Grateful for votes
AS a UKIP candidate standing for Redditch South Division in the recent County Council Elections, I would like to take this opportunity of personally thanking all of those constituents who voted for me...
View ArticleThank you for election support
MAY I through the letters page thank the 1,395 people of Arrow Valley West who voted UKIP in the council elections.
View ArticleThank you Juliet
May I through you paper offer my commiserations to Juliet Brunner who has been a fantastic county councillor for Arrow Valley East.
View ArticleMy dad's care was exemplary
I FELT the need to write about the exemplary care my dad received at the Alexandra Hospital.
View ArticleThank you for all who donated
THE Redditch Talking Newspaper for the Blind held a collection at Morrison’s Supermarket in Redditch on Saturday, May 18.
View ArticlePowell views have no place
HOW sad to read DW Gill's revisionist apology (Advertiser, June 5) for Enoch Powell's inflammatory and profoundly misguided speech made in 1968, coincidentally on the anniversary of HItler’s birthday...
View ArticleTime to change for all our good
TO read at long last a reader’s letter (Redditch and Alcester Advertiser June 5), that’s full of praise for a very worldly politician yet so reviled as Enoch Powell after his Rivers Of Blood speech.
View ArticleNo surprise at health proposal
IS it any wonder that health leaders in North Worcestershire are considering joining the Birmingham Trust?
View ArticleTime bus firm got its act together
LAST Tuesday afternoon, my family and I waited for a 57 bus into town. We had our two daughters with us, one of whom was in a pushchair. Three buses went past us, not one of them stopped.
View ArticleWhat's happened to grass cutting?
PEOPLE of Redditch, have you noticed the posters that are going up everywhere? Love where you live.
View ArticleLet's hear it for the youngsters
AS a pensioner I would like to say a word in defence of young people, who are so often given a bad press.
View ArticleIt's our lives which are at stake here
I AGREE with your correspondents I Linford, Geoffrey Kerr and Carl Portman that the services provided by maternity and A&E at the Alexandra Hospital are both excellent and indispensable. My own...
View ArticleLet's use Choose How You Move
AS county councillor for Redditch North, I want to welcome and endorse the Redditch – Choose How You Move project.
View ArticleImmigrants are not to blame
RECENTLY there has been an upsurge in anti-immigration language, condemning innocent, voiceless people who come to this country for various reasons, for the difficulties we face as a result of the...
View ArticleWonderful to see parade by Forces
THANK you to all who took part in the Armed Forces Day parade and service in Redditch on June 29 to show our support for our armed forces. It was wonderful to see all ages, groups and veterans taking...
View ArticleLet’s go for a litter free town
SIX years ago I started picking up litter in Kings Coughton and Alcester, particularly on Priory Road, Birmingham Road and Arden Road.
View ArticleWe should have a dragon boat race
ON Saturday, June 22, I took part in the dragon boat race at Brindley Place in Birmingham, which I must say is a marvellous charity event that attracted thousands of spectators.
View ArticleThank you for your help Karen
I WOULD like to thank Karen Lumley MP for her help regarding the recent debacle of Battens Drive closure due to resurfacing.
View ArticleDisturbing charity advert on the TV
THERE is a very disturbing charity advert being broadcast on the television almost every day which states that about 19,000 children die each day from various causes associated with inadequate living...
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