I AM writing to tell you how appalled I am with St Helens and Knowsley Health regarding our old friends, the head lice.

This is a problem which is not going to go away, not even with the bug buster (if I could afford the £23.99 to buy it!).

As a single mother of three, with a small income, would I really take the risk of Social Services knocking on my door to inform me that I have committed an offence of child abuse - yes child abuse. In May, 1997, I started a campaign to re-instate 'Nitty Nora the bug explorer' (the nit nurse). I now have more than 3,000 signatures and shall not stop until our nit nurse is back in our schools free of charge.

People may say a nit nurse is abusing our children. So what is a bug buster doing? Killing the head lice, yes, but NOT the eggs. So where did the chicken come from? An egg!

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