WHAT an appalling decision Lancaster City Council's cabinet made in cutting the funding to Morecambe's weather station.

Its daily reports appeared in national newspapers and even on national TV, giving the town a much-needed boost.

Morecambe desperately needs all the publicity it can get, and that means the miserly sum needed for this station must be found from somewhere.

Quite often, at this time of year, Morecambe is the sunniest place in the country - something bound to encourage people to come and have a look at a place they may never have seen.

Other times it can be the wettest, but as they say, the only bad publicity... is no publicity!

More importantly, it is a further erosion of Morecambe's identity, and all of us who live here should fight to keep that at all costs!

Cllr Tony Wade, Westgate.