Robert Booth was quoted as saying city council cleansing workers work until 3.30pm Monday to Friday (Evening Times, April 15).

This is not so. My husband starts at 7am and finishes at 6pm. He has been employed by Glasgow district cleansing for more than 30 years and he is disgusted with them.

Those who work in the cleansing department are hard-working people - they do a dirty job which most of us would turn our noses up at.

Now is it OK to state false truths about working times? The workers of Glasgow district have long since stopped trusting the city fathers.

It's funny this has all started since winning the Commonwealth Games bid. Is there a hidden agenda? NAME and address supplied Division of labour

I welcome the proposed restructuring of Glasgow City Council cleansing and grass-cutting services in particular.

Council workers regularly cut the public grass areas near my flat but ignore the litter lying on them, which is not their responsibility.

Our local street sweeper works hard to look after our area, but only has responsibility for streets and pavements and not the grass areas. So litter continues to lie on the grass. This division of labour makes little sense.

Weekend cleaning would also make a huge difference as this is when many people descend on the city. Leaving litter lying around until Monday morning does little for Glasgow's image. DAVE STEWART Via e-mail New hotel plans

I TOTALLY agree with Mr McGillveray's comment of the day (Evening Times, April 11) on the hotel proposal for Jamaica Street.

When I saw the proposed design of the new hotel my heart sank. I too feel the architects involved have short-changed us.

We are indeed being offered "a giant red glass box" for there are no other words to describe this uninspiring building.

Councillors or planners who have given this proposal the green light need to surely review these plans once again - only this time - with their eyes wide open, then instruct the architects concerned to return to the drawing board.

They have a wonderful site to build upon, why not use it to its fullest potential and provide us with a building that we want to be proud of - showing Glasgow at its very best. A MURPHY Renfrew More city rooms

with regard to more hotel rooms in Glasgow (Evening Times, April 14).

Any time I am in the city centre or attractions such as Kelvingrove I always see plenty of tourists. More hotels means more visitors and this can only be good news.

JKR Lochwinnoch Zombie film treat I worked on the sci-fi film Outpost (Evening Times, April 16) and it's great to see Scottish films getting coverage like this.

The Scottish industry needs as much promotion as it can get. Support Scotland: Go see it! DRAXXMENVONE London WRITE: Evening Times, 200 Renfield Street, Glasgow G2 3QB. Please include your name and address. E-MAIL: letters@eveningtimes.co.uk Please include postal address. TEXT: key in the word 'etletters', leave a space then send your comments to 88010. Max 160 characters. Please include your name or initials and where you're from. Texts cost 25p at all times. HOT TOPIC: Edinburgh sets bus benchmark

Just look at the Lothian Buses service in Edinburgh and wonder how we cannot get a similarly high standard of service in Glasgow.

The service I used to use frequently, now very rarely, was changed several times in terms of route, timetable and frequency. Each change made the commute to work longer and the times were not suitable for a lot of people looking to get to work before nine but after eight.

The buses are mostly old with leaking windows and broken heating. I appreciate buses are not cheap but people will only take a sub-standard service for so long. GLORIOUS FAILURE, Glasgow First claims good value'

I complained to First about its pricing (compared to other European cities) before and its reply was that transport in other countries is heavily subsidised and that First cover a more extensive bus network than many others, therefore it offers "value for money"! CHEESEMONSTER, Glasgow Expensive and slow

First Bus provides surely the most expensive and slowest public transport in Europe and quite often is impossible to get a seat. DAVY_D, Glasgow Public will turn to cars

The roads will be more full of cars than ever. Can we get rid of the bus lanes now? HIGHTOWER, Glasgow Broken promises

I use three bus companies getting to and from work - FirstBus, Citylink and Lothian buses.

Guess which one is always late, uses a poor standard of vehicle and gives poor value for money.

If FirstBus ran half as well as the other two it would be a 100% improvement.

You can complain only so much before you become fed up getting the same promises that never get delivered. AMCG37, Crookston Pure and utter greed

NO surprise First put the fares up again - pure and utter greed. JOHNBOY, Giffnock Take buses off roads

Perhaps if First took some of the buses off the road there would be less congestion, less traffic jams, less pollution and a saving on fuel.

Union and Hope streets resemble a First Bus garage. GEORGE BROWN, Glasgow