Apology

The Herald wishes to apologise unreservedly for calling the Liberal Democrat candidate in next month's Brent East by-election a munchkin. We wish to make it clear that Sarah Teather is not a munchkin, nor does she suffer from Munchkin's Syndrome by Proxy through Charles Kennedy. It was purely a coincidence that they were photographed outside the Outpatients Department of the country's leading Munchkin's Syndrome by Proxy treatment centre in Willesden.

We would like to congratulate Ms Teather on drawing attention to the problem of speeding cars on Donnington Road, and ask that she also take All Souls Avenue into account. I had the misfortune to witness a small dog being run over by a speeding car on All Souls Avenue not so long ago. The poor animal was still able to raise its head. It never made a sound but its owner ran screaming into the road, calling its name. I'm deeply sorry to tell you that it had darted into the road on its way to get to the dog that I was walking at the time. I have omitted All Souls Avenue from our walk ever since.

It could have been a child. I have seen a toddler wander into the middle of Donnington Road from the gateless garden of a house on one side. Luckily somebody saved the child on this occasion. Shame on you speeding drivers.

Feargal Mooney