Bin used to deter pavement parking leads to prosecution warning - your letters, plus a throwback to Easter camp 1983 on Cannock Chase

Bin warning is just rubbish

I have just received a notice of possible prosecution for placing my old, disused bin outside my property.

I have done so in order to prevent pavement parking outside my front garden.

It has been done so I can gain access to my front path and cross the road in safety, or access a taxi, delivery parcels etc, or for building materials such as sand, soil, gravel, and timber delivered by crane.

How do residents know it is illegal to place bins or bollards outside their properties to prevent people parking on pavements?

Who informs us, and how and when rules change? It appears that nobody—not the council—tells us.

How does the taxpayer know? We don’t. So stealth fines etc.

Derek Griffiths, Wolverhampton

Baggies woes go far back

With regard to the Express & Star article by Jonny Drury on who is to blame for the current state of affairs at West Bromwich Albion, I would respectfully suggest that he is pointing the finger at the wrong people.

The real culprits are the two previous owners, who between them ran the club into the ground financially. The present owners should be thanked for saving the club from extinction.

During the last 12–15 months, 10 quality players have had to leave the club; six were sold and four others did not have their contracts extended because they were among the highest wage earners. It is true that some players are performing below the standard required, but when you see your talented teammates leaving, it does have an effect.

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The Don is full of one liners

He has his critics but no one can deny, the Don can be the sort of fun guy you'd spend a night with in the pub.

Every day we have sparkling one liners such as " Let’s bomb Kharg Island for fun."

Last week it was his Basil Fawlty, "don't mention the war" moment.

With the Japanese PM at his side he joked that surprise was a major factor in the attack on Iran.

He went on to make the point that, with the attack on Pearl Harbour in the Second World War, the Japanese would know a thing or two about surprise.

Obviously the Japanese PM had no sense of humour judging by the expression on her face.

What a comedian Donald Trump is!

Alan M Etheridge, Sedgley

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