• ONE would have more sympathy for those concerned about the potential loss of the Haverstock Hill petrol station (Fears for future of ‘one of the last petrol stations in NW3’, September 21) if it were not the most expensive in the whole area, charging around an outrageous £1.29.9 for a litre of unleaded against £1.17 to £1.19 at others in Camden.

And I am horrified to learn that the ambulance service use it on a regular basis as it is the nearest to the Royal Free.

Presumably that is why they get away with those prices, but just think what it must cost the National Health Service budget at that rate; and ambulance fuel consumption must be quite heavy. Has the ambulance service taken that into account I wonder?

JOHN STRATTON
Thurlow Road, NW3