Welcome to glorious Sutton where the local council like to promote continental-style outdoor eating.

One modest size eat in or takeaway restaurant I know pays £10,000 per year council tax. Almost £1,000 to have their rubbish taken away and, most astonishingly, wait for it, £600 for six months to put a few tables and chairs on the pavement outside, where quite often a lorry will park to unload and block their view.

Over to you Sutton Council. Why this outrageous charge for the little time they are there with the weather we have?

RAY HORRY Sutton