Sir.-What are the authorities going to do about the nightly disturbances in Basingstoke town centre?

On practically a daily basis, between the hours of midnight and 3.30am, we are subjected to a tirade of noise, singing, chanting, arguing and abuse.

We also have to observe youths using the area between Crown Heights and The Anvil car park as a toilet, especially in the nearby alleyway, which we have now nicknamed argument alley.

As if this wasn't enough, we have taxi drivers tooting their horns at each other for no apparent reason during all hours of the night (which is illegal between the hours of dusk and dawn), and, only recently, a full-scale row between two drivers developed at 1am about who got to the rank first.

As if the months of nightly angle-grinding on the railway wasn't enough.

Can I suggest that the council installs open-air urinals in "argument alley" and has relationship councillors available in the early hours?

Perhaps the final song played in the clubs should be the last waltz, to hopefully have a calming influence on their patrons before they come and wake us all up.

Also, if someone could teach the taxi drivers how to speak and not shout at each other, we would all be eternally grateful.

If we weren't so tired, maybe we could have a good laugh at these people's antics.

This behaviour would not be tolerated in any other residential location - and we at Crown Heights are not prepared to tolerate it any longer.

-Paul Clarke,
Crown Heights,
Basingstoke.