No factory should be allowed to emit such disgusting odours into a residential area.

Councillor Flatman, the environment agency and Sir Michael Lord's office have said this is an ongoing issue and have expressed their support.

We also have been approached by many residents of Eye who are fed up, frustrated and want something done as soon as possible about the smell of dead poultry in their homes and wholeheartedly support us.

Why because a factory has been there for a long period of time should anyone accept the terrible odour permeating their homes?

For two people who do not even live in Eye to take such exception to us trying to help residents who actually do live here and personally attack us and our attempt to do something positive is a little suspicious. To say that Grampian Foods have bent over backwards to accommodate Eye is laughable.

None of the comments will help clean the air in Eye and that is all we are interested in. We will carry on until Grampian Foods take full responsibility and put a full stop to this revolting problem.

Lucy Gleeson (partner of Andy Henderson), Eye

How interesting that Caroline Prior, of Oakley, and Mrs D Ball, of Brome, should feel qualified to criticise Mr Henderson's action regarding the hazardous stench, we the residents of Eye, have to endure.

And how very sad they have chosen to launch a personal vitriolic attack on Mr Henderson.

Does this suggest a vested interest in Grampian Foods or is it merely social ineptness?

Whatever the motive, it is not the issue, which is that we in Eye are the victims of an ongoing environmental health problem that has to be resolved.

J Gleeson, Eye

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Meadow blight is exaggerated

Diss Cricket Club deserve congratulations for gaining promotion to the Premier Division of Norfolk cricket, but their proposal to fence Rectory Meadow is inappropriate.

The club say Rectory Meadow is a dangerous place, where safety cannot be guaranteed. As someone who lives beside the Meadow, I do not recognise the extreme picture they present.

They are fortunate to occupy a town centre site with parking and local facilities (and where they have been able to build a club house), provided at affordable cost by a supportive town council. It is hard to imagine where they could find another such site in the locality, totally free from casual vandalism.

The proposed secure fence would destroy the appearance of an open space which a 1993 South Norfolk Local Plan identified as "considered to make a significant contribution to the town's form and character", and restrict the many local residents who walk on it and enjoy a range of leisure activities throughout the year.

J Bootman, The Entry, Diss