SIR - I have not used the city library for a while so I was not aware that security guards were now in place there.

However, it does not surprise me. When I last visited I was inadvertently privy to a deal' openly conducted via mobile phone by one of our hoodies'. I do not expect to have to suffer this type of behaviour. Mr Bird is quite right to be concerned about wandering around the city. However, I am not prepared to be a prisoner in my own house.

C D LEE, Worcester.