the museum just commandeer a public highway for their own expansion?

Will that set a precedent so that any business and/or resident who wants to expand their property will be able to build across a roadway, thus forcing others to make detours?

Seriously, though, how is it possible that this business can make plans for the closure to the public of a very busy road and expect their plans to be approved, or even considered, by the council?

How can the council even give the plans consideration?

Janet Kitchen-Cooper,

Ashley Park Road, York

Some York buses are ready for scrapheap

It’s about time First York bought some new buses for the city runs as the ones they have are ready for the scrapyard.

I say this because the ones they have are nearly 20 years old.

The heaters on them don’t work in winter and, when it rains, water pours in through the windows and from the roof.

On the buses with

advertising boards on the roof, the seats are like sitting on concrete.

On some buses you can’t see the numbers on the front and back or the destination and on others the steering wheel is held together with tape.

These buses are a disgrace to York.

Ian Trapps,

Alcuin Avenue, York

I hope public access remains at hospital

Irrespective of who the new owners of the Bootham Park Hospital site are (and I sincerely hope it remains

under NHS control), I hope that the public will still

retain the right of way to walk the paths between Bootham and the hospital/Wigginton Road.

This is a pleasant,

pollution-free walk near the city centre.

D M Deamer,

Penleys Grove Street,

Monkgate, York

Is it time to keep our cash under mattress?

THE British Airways

hacking episode raises

serious questions.

With internet banking,

personal information now under threat, and interest rates for savers at a

pathetically low level, could we see the return of bundles of cash being kept under the mattress?

Geoff Robb,

Hunters Close,

Dunnington, York

Meet the Victorians in York Cemetery

Roger Daniel will lead a cemetery stroll visiting the graves of some of the Victorian characters buried in York Cemetery, followed by a tour of the catacombs, at 2pm on Sunday, September 16.

All welcome.

Hazel Hall,

Friend of York Cemetery,

Cemetery Road, York