REGARDING Katie Hopikins comments about Ebola in Scotland.

Who has made this wummin a "celebrity?" If you don't agree with her views is it then up to you to have her charged. The best thing is not to give her the time, space or publicity, it just encourages her.

Starve her of all publicity, as as for social media, it keeps showing itself as a platform to weak spineless cowards who post stupid comments then roll in the publicity.

Posted online by John Mclean, Glasgow

WELL done to bosses at Partick Thistle for donating a thousand half-time pies to the homeless in Glasgow after the match against Celtic was cancelled. Amidst all the doom and gloom, it was such a cheering story to read on New Year's Day.

I WAS delighted to read in your paper that Castlemilk Park has been brought back to its former glory at last.

It's about time the locals had somewhere safe they could take the kids without having to go into the city.

I used to live in Castlemilk and I remember it being a no-go area, covered in broken glass and rubbish, with troublesome youths hanging about.

Now I read that local people, community groups and schools are enjoying a whole host of events at the park.

It was actually quite emotional seeing your pictures of children having great fun visiting the park again.

It's all down to the hard work and determination of Mr Richard Bolton, the community woodland officer for Cassiltoun Housing Association, who has reclaimed the park and given it back to the community.

I wish the same thing would happen in my local park, Queen's Park in the South Side of Glasgow.

It's steeped in history and was once a lovely park where children could play and local people could enjoy this amenity but now it seems to be a den for gangs of kids.

No-one seems to be bothered about it any more and it has gradually been allowed to go downhill.

If the park had a woodland officer like Mr Bolton I bet it would be a much better, cleaner and safer place for the locals to enjoy.

Brown, Queen's Park, Glasgow