Colourful priest will be sadly missed
I know that I must be among lots of people who were saddened by news of the death of Monsignor Edward Gould. He was my family's parish priest when at St Theresa's on Farringdon Park, Preston, where he endeared himself with his ability to get people to do jobs for him in the church and parish.
My family called him "Fast Eddie", and when we explained to him the reason - we felt he had the gab of a successful car salesman - he roared with laughter.
One of the kindest men I've ever met, when I visited him at Whitehaven, he was surrounded by children at the end of mass. Old and young alike were drawn to his compassion. For the opportunity to have known him, Deo Gratias.

Angela Bentham, Eastgate, Fulwood

Add your thoughts to C-charge debate
We know that Lancashire people are interested in our transport proposals for Manchester, especially those who work in the city.
Details are available for scrutiny on www.gmfuturetransport.co.uk and everyone is invited to submit their views.
Our strategy is clear. If we are to remove transport as a constraint to our economic growth we need to transform the quality of the bus and rail networks so that people travelling to work have the option to leave their cars at home.
We also need to create more space on our road system for our economy to grow.
This is the only way that we will continue to create jobs which are accessible to increasing numbers of people in the North West region.
The charging scheme will be limited to weekday peak hours only - between 7am and 9.30am travelling in and 4 and 6.30pm travelling out.
This is a once in a life-time opportunity to accessing up to £3bn of investment to transform our transport system. We want to be ahead of the game and in so doing maintain our long-term competitive edge.
Doing nothing will slow us down and this will hit the lowest paid the hardest. They are already being priced out of using the car and because public transport at present is inadequate they will be denied access to new job opportunities.
We must change this position.

Sir Howard Bernstein, chief executive,
Manchester City Council

Cabbie in the wrong
In reply to "Imaninindia" (Blogwatch July 9), I sincerely hope that you don't have a driving licence or if you do I hope I do not meet you on any of Preston's roads.
If you look at the picture on the Boulevard with regard to the recent "stand-off" you can clearly see that the bus has right of way because there is traffic parked to the left of the taxi. The road to the left of the bus is clear of parked cars meaning that the taxi should have given way.

The Teacher
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