THE Daniel O'Donnell fans who camped on Northgate for days, queuing for tickets, must have been delighted by the hospitality they received.

Call me a cynic, but I bet if one of Blackburn's homeless people acquired the luxury of a tent, and set it up outside the Public Halls, yards from the police station, they'd be moved on before they could say 'Pie and peas!'

M TURNER, Shear Brow, Blackburn.

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