Not so great
Do the residents of Bromsgrove and Redditch want to become part of a newly formed ‘Greater Birmingham’ run by an elected ‘metro mayor’ that’s based on Manchester’s model and run as a single combined...
View ArticleLabour betrayal
Unless Iain Duncan Smith can hold out, the poor and dispossessed, who’ve already seen their benefits reduced, cut altogether, or ‘inadvertently’ delayed for up to six months, are to be still further...
View ArticleCost of caring
KEVIN Drinkwater informs us that foster carers earn £370 per week for one child, ie £19,240.00 per year.
View ArticleGet facts right
IN response to a letter published in Wednesday’s Advertiser of June 24, I would just like to say on behalf of foster carers that Mr Drinkwater may have his facts wrong. I cannot comment with regards...
View ArticleTrip to Palace revives memories
We have not long returned to our home town of Redditch to live, after living in Spain for 11 years. We decided to pay a visit to the old haunts we went to as youngsters so we went to the Redditch...
View ArticleInjured by a very stupid action
JUST a word of warning. I was cycling along the bus lane at about 8.30pm on a Sunday evening (July 12), coming from the direction of the town centre and was not far from Church Hill shops, when I was...
View ArticleChurch concert was a huge success
REDDITCH &Bromsgrove Branch of Parkinson’s UK would like to thank everyone who took part in a most successful concert held at St Stephen’s Church on October10.
View ArticleCarnival much needed in town
HOW wonderful it was to spend most of Carnival Saturday in the town centre, along with so many other people, having such a good time on the fair, listening to the music in the bandstand and wandering...
View ArticleWe can't fault service at Alex
A HUGE thank you to the paramedics who came out to us and all the medical staff at the Alex for all you did for my husband over the three visits he had between August 29 and Sept 10.
View ArticleWe are not all in this together
YOUR government has suggested that the hours of 7am to 10 pm Monday to Saturday should represent normal working hours for junior doctors. Your government also suggests that we are “all in this...
View ArticleGreat support
I AM writing on behalf of all the patients, staff and volunteers at Primrose Hospice to thank you and your readers for their support over the last 12 months.
View ArticleFestival thanks
MAY I please use your letters page to say a big thank you to all the people who came to look at my festival lights, especially those who gave a donation to Barnardos.
View ArticleBattlefield tours
THIS summer marks the centenary of the greatest catastrophe in British military history.
View ArticleNo respect
TO the impatient and aggressive drivers in our community Shocked and upset describes the way you left some parents, leaders and young children who took part in the Headless Cross Guiding and Scouting...
View ArticleBomb not needed
A GREAT deal of media attention has been devoted to whether or not we should renew Trident. Let’s be clear from the outset: this is not some kind of Big Boys’ Club of which we want to stay members,...
View ArticleNot in my name
AS COUNCILLOR Bill Hartnett has agreed to take in refugees, he obviously intends to take some of them into his own residence – or at least he has made plans to help house a few of them with friends...
View ArticleSupport children
I WRITE to you as a concerned parent and resident of Redditch. I fear for the future of the Redditch Children Centres, as it has been reported that the Worcestershire County Council have placed all...
View ArticleNo to refugees
YOU asked in the Advertiser – are you happy with Redditch taking in Syrian refugees – answer NO, Would you let a refugee family live with you – answer NO.
View ArticleMP for here
WITH reference to Karen Lumley’s disappointment at junior doctors’ action, has she considered for a moment how her constituents may be disappointed with her performance?
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