I’VE heard it all now. When the hosepipe ban starts this weekend, they are saying shop your neighbour if they are seen watering with a hosepipe.

Don’t these people realise the complications of such a drastic move by a neighbour? We do live next door to each other and it’s good to have a good relationship with our neighbours.

To drop your next-door neighbour in trouble with the water company could cause feuding between families for years to come.

If you want people nicked, then police it yourself.

After all, you have put the water rates up again this year but you expect people to use less.

Anyway don’t try to turn us into a load of informers because you can’t get your act together.

If my neighbour wants to wash his car, best of luck to him. Hope that he does mine at the same time.

P HOWARD (Mr) Brome Place Barton Headington Oxford