Letter: Weather warning

In THESE days of doom and gloom, it was refreshing to read your light-hearted weather report (8 July). I refer to the weather forecast of that day for the Edinburgh and Lothians, which read: "It will be bright with a mixture of sunny spells and showers. These will be mostly light."

The residents of Edinburgh's Morningside, Colinton and Oxgangs etc would probably now question the accuracy of The Scotsman's forecast, but compared to the mistakes and misdemeanours of another national newspaper, now defunct, I suppose it confirms the fact that no-one - not even a quality, respectable newspaper - is infallible.

IAN McLAREN

Bramdean Rise

Edinburgh