A modest total of £458 received yesterday means that we will have to pull out all the stops next week if we are to reach our target.

Aslef has just completed its annual conference and head office staff have sent in £50 to the Fund - this support is much appreciated.

Our amazing South Yorkshire supporters continue to ply me with cash with £220, partly being funds raised by sale of knitwear (£185) and a collection of £35 from the branch meeting of the National Assembly of Women.

Our archive pieces appearing in the paper have gone down well, with a reader in Blackburn donating £50.

Old friends also pledged £40 in honour of Morris Mason on his 99th birthday. Standing orders of £47 plus £50 from our tireless Leicester organiser and £1 from Leighton Buzzard completed yesterday's gifts.

I think the need for the Morning Star is being demonstrated day after day. Sensationalist reporting and hysterical speculation seem to be the order of the day for the rest of the media and I get the macabre feeling that much of the tabloid press is hoping that something will kick off to confirm their prejudiced view of our society.

The Morning Star believes that unity is strength and all communities must stick together to stop imperialist aggression and the endless attacks on the working class.

That is why we will report the news of your resistance to the ruling-class agenda.

We need contributions to flow into the Fund so that we can keep doing this vital job. Have a good weekend.