Remember those on the front line

THE other Saturday night, I went out with officers from Surrey Police as they worked the beat in the run-up to the busy Christmas period.Read

Accommodating for cats and flats

THE UK is well known for being a nation of animal lovers, with more than 43 per cent of the population owning pets. There's now a great opportunity for lettings agents to encourage landlords to embrace 'would be' tenants that they might have previously excluded, says NALS (National Approved Letting Scheme).Read

An animal's not just for christmas

CHRISTIAN Aid, Oxfam and other aid agencies are once again tapping into public disquiet over the existence of plenty in the midst of hunger and asking you to make a Christmas gift of a farmed animal to an impoverished person in Africa or in another of the world's poorest regions.Read

Don't forget the unsung heroes

A BIG thank you to volunteers in Elmbridge. There are hundreds of volunteers, of all ages, working with older people, children, animals in our countryside, in offices and museums, to name but a few.Read

Homeless plight was 'self-inflicted'

REGARDING your article in Staines and Ashford News concerning 'homeless mother' on page two.Read

One in five youths still unemployed

I HAVE read with interest the letter 'Council has poor record on youth'.Read

Sally Army needs your old clutter

PUTTING clothing you no longer wear into one of our clothing banks or dropping it into our charity shops is a brilliant way of helping the work of The Salvation Army.Read

To all the fish basket customers

FOLLOWING the success of The Shooting Star Children's Hospice Charity Sunday on December 6, Owen, Dave and all the staff at The Fish Basket, Addlestone, would like to thank the residents of Addlestone and the surrounding areas for all their support in making the day a great success.Read

Trim from the top to save tax rise

SOME comments on last week's report on Runnymede borough's cash crisis.Read

A christmas message from the Mayor of Elmbridge

WINTERTIME mellows us all. I do so hope you all managed to enjoy some time in the warm sunshine, but traditionally it seems that the long evenings are a time for reflection.Read

Holes in the road driving me mad

THE council should stop building speed humps, as we already have them in the shape of sunken manhole covers.Read

Council has poor record on youth

IT IS difficult to justify even the possibility of Surrey county councillors allowing the closure of Brooklands College's Ashford Centre, in Church Road.Read

Credit where due on Seven Hills Road

LIKE, I am sure, most people, I am glad the planned period of closure of Seven Hills Road is being reduced from seven months to 12Read

Taxing situation for low earners?

I NOTICE it emerged last week that the Tories' proposed tax plan to cut Child Tax Credits for households on more than £50,000 per year in total would raise only £45million - not the £400million that they claimed it would.Read

No need to start that ark just yet...

WHATEVER David Wilshire MP may say about 'experts' (December 3), he is not a scientist and therefore not in a position to make factual comments about those who are.Read

Baskets brighten the winter streets

I AM sorry if I bore your readers yet further by returning to the subject of Ashford's hanging baskets, but on emerging from the library the other evening, there were several hanging baskets, complete with winter flowering pansies and greenery, right there in the middle of Ashford's main shopping centre.Read

It is still fun to shop at YMCA

THE YMCA charity had two shops in Staines High Street, but sadly, after two years, the shop at 100 High Street closed last week.Read

Ladies: Hang on to a good name

GOVERNMENT is trying to rob the young of the right to know where they came from. By allowing a person who is not a blood relative/mother/father to sign the birth certificate as parent, the line is lost.Read

Pensioners paying the price - again

I HAVE read with interest the ruling that bank overdraft charges are fair and if you look only at the surface, it would appear to be so.Read

Thanks: No A&E and now, no bus

STANWELLIANS are boiling over with rage at Surrey's decision to axe our bus link with St Peter's hospital.Read

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