RESPONDING to comments by Michael Townsend, the agent for the farmer who has applied for a piggery at Badsworth - the objections are not just about the view.

Following the snow last week elderly and disabled residents in our area received a lovely surprise when they all had a bag of sand delivered to their door to improve underfoot conditions on their drives and paths.

I WOULD like to reply to the article ‘Village projects hike up parish precept’ (Express, February 2).

I AM looking for a very dear friend, her name is Ivy Scott, believed to be living in the Castleford area.

IT seems that Wakefield Council has become another member of the hand-wringing set of Cloud Cuckoo Land-ers who appear to reside on another planet, alongside the Bishop of Ripon and Leeds, regarding the £26,000 cap on benefits.

LOCAL schools need to be aware that Sustrans is holding its 2012 ‘Big Pedal’ – the event for all who cycle or scoot to school – in March.

I NOTE over the past weeks a number of letters on the subject of Europe, and the implied questioning of the UK’s continued role within this political union.

At this time of the year we could look forward to an inflation busting council tax demand from Wakefield Met. (which managed to just about double the tax over the last decade).

I HAVE obtained recently a copy of the Hemsworth Town Council newsletter for January 2012 from the local library. It contains an article regarding the lakeside cafe and soft play area.

It is an accepted fact that the village of Upton is always an easy touch for getting unpopular planning decisions through.

The issue of Public Service Pensions has been very much to the fore in the media over recent weeks and yet there is one body of public servants who continue to be denied any pension whatsoever.

I WAS born and bred in Hemsworth and have lived here most of my life.