Full marks to our police for the successful return of the York City Art Gallery paintings.

But not so many marks for the enthusiastic copper who gave a £20 fixed penalty to a volunteer from our village hall when he stopped his car for a couple of minutes to remove a sale notice.

K Elsworth,

Barley Rise,

Strensall,

York.

Converted for the new archive on 30 June 2000. Some images and formatting may have been lost in the conversion.