As stated in the article, the terraced housing in the Highburys have no back gardens and the land was left open as a safe green space for local children to play on. Families in the Highburys have used the land in this way for decades.
The secretary of the PCC states that they "have got to do something with the land and the property." He adds that they "cannot just sit there and watch it decay". Yet this is exactly what they have done.
Since the closure of St Oswalds Church in 2002, local residents have written to the church in large numbers urging them to consider alternative uses for the church which would retain the historic building and the surrounding green open space.
Indeed the Neighbourhood Design Statement for the area that has just been produced by the Far Headingley Village Society after extensive consultations with the community concludes both that the Highbury field should be retained as green open space and that the church building should be retained, ideally for community use.
The church have consistently refused to discuss the future of the building and the land with the community that has cared for and used it over so many years. Instead they seem only to be considering the land's value in terms of pounds, shilling and pence.
Graham Mann, Sandfield Garth, Meanwood, Leeds

Child care is an issue for all parents
I write in reply to the article "Single Parent Dismay," (YEP, January 26).
There are a few important issues that single parent families like D Fuller should be made aware of.
Firstly, as a mother of a two parent family I am too, also going out to a full-time job, and without the help and willingness of my husband who takes charge of the child care we too would be among the thousands of people who are on state welfare.
Has D Fuller and other single parent families ever considered that in some cases child care is a big issue, especially when firstly it costs a fortune and those on low incomes (like ourselves) cannot afford to pay a total stranger to come and look after our children?
I was always led to believe, that parents took on the responsibility to raise and care for their offspring themselves, to which brings me to mention, that we are not that fortunate to have that luxury.
No doubt some single parents have some kind caring friends or family members who are quite happy and willing to take on the chore of caring for the children.
Many of our friends and family members do not live locally and therefore leaves the responsibility of dealing with the child care ourselves.
So as D Fuller informs those "Stay at home parents" to get a job, may they take the time to remember that we two parent families do pay just as much tax and national insurance as single parents.
Mrs J Billings, e-mail, Leeds.

World has failed to learn after Auschwitz
The 60th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz is a time for commemoration and reflection.
The horror that greeted the liberating forces in January, 1945, is something that most of us have shared only through old film footage and photographs.
We can scarcely grasp the scale of the genocide that was perpetrated at Auschwitz and the other death camps around Europe.
Auschwitz is a stain on humanity and a symbol of evil beyond anything we can comprehend.
Those who have visited this place are overwhelmed by its desolation. One can still feel and taste the evil that was carried out there.
The gas chambers, the huts crammed with young and old, the railway tracks that bore the death trains. The watchtowers, the crematoria, the pathetic personal remains of those millions who perished so horribly.
Walking through the gates of Auschwitz was truly to walk through the gates of hell.
Today, we stand with Jewish people across Europe and the world. We think of those who perished, we thank God for those who were liberated and we honour those alive today who survived the horror.
The Holocaust must never be allowed to slip from our collective memory.
Of course, we cannot forget today all those who have perished in genocidal atrocities throughout the world since World War Two.
Rwanda and Cambodia are but two examples of modern day genocide that stir our emotions and make us painfully aware that the world has failed to learn from the lessons of Auschwitz.
Discrimination, prejudice and hatred continue to blight our world.
In this week of remembrance, let us ensure that the failure of humanity to prevent the Holocaust and Auschwitz serves as a warning to all of us who cherish liberty and freedom that we must never forget.
Timothy Kirkhope, Leader of the Conservatives in the European Parliament and Conservative MEP for Yorkshire and the Humber.

Lounge should be a viable proposition
I have lived in Headingley since the late 1980s.
Myself, my wife and my 11-year-old son have regularly supported the Lounge cinema over the years and have always found film showings to be well attended.
Consequently I would like to add my voice to the swelling chorus of protest by local residents against its sudden closure.
My experience of this historic Headingley institution runs contrary to the picture of a poorly attended, loss making business painted by its current owner, and leads me to view the assertion that it is not financially viable with more than a little suspicion.
I believe that assets such as this cinema are too important to communities like Headingley to be held hostage to the vagaries and indifference of business profit margins.
It seems to be yet another symptom of the creeping decline of Headingley as a balanced and thriving residential leeds suburb in favour of an insidious pub/club monoculture with all the attendant problems that implies.
In my opinion, it is the duty of the council, at the very least, to ensure that the Lounge cinema does not go the same way as other amenities in Headingley.
AP West, St Michael's Lane, Headingley, Leeds.

Bloodless fox hunting fun
Hunting has no need to be banned. It could continue without involving foxes.
The huntsmen or women could be split into groups. Someone could go out earlier and lay a variety of trails with a prize for the first group who complete the winning trail. It could still be fun without any blood.
The foxes could be hunted by local means, ie gamekeepers.
J SHEDLOW, Moortown, Leeds.