We get a lot of people jumping up and down to criticise young people, but a group of 12 teenagers from the Challenge Network programme, joined by Richard and Reece Marshall, showed the other side of the coin last week by volunteering to paint the main community room in Thimblemill Library. They made a fabulous job of it too, and the room looks clean and fresh again! Well done to all.

On the subject of the library, Julie McKirdy wants people to note the new opening hours…