I understand you are considering changing the Manawatu Standard paper deliveries by paper boys and girls to adults using scooters. I am really disappointed to hear this, but even more incredulous is the reason given as to why: health and safety.

A dying patient at Feilding's Ranfurly Manor Hospital and Rest Home lay gasping for breath off and on for several days because the oxygen ran out, and had to be taken to hospital. Two elderly residents with a history of falls weren't properly assessed and kept falling out of bed.

Two hundred dollars promised by Hewlett Packard to Palmerston North man Graham Taverner has made it to his bank account at last. Mr Taverner bought a laptop in March from Warehouse Stationery.The computer came with a promise that HP would pay back $200.

By BONNEVIE, Christian From the papers to the big screen - Duncan Evenson and his shopping trolley are on the path to stardom. Media worldwide are clamouring for a piece of the 19-year-old mechanic and his motorised cage, among them an American producer who wants him to appear in a feature film.

Make a film in 48 non-stop hours. That was the brief for UCOL performing arts school students last weekend, in the 48-hour film festival.