A whale of contention

IN the report “Warmer waters attract more unusual visitors” (Yorkshire Post, April 14), you report that killer whales had been sighted off the coast of Filey and that it was the first occasion on which the species had been spotted in the region’s waters.

On February 2, 1935 the Hull Daily Mail reported that a man giving a lecture had said that a few years previously he had seen three killer whales off Filey Brigg, and that he and his companion had stepped back 20 yards as the whales could have flicked them off the Brigg with their tails, and that the whales had hung around for some time.

Steeled up for emissions fight

From: Mike Gillson, Quarry Lane, Batley.

IT’S great news to hear that over 1,000 jobs are to be created in Middlesbrough when a redundant steel mill is re-opened. Or is it? The carbon dioxide emissions from the blast furnace will increase the carbon footprint of the UK. How will the current government ensure that the reduction of emissions, written into law by the last government, are realised?

Will it introduce a new green tax? I fear some extra windmills will have to be built, possibly on Thornton Moor in the heart of Brontë country.

Canon fodder

From: Elisabeth Baker, Broomhill Crescent, Leeds.

I WAS interested to read in the obituary of Janey Compton (Yorkshire Post, April 14) that, during the Irish troubles, her grandparents’ home in Northern Ireland had canons (sic) to protect it. How did they achieve this? Did they surround the house, praying for deliverance?

Peace at last?

From: Roger Dobson, Ash Street, Cross Hills, Keighley.

NOW that the commemoration of 100 years of the sinking of the Titanic has been and gone, may she and all who sailed in her rest in peace.