Flood bills will hit less well-off

ALTHOUGH I agree that the flood defences need urgent action (Yorkshire Post, February 18), I am concerned that increasing bills for water are not fair for many families on low and fixed incomes.

Water bills have risen greatly over the years and what was once a small payment for a product we seem to get a lot of now seems to be increasing with no end in sight.

Not poverty but neglect

From: Beryl Williams, School Hill, Wakefield.

I READ recently how a nutritionist was trying to educate poor schoolchildren who had never seen a carrot and didn’t know what one looked like.

This state of affairs is usually blamed on poverty. But I wouldn’t mind betting that every single child knew what a cigarette looked like. This isn’t poverty, it is neglect. Cigarettes cost far more than carrots.

Soap opera of Royal wedding

From: Andrew Mercer, Oxford Road, Guiseley.

CAN anyone explain what David Beckham and his wife have done to merit a VIP invitation to the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton?

This wedding is rapidly becoming a soap opera – at great expense to the nation. Why couldn’t the couple have organised a small, dignified ceremony in Windsor free from celebrity endorsement?

Eloquent Hutton

From: Chris G Boddy, Springfield Lane, Kirkbymoorside.

Whichever Yorkshire accent Len Hutton used (Yorkshire Post, February 19), his cover driving always spoke most eloquently on his behalf.