THE question of families wishing to take holidays in term-time is in the news once again.

IF politicans are going to start punishing people who, without having committed a crime, have inflicted huge economic damage on the country, why stop at bankers?

DO readers realise that the head of BBC Worldwide is on £1million a year and director-general Mark Thompson on £670,000? There there are a bunch of buddies approaching those figures.

Upon reading this morning’s papers, telling everyone about the birthday of a member of the Labour Party, Mr Dennis Skinner’s 80th birthday.

I’ve just been reading in the paper about Rene Johnson.

The YEP should be thanked for its report on the e-petition “Stop the Health Bill”.

THE decisions made in the House of Lords, recently, have exposed the welfare reforms for what they really are.

I NOTICED with concern in your recent papers that you have referred to Woodhouse Moor as Hyde Park on several occasions.

DEPLORABLE that Leeds City Council have plans to reduce the Kirkgate market – the heart of the city. One would have thought that, logically, facilities of the market could be enlarged.

Following your article on Thursday headed “Artwork title spells trouble for city gallery”, I felt I should further reinforce my complaint to the city council via your letters column.

I read with concern, your recent letter from John Roberts regarding the sale of pews from Wakefield Cathedral.

How I empathised with the letter from Mr T Crawford about his memories of battling with Dickens in his schooldays!

Thank you for a tremendous article about the love of Jimmy and Lucy Gittins (YEP, February 13); two wonderful people who have faced adversity head-on and how good to read a day before ‘Valentine’s Day’.

It seems ironic to me that just as I have my first car accident (not my fault) and suffer genuine, agonising whiplash,

I was very interested to read Juliette Bains’ report about Heatons Clothiers at Leeds, as both my parents were employed there when I was a child.

My wife and I had booked tickets to the Leeds Grand Theatre on Saturday to see the opera Julius Caesar in Egypt, produced by Opera North.

Once again, British justice, already the laughing stock of Europe, has been dealt another blow by the European Court of Human Rights, which, overturning a court decision here to extradite a disciple of the late Osama Bin Laden, has completely ignored the recommendations of our judiciary system.

What a tragedy, 100 babies born in Leeds each year are ‘hooked’ on some kind of drug. (YEP, February 9)

I am not a fervent royalist by any stretch of the imagination,

Some people mistakenly refer to Woodhouse Moor as Hyde Park. This is very common among newcomers to the city who are unfamiliar with the area.