http://www.halesowennews.co.uk/news/yourletters/ Halesowen News /news/yourletters/ en-gb Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:25:33 +0000 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:25:33 +0000 http://www.halesowennews.co.uk/news/yourletters/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk (Nigel Vincent) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) http://www.halesowennews.co.uk/resources/images/1006894/?type=rsslogo http://www.halesowennews.co.uk/news/yourletters/ http://www.halesowennews.co.uk/news/yourletters/5056750.A_green_agenda/?ref=rss With the general election fast approaching, now is the time to ask those who aspire to be our MPs in the future what they will do if they are elected. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:13:32 +0000 9ec6170ed8a821c0afd428337846687e http://www.halesowennews.co.uk/news/yourletters/5056741.Prefer_subway_upgrade/?ref=rss Filling in the Earls roundabout subway, another madcap idea. Whoever suggested pelican crossings would be safer? Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:12:08 +0000 18201d337ccfa8781c6cf029edf9db30 http://www.halesowennews.co.uk/news/yourletters/5056675.Filling_in__Earls_subway_won___t_save_money_/?ref=rss I have a few comments on The Earls roundabout subway-filling. Firstly, as the subway has existed for decades why have Dudley chosen this time of economic hardship to decide to fill it in; I thought everyone was supposed to be cutting back? Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:59:25 +0000 4e32587be03ec552c5660a877da830fc http://www.halesowennews.co.uk/news/yourletters/5056609.We_should_reject_ridiculous_police_spending/?ref=rss Once again we are experiencing a 'phenomena' peculiar to the British way of life where we employ a new 'figurehead' for one of our 'agencies' and who comes into our employment with the mentality of 'a new broom to sweep clean! Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:44:40 +0000 c97216ea126f42e444b994c609a99b9a http://www.halesowennews.co.uk/news/yourletters/5042682.Business_know_how_is_an_asset/?ref=rss Thank you to Elena Paikkou for inviting me to give more detail about my business experience. I hope I can set her mind at rest. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:22:52 +0000 db22030d29e6b5a5b723606584f31b83 http://www.halesowennews.co.uk/news/yourletters/5042687.Statue_won___t_fix_island___s_problems/?ref=rss OK – I can’t stay a silent majority any longer. After reading Cllr Ray Burston’s defence for the A456 Grange island, I feel the need to share the perspective from one of the majority that this improvement has failed to serve. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:23:18 +0000 cb83a0183e3ec822c08f228bba229257 http://www.halesowennews.co.uk/news/yourletters/5042656.Bin_bags_danger/?ref=rss Whilst travelling as a car passenger along Halesowen Road, Old Hill, on Wednesday February 24 about 9.15am I noticed some refuse sacks were blocking the pavement. Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:15:23 +0000 4d201a18d78e162dcb591459e8f211a3 http://www.halesowennews.co.uk/news/yourletters/5036620.First_class_treatment/?ref=rss Let’s hear some good news for a change about Russells Hall Hospital. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:07:11 +0000 8153a2755cad3e4ae2ff2c31b21dd62c http://www.halesowennews.co.uk/news/yourletters/5036682.Exerting_pressure_will_lead_to_change/?ref=rss I would like to comment on Mrs J Garfield’s warning about electing a Tory Government. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:36:18 +0000 bd761dbd96b55a1db97df7470285f70b http://www.halesowennews.co.uk/news/yourletters/5036434.Our_MP_is_out_of_touch_with_business_world/?ref=rss For those who missed the debate between Halesowen & Rowley Regis MP Sylvia Heal and James Morris the Conservative Prospective Parliamentary Candidate on BBC WM’s Ed Doolan show on February 15, one of the topics was the lack of footfall on Cradley Heath High Street. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:54:07 +0000 4a230ba42ecc88d64b30ae0b1d7cfc8d http://www.halesowennews.co.uk/news/yourletters/5036451.Empty_promises_again/?ref=rss “The tumult and the shouting dies; the captains and the kings depart...” including the councillor and the contractor and the press from Fairmile Road. