Why can’t GPs work nights?

IF policemen, ambulance personnel and firefighters can all work night shifts and weekends, why cannot all the vastly higher-paid GPs?

“Sense of vocation”? Pass the sickbag, Alice. One hard-working hospital doctor equals at least three lazy GPs.

New Look North is improvement

From: Paul Bray, Cawood, North Yorkshire.

IT wasn’t until I read Richard Simpson’s letter (Yorkshire Post, May 25) that I realised why Look North had become so appealing.

It seems Christa Ackroyd has gone and there is some sort of hullabaloo about her being paid for doing nowt. Surprised it’s taken so long for anyone to notice.

Tour de farce

From: D Collins, Scissett, Huddersfield.

NOW that the hysteria has subsided, I hope I can put in my tuppence worth.

Is it actually reasonable for an open top bus tour and civic reception to follow when Bradford City are promoted from the fourth to the third division (Yorkshire Post, May 23)? Premiership, Championship and League One adds up to three for me.

Blazing mad

From: David Treacher, Nelson Road, Hull.

I HEAR about proposed fire service cuts. How do you put a money value on someone’s life? Because that is what it is.

The emergency services are vital and should not be touched by cuts. In the event of a house fire every second counts. It is the smoke that kills – not the fire.

Skye rocket

From: Margaret Webster, Whitechapel Road, Scholes, Cleckheaton.

I FEEL I must take your quick crossword compiler, Roger Squires, to task for the clue 3 Down (Yorkshire Post, May 23) – the Isle of Skye is spelt “Skye” not “Sky”. I do enjoy the quick crossword every day. Keep up the good work.