With regards to the massive £1.7 million to be spent on cycle lanes in Glasgow (Evening Times, June 26).

I would suggest that cyclists should dismount from their bicycles in crowded pedestrian precincts, not doing so is careless and highly dangerous.

They should also refrain from cycling on pavements which have no cycle lane, which is discourteous and against the law, and where pedestrians do have the right of way.

I see cyclists in the city centre but alas they're not on the road where they belong but cycling carefree on the pavements unaware of the danger they pose to small children and older people by their selfish and unjustified actions.

And sadly Police Scotland, on a daily basis, chose to ignore this flouting of the law.

Alan Dougan, Cumbernauld

Excellent care at new hospital

With the recent complaints about the new Southern General Hospital I would like it to be known I have just received a total hip replacement there and from admission until discharge I was treated like a queen.

I feel fair is fair - tell the good parts as well as the bad.

There are bound to be teething problems, give them a chance.

Maria Richmond, Glasgow

Partick Thistle's new mascot may have attracted the wrong kind of attention for his distinctive appearance, to put it mildly, but the crowds of people who gathered in Glasgow city centre (Evening Times, July 1) were certainly pleased to see him.

He might look like he'd had better days, but Kingsley is a crowd pleaser.

And what more could you want from a football team mascot.

Craig Thomson, Glasgow

I was inspired and moved to read the story about Caroline Monaghan who donated a kidney to her husband John.

Sadly donor organs are in such short supply that those who get one are among the lucky ones.

But we can all do our bit to remedy that problem.

The Evening Times must be praised for it's Opt For Life campaign calling for a system of presumed consent.

In the meantime, more of us could sign up to become organ donors in the hope of saving a life like John Monaghan's.

Angela Smith, Coatbridge