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:58:25 +0000 9763ac3a98407346703faf133cde7ff6 http://www.halesowennews.co.uk/news/yourletters/5034859.Holes_need_fixing_/?ref=rss We were all (us road users and road tax payers) forced to endure the mayhem and chaos that ensued us with the works at Grange Road island last year. Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:20:46 +0000 d60dbde4b59942d6b82967edeeb5cfb8 http://www.halesowennews.co.uk/news/yourletters/5034866.Lethal_crossing/?ref=rss The new pelican crossing on the Earls Way Island, Halesowen, is a fatality waiting to happen. Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:22:53 +0000 af02e77c11597963fcf5cb0c3cc6c244 http://www.halesowennews.co.uk/news/yourletters/5034874.Car_wash_not_wanted/?ref=rss I agree with Mrs E Poole concerning the car wash that has sprung up on the car park of the Pull public house on the Bromsgrove Road. Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:25:21 +0000 9ebc4f27b39a5e2062292741c212a50c http://www.halesowennews.co.uk/news/yourletters/5034846.Moral_decline_due_to_lack_of_righteousness/?ref=rss I cannot see the relevance of the comments of Tim Weller (Viewpoint 18/02/10) to my assertion that it is “our departure from God which is responsible for the decline morally, socially and spiritually of a once great nation”. Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:16:50 +0000 784b13fd92f6e9193776f8b5d7a06fb1 http://www.halesowennews.co.uk/news/yourletters/5034692.Please_run_to_help_hospice/?ref=rss As the Head of Care at Acorns Children’s Hospice in the Black Country, I would like to appeal to local people to think about taking part in a running event this year and help raise vital funds and awareness to support local children who have life limiting or life threatening illnesses and their families. Many of your readers may well have started the New Year with a personal goal to get fit, if they’re now looking for motivation to stay on track then what better way than by taking part in a fun run, a 10km run or even a marathon, and help to raise funds that support the care of local children. Acorns has guaranteed places in lots of well known events, including the Great North Run, the British 10k and the Berlin Marathon. Perhaps if readers already have a place in an event such as the London Marathon then they could think about supporting their local children’s hospice along the way. Whatever event is of interest, the Acorns event’s team is waiting to here from you. Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:18:49 +0000 026f3bc03d36e0bd595a46a87656d5d7 http://www.halesowennews.co.uk/news/yourletters/5034681.Ethnic_diversity_speech__was_enlightening_/?ref=rss I have just been privileged to listen to an enlightening speech by a truly great orator. Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:16:45 +0000 eaab4037f55b5794d099b8a664e5e047 http://www.halesowennews.co.uk/news/yourletters/5034621.Decorating_island_more_important_than_pedestrian_safety/?ref=rss It is incredible that Dudley Council are proposing that unspent money from the recent Grange Island Safety Scheme should be spent on decorating the Island’s surface with coloured glass, rather than completing the installation of the part installed Puffin pedestrian crossings. Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:52:37 +0000 bc750a6510f1286426e5346e2d2e00e0 http://www.halesowennews.co.uk/news/yourletters/5034643.Regular_overcharging_is_so_unfair/?ref=rss I am writing this to see if anyone else has problems like me with Wilkinson's store in Blackheath. Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:00:17 +0000 377f80ef5d6e1781c5a2b6204525d2ff http://www.halesowennews.co.uk/news/yourletters/5016357.Fill_in_potholes_not_our_subways_please/?ref=rss My wife, daughter and I are dismayed at the filling in of the Earls roundabout subways when we see potholes everywhere, especially the disgraceful road surface on the nearside, eastbound carriageway on the Manor Way (A 456). Thu, 18 Feb 2010 16:02:59 +0000 82361a267f0cd86ee26855ba31546fce