SIR: I would like to address councillor Baverstock.

As the rates of the Covid infection in Test Valley climb ever higher, I expect any day to hear that rising levels of staff sickness, or enforced isolation will impact on the refuse collection service.

Yet, week after week, our local team turns up, on time, cheerful, helpful and efficient. As a retired manager, I know that such services need a great deal of organisation. So, while we are able to show our appreciation to our local team, please could you congratulate the management and trades union officials behind the scenes, without whose efforts, our local communities would rapidly deteriorate under piles of our refuse.

Lindley Owen

Romsey