I WOULD like to thank a chap from Accrington called Derek who returned my mobile phone after I dropped it in Sunnyhurst Woods in Darwen a few weeks ago.

I sometimes think that this is a cruel and cynical world and that we always think the worst of people and believe that everyone is in it for what they can get for themselves.

Well, Derek made me realise that not all people are selfish. He traced me through numbers in my phone and he didn't even want anything for his trouble.

On the other hand, ....someone has got (I won't say 'stolen' because it was possibly 'left somewhere') my daughter's mobile phone.

They pick it up when I call the number. I have left messages with my home number but, obviously, whoever has it isn't a 'Derek' and has no conscience.

LISA BIRTH (Mrs), Dale View, Craven's Brow, Blackburn.