HAVING observed Nigel Kerton's quirky reporting over a number of years, it does not surprise me to discover that he thinks that Wiltshire County Council is a charitable organisation.

Perhaps he could come up with a few more ways in which the people can subsidise this body in addition to their council tax.

I have been called many things in my time but never, to my recall, skinflint.

NICHOLAS FOGG

Oxford Street

Marlborough