BARNSLEY Council is to be congratulated in trying to stop and reduce swearing in the town.

I would like to think that the £80 fine will be enforced and act as a deterrent. Far too many people swear far too much and too often. All ages and both sexes are equally at fault. It is just yet another example of falling standards and lack of self-control.

David Quarrie, Lynden Way, Holgate, York.