RE the correspondence over no bunting or flags for the Jubilee or the Life Festival, for which a lot of the ethnic children had worked hard.

I telephoned the Town Hall and eventually I was informed that it was a policy decision. I told them that I would be contacting my local councillor, and was told: "That is your privilege love, but we make the decisions, not the councillors."

Can I ask Mr Howarth if this is true and, if it is, why are we paying for the councillors?

E Jenkins

Wilmslow Avenue

Bolton