Letters - September 03, 2016

An archive picture of the roundabout at the junction of Devonshire Road, Red Bank Road, and Bispham Road, in the 1950s. Has the Highway Code changed since it was built?

Roads

Has the Highway Code been changed?

When are the powers-that-be going to sort out the farce of a roundabout at Bispham?

I drive through this roundabout three or four times a day and can never work out why people coming from Bispham Village feel the need to use the right-hand lane when exiting up Devonshire Road.

When I passed my driving test in the late 1980s, the right-hand lane was for straight on or turning right, not turning left. Has the Highway Code changed since the 1980s?

I myself have had quite a few near-misses and would imagine there are a lot more every day...

Some simple fresh road markings would go a long way to resolving the problem.

Simon Marshall

Address supplied

Politics

The UN leads way on disarmament

In reply to Barrie Clayton’s letter of September 1 regarding nuclear disarmament, I do seem to have rattled his cage somewhat!

He clearly does not take my statements seriously, regarding the United Nations vote taken recently about the schedule next year to debate nuclear disarmament.

Many UN Secretary Generals have forged onwards with multi-lateral disarmament through the non-proliferation treaty, despite the reluctance of the UK to participate with the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs.

Indeed, every UN Secretary General has led the cause for disarmament on an intellectual and humanitarian level.

The elimination of nuclear weapons will take time and effort to achieve. It will require some of the brightest and most experienced diplomatic minds to work out how best to make progress, but progress is the will of many of the nations affiliated to it.

The likely introduction of a treaty banning nuclear weapons, supported by a majority of states, will further stigmatise the UK’s nuclear arsenal.

An active civil society in Britain and respect for international humanitarian law causes the UK Government to be more exposed to such pressure than most other nuclear-armed states.

Marjorie Nye

via email

Charity

How baking can help raise some money

The Stroke Association’s fundraising campaign, Give a Hand and Bake, takes place this autumn, and we need budding bakers to get involved.

It doesn’t matter if you’re a seasoned chef or a first time baker – all you’ll need is enthusiasm and a hungry group of friends ready to Give a Hand and Bake for the Stroke Association. Stroke is the UK’s fourth biggest killer, and there are over 157,370 stroke survivors in the North West.

People across the UK will be baking up a storm from October 24-30. For more information, visit www.stroke.org.uk/giveahand.

Chris Larkin

Regional Director

Stroke Association