'Civil' has nothing to do with this lot

I FULLY support the proposal for motorists to be able to appeal to an independent tribunal with regards to rogue clampers.Read

Empty web house invite to burglars

THE other morning, a civilian burglary investigating officer working for Surrey Police called upon us and our neighbours.Read

Healthy? Not with potholes like this

I READ in the newspaper that the Elmbridge part of Surrey was very healthy to live in, and people live longer.Read

Hunting ban has been a success

THIS week marks five years since the cruelty of hunting with dogs was made illegal in this country.Read

Meeting tonight on rat-run moves

FURTHER to the report last week, 'Council's solution to a rat-run under fire'.Read

Shepperton - you came out in force

ON BEHALF of the Soldiers Sailors Airman Families Association, SSAFA 'Forces Help', I would like to express their thanks for the generous donations people made in Shepperton on Saturday, February 13, as part of SSAFA's 125th anniversary street collection.Read

South west trains - what happened?

NOW the independent report into the failings of Eurostar on December 18-19 has been published and recommendations made, is it too much to hope that a similar independent report may be undertaken into the chaos which occurred on South West Trains on January 7?Read

Bus service always in reverse gear

WHILE I sympathise with Caroline Bird (Surrey Herald, February 4) and her problems about her children's route to school if bus changes are implemented, I would like to point out that to many of us in the borough, who do not possess a car, this comes as no surprise as we are well accustomed to being victimised by this deteriorating 'service' for years.Read

Green Belt threat can be reversed

I REFER to the article in last week's paper about the 'inevitability' of 300 acres of Green Belt at the former MoD site in Longcross being released.Read

Sacrificing truth for point-scoring

I WRITE with reference to the letter from Andrew McLuskey in the edition dated February 11, headed 'Toothless meeting over crucial issues', as chairman of the Surrey County Council local committee in Spelthorne.Read

Stroke centre is an inspired move

TO BE rushed by ambulance to hospital as an emergency stroke patient is not the best journey that I have ever taken.Read

Where Sir Cliff can put a conservatory

IN LAST weeks paper there was an item about Runnymede Council telling Cliff Richard to pull down his conservatory because it was in the Green Belt and in this week's news the same council is going to sacrifice 300 acres of Green Belt to build 2,500 houses.Read

Village library refit is shelved

THE planned closure of Hersham Library for six weeks for a refit has been cancelled, just two days before the work was due to start.Read

Discouraging play is just not cricket

I WAS bowled over to read Englefield Green Cricket Club's David Deville say that the green is the wrong location for a new children's playground. Read

Petition should not have led to inquiry

WITH regard to the public inquiry at Savill Court, into the Englefield Green playground, when ratepayers' money is being spent, there must a measure of accountability.Read

Policeman makes for a quieter place

IN RESPONSE to your article, 'No easy answers for trouble-struck estate', (Walton & Weybridge Herald, January 14), regarding St John's Estate in Walton, I would like to support PC Andy Kim.Read

Toothless meeting over crucial issues

ON THE showing of the Surrey County Council local committee on Thursday February 4 - with a couple of notable exceptions - it would have difficulty in saying 'boo' to a goose.Read

Why all our buses must be left alone

AT THE last meeting of Ottershaw WI, I was asked to write to Surrey County Council on behalf of the president and members concerning the fact that we feel our village bus service will, in fact, deteriorate considerably if the proposed changes are agreed.Read

A pledge Tories will never honour

LABOUR'S policy is to welcome expansion of Heathrow, while safeguarding our environment.Read

Bus service axe is retrograde step

I AM a resident in Shepperton and both my children use public transport to get to school each day. At 14 and 16, I feel it is important to get them used to public transport as part of their growing independence and for environmental reasons.Read

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