TODAY'S life values nationally... I am extremely concerned that we appear to put everything from politics to sports and foreign affairs before significant information/news such as recent news about the murder of a young person that has recently occurred in the Southampton area.

I have watched BBC news at ten this evening within days of tragedies such as what I describe above. These major events are happening all across our country, why are we not prioritising these significant heinous events before less-important events in life? Are we losing what is important in life, the lives of children?

We seem to be taking these horrendous events in a casual, unimportant and almost accepting manner, and we move on quickly in my view.

From government downwards I feel as a society we are losing the plot..

Local news is dealing with these matters. Where are we nationally?

Mike Earls

Southampton