NOW that a combination of increases in council tax and police precept - the latter having increased in two years by 117 per cent - has wiped out state pension increases for this year, perhaps I may be lucky enough to see something I have not seen for over 25 years in Haxby - a policeman on foot.

N Ashcroft,

Sandyland,

Haxby, York.

Updated: 10:21 Friday, March 28, 2003