I would like to thank all the people who were kind to me when my purse was stolen recently.

Yorkshire Bank, which stopped all my cash cards, the police, who were so kind, people in the council offices who replaced my bus pass free of charge, BHS, where my purse went missing, who took me around the store in case I had dropped it, alas to no avail.

There are still some good people in the world, but also some nasty folk, who would steal from a pensioner.

I hope they have a happy new year spending my money.

D Pearson, Darlington.