Majority hurt by the few

WHEN closing a road, due to crime (usually law enforcement concerns), one must consider all relevant facts.

A study by Ronald V Clarke Closing Streets and Alleys To Reduce Crime: Should You Go Down This Road?, is a very interesting and well researched paper that all concerned parties should read.

Because a few negate their responsibilities as a parent, the majority should not have to suffer the consequences.

As for council, stick to traffic management, CCTV installation and better lighting and leave the law enforcement to police. Ross Morton, Mt Sheridan 1525: Spanish army, using muskets for first time in war, route French and Swiss forces at Pavia, Italy, as 14,000 men are slain in battle. 1771: Encyclopaedia Britannica first

published. 1875: Steamer Gotenburg hits a reef

south of Townsville, 102 die. 1887: Paris and Brussels become the first two capital cities to be linked by telephone. 1905: Death of French novelist Jules

Verne. 1920: Nazi Party is organised in

Germany. 1946: Juan Peron (above) is elected for first of three presidential terms in Argentina. 1981: Buckingham Palace announces the engagement of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer. 2004: A 6.5-magnitude earthquake rocks a region of northern Morocco, killing more than 550 people and rendering 30,000 homeless.