David Hampden-Smith, of East Portlemouth, Salcombe, writes:

I write as a community first responder based in East Portlemouth with regard to the problems the Salcombe first responders are having with parking in Salcombe.

There is one word that sums up the county council personnel involved – ‘throttlebottoms’.

It is defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary as ­‘innocuously inept and futile persons in public office’.