Cutting cabin staff is a security risk

BRITISH Airways is proposing to cut cabin staff on long haul flights. With the ever-present threat of terrorism this has to be a bad idea.Read

Legacy that is being squandered

I HAVE sympathy for the unnamed correspondent who expressed concern in last week's edition about the possible demolition of the old county school in Ashford.Read

Thanks for such speedy action

I WROTE to Runnymede Council on October 14 about the litter problem in Gogmore Farm "park".Read

Utter sadness at the loss of life

I WRITE on Remembrance Sunday, wishing to convey the deepest admiration and pride that I have for the bravery and selflessness of our armed forces in Afghanistan, combined with my utter sadness for the tragic and unnecessary losses of our esteemed and immensely valued troops.Read

Where goodwill was not on tap

I READ with disbelief the fullsome review of Roshni's restaurant in Staines that appeared recently in the Staines Informer.Read

Who to blame for overdevelopment?

I AGREE with much of councillor Crabb's letter (November 5) on housing over-development and the criticism he levels at the Conservative-controlled local council for causing it.Read

Horrified by risk to college building

I HAVE just learned that Brooklands College in Ashford is to close in July 2010.Read

Pub flats will be parking purgatory

I WAS reading about the plans for The Station House pub (Chertsey edition, October 27, p15). I agree it is an eyesore and needs to be flattened, but - and this is a big but - what planet do these developers live on?Read

Runners keep fit and fight cancer

I AM writing to thank our runners for taking part in this year's Great South Run and to all your readers who supported them.Read

Students make less trouble than ever

WE WERE concerned to see a number of inaccuracies in your front page story 'Freshers get a police lecture' (Surrey Herald, Egham edition, September 29).Read

Flood relief plan is our third runway

I HAVE just heard that the Environment Agency plans to double the width of the Thames upstream of Shepperton and increase the width of Desborough Cut, as previously done with the Jubilee River.Read

Housing bubble bursts and grows

THE Government's proposals for a crackdown on irresponsible lending are in line with the Spartacus Manifesto and are the wrong way for a socialist government to deal with the problem.Read

Sinister figure by the magazines...

HAS Ashford Tesco been taken over by Voodoo worshippers? I ask this question because of the quite weird - and indeed alarming - skeletons that greet you at the entrance, pictured above, and also further into the shop.Read

Wilshire should meet the people

IT WAS amazing to read Conservative Councillor Jack Pinkerton's defence of David Wilshire (Letters, October 8), as "a modern Conservative committed to transparency and accountability to his constituents".Read

A fine way to get trolleys removed

THE problems caused by shopping trolleys being dumped in rivers (as reported in Staines & Egham News, October 1) have been a long-standing nuisance.Read

Give fuel cash to cancer patients

HAVE you been affected by cancer and had trouble paying your fuel bills? If so, Macmillan Cancer Support would like to hear from you.Read

Is GP cash letter just a sick joke?

A FEW days ago I received a letter from Councillor Peggy Broadhead. I have never been so shocked by a piece of mail in all my life.Read

Let's stop these attacks and meet

I WOULD welcome the opportunity to comment on (rather than reply to) the further personal attack on me in last week's edition.Read

Spur could help to save Stanwell

THE flood plan being consulted on by the Environment Agency is very sound. However, there is one extra point that I think could usefully be considered.Read

We will remember Karla's bright light

I WRITE this letter in response to an article about my niece, Karla Janssen, published on September 9, and a follow-up letter from Phillipa Apthorp published on September 23.Read

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