CONGRATULATIONS to all the winners and entrants to Malvern in Bloom and commiserations to Whinray Coates for her disappointment that there were so few entries from Malvern Link and Barnards Green.

Could this be due to the fact that the traders are so dejected by being treated as the 'poor relation' for so long in important matters and fobbed off with a monstrous monument in Barnards Green and a wasteful water feature in Malvern Link?

It is time that the councillors showed some respect and consideration to Barnards Green and Malvern Link and that they also listened to the people of Malvern when spending their money!

MRS K E PETCH, Pickersleigh Avenue, Malvern.