I CONGRATULATE the members of the Hereford Guild of Guides for their protest in high town about the fire damaged site near to the Old House.

How can the council defend its decision not to take enforcement action to speed up the redevelopment of the site? It has been an eyesore for more than two years.

Another eyesore is the row of derelict cottages opposite the station in St Owen’s Street.

Come on, Herefordshire Council, let us see improvement in the old city before the completion of the new shopping centre.

BRIAN HUBBARD, Dorchester Way, Hereford.