'The rising danger from unlawful E-scooter use' - Your Letters plus a 1925 Royal Enfield takes to the road again in a 1976 picture from the archive

Scooters are menace to all

The illegal use of E-scooters on our public roads, pavements and spaces is becoming a real hazard for members of the public.

At around 10.45am Saturday, November 29, my wife was walking on the pavement in Market Street, Stourbridge, about to cross over from the Crown Shopping Centre towards the former Scope charity shop. She was suddenly knocked to the ground by a teenage boy riding an E-scooter along the pavement at speed from Bell Street direction with considerable force, sustaining injuries including two black eyes, cuts and bruising to her head arms and legs. The boy who was white, aged around 15 to 17 wearing a black hoodie and bottoms, stopped at said he was sorry but then left without giving his name or any details.

The police officer, ambulance staff and members of the public were all excellent. My wife is of senior years and is thankfully making a steady recovery. It is time the public are protected against the illegal use of privately owned E-scooters. They should be seized by the police and consigned to car crushers.

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Prophecies are coming true

Trevor Howard, in his letter of November 7, suggested the Government, with its plan to introduce digital ID for workers, might move on to tattooing QR codes on foreheads.

In the Book of Revelation Chapter 13 verses 16-18, it states: “...all people...to receive a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, so that they could not buy or sell unless they had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of its name... that number is 666.”

These words were written c2000 years ago as a prophecy of the events of the “End Times” before the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. And this is not the only end times prophecy coming true. Try reading Matthew 24:6-14, Luke 21:10-19, Revelation 11:18 (end of verse), and 2 Timothy 3:1-4, among many other Biblical references to the end times. All written long ago, some more than 2,500 years ago.

So the question is, are these events coming true in our time? Well, it certainly looks so. How did the Bible writers now about these things? The Bibles tells us, “ ..... scripture is God breathed .....” (2 Timothy 3:16) ie. It comes from God, who knows the end from the beginning and wants us to be prepared. That it is coming true before our eyes shows the truth of it. So when you are Christmas shopping, or giving or receiving presents, or eating a Christmas meal, having a Christmas tipple, or whatever, just remember the reason for the season. Christ came the first time but was rejected and died for the sins of everyone who believes in Him. And He is coming a second time when all the prophecies have come true, not to die, but to impose His rule and to judge the unbelievers and sinful from the true believers. So which side of the fence will you be on? Sitting on the fence is not allowed!

Richard Camp, Wellington

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