I just wanted to say a very big “well done” to Darlington Borough Council staff who have been involved in the planting of the wild flower meadow by the traffic lights at the junction of Haughton and McMullen Road. It’s simply stunning. Let’s have more fields planted in this way.

Julie Jones,Darlington.

WE are all quick to criticise Darlington Borough Council.

I did, last winter when "austerity measures" saw large parts of our park land and open area grass ploughed up and left fallow.

Not quite so. Just look at the wild flower meadows that have been created in Wylam Avenue, Haughton Road, and I guess other parts of town.

None of us like cuts to our local services but just sometimes, something good emerges.

John Young, Darlington