Tetbury CONNECT

The population seems split over these self checkout facilities. Some love them - some have no view about them - and a good many seem to loathe them. Don't we need more service rather than more tech?

Could there be a day when the world doesn't need facial recognition cameras, ANPR systems and fines for doing the merest of things? Who in the world needs these anyway? Should we be asking questions?

Supermarkets are installing self-service check-outs everywhere. And everywhere people like them - but not all people! Some people prefer interacting with real speaking people and won't use them. And you?

People in and around Trowbridge are kicking off about the new spy cameras installed in a town car park. The car park has been sold to new foreign owners and hefty penalties have begun for infringements.

So many peope are unhappy about supermarkets sacking staff in favour of self-service tills. One supermarket - among others - is reversing the unwelcome policy. But what tech are they introducing on us now?

The mayor of Malmesbury is leading the charge to install camera watch in the town. He's keen to spend other people's money it seems - but has no interest in solving the problems. Band-Aid policy rules?

People will be asking - what's this all about? Free access to the park - without a pass - has been in place forever. So why the change to people having to register to enter? How do they explain this?

Does it feel like we're being surveilled constantly to you? There's ULEZ and practices like it and supermarkets - like Waitrose - filming you at the self-service checkout. Is this really China by the backdoor?

Convenience is a great thing - but at what cost? Self-checkouts are on the march because there are too few manned checkouts. Supermarkets are planning to go faceless. Is there is more to life than money?