These young boxers are not louts or thick

8:00am Friday 3rd July 2009

SIR – I must express my complete indignation at an article written by columnist John Phillpott in the Worcester News entitled “Let thugs fight each other in boxing rings”.

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I am bemused by the Buckley saga

8:00am Friday 3rd July 2009

SIR – I’ve been observing the John Buckley saga in bemusement.

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Why does anyone need a bonfire?

8:00am Friday 3rd July 2009

SIR – I am amazed at the amount of people that think it is acceptable to light garden bonfires on hot sunny days when people want to enjoy being outdoors and have their doors and windows open.

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Stop grovelling – they’re dishonest

8:00am Friday 3rd July 2009

SIR – Because of my ‘Time marches on’ situation, I often refer to my Blackie’s Standard Dictionary for enlightenment or verification.

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I buy my books

8:00am Friday 3rd July 2009

SIR – Labour MP Michael Foster gets £97,000 a year salary.

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To heal this mess will take more than plaster

8:00am Thursday 2nd July 2009

SIR – It could not have been easy to choose a new speaker for the House of Commons from the gang of pirates that preside there.

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Police head-cams are a good thing

8:00am Thursday 2nd July 2009

SIR – I think it’s a good thing the police are using head-cams to capture criminal activities on film.

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Let’s have more of these concerts

8:00am Thursday 2nd July 2009

Sir – I have just been to a wonderful gala concert, perfomed at Worcester’s Huntingdon Hall by the Elgar School of Music.

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I care about crime and how we fight it

8:00am Thursday 2nd July 2009

SIR – Jim Evans’ attack on me (Letters, June 20) is just plain weird.

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Give homes away

8:00am Thursday 2nd July 2009

SIR – Every corrupt MP should give their second home to a deserving OAP.

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Why vote if councillors do not keep promises?

8:00am Wednesday 1st July 2009

SIR – What was the point in voting in the last local elections when councillors do not uphold their promises?

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Only Tories pledge to cancel strategy

8:00am Wednesday 1st July 2009

SIR – When all the (sometimes amusing) mud-slinging in your correspondence columns is finally done, what remains as fact in the housing proposals for south Worcestershire?

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John, please think about party move

8:00am Wednesday 1st July 2009

SIR – I am writing in support of John Buckley (Letters, June 25) who wrote that Mr Foster had better watch out.

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About time council built more homes

8:00am Wednesday 1st July 2009

SIR – In this recession the council should be building more council homes because there’s some people on low wages who will never be able to buy a home and we certainly don’t want to get in a mess where people were virtually forced to borrow money, way above what they could afford.

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Ditch plastic bags

8:00am Wednesday 1st July 2009

SIR – Just been watching BBC News with a piece on the dreaded plastic bag.

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You can’t judge councillors just on meetings they attend

8:00am Wednesday 1st July 2009

SIR – Is the sole criteria for evaluating county councillors now to be based purely on the number of formally minuted meetings they attend, or do not attend, as the case may be?

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Serving the people was a great honour

8:00am Wednesday 1st July 2009

SIR – I read with bemusement your article about how often councillors turn up for meetings (June 25) and wish to correct some erroneous conclusions within it.

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This proves nothing much has changed

8:00am Wednesday 1st July 2009

SIR – At the pre-election hustings all the candidates pleading to be the new Commons speaker called for the House to take back power from the executive. “Hear, Hear,” members replied.

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