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Generosity is not flagging - thanks

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

THE Soldier, Sailor, Airman and Families Association wishes to thank everyone who donated to the flag day held at the Emsleigh Shopping Centre and Shepperton High Street on February 13.

Here's to the next 60 years of fun

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

MUSIC, laughter, fun and good food were in abundance for the celebration of 60 years since the Darby and Joan club in Laleham opened on 15 January, 1950.

Poetic injustice in a roundabout way

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

There's no way in, there's no way out,

Repel vampires - and stop smoking

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

I WAS working in a pub when I was told to eat garlic because it is good for you so I went to the chemist and bought some garlic capsules.

Vote to help those fighting cancer

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

I AM writing to raise awareness of Macmillan's Vote Cancer Support campaign.

Walking the wall for ms charity

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Thank you for publishing the email from Ruth Horne in your edition of the Staines and Ashford News on March 4.

We know cuts are same as changes

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

AT THE recent Elmbridge Council meeting proposing the budget, the Conservative Leader of the Council, Councillor Roy Taylor, stated they had 'protected front-line services' and 'there were no cuts in services - but changing with the times'.

Crossing borders by the riverside

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

IN THE Riverwatch article by Mort Smith, on February 25, he refers to cutting down "...a lot of trees on the towpath of the Surrey bank of the Thames, near Weybridge".

Helpline for carers gets my support

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

MORE than five million people across the UK care for a loved one, yet shockingly, more than two-thirds of those do not see themselves as carers, and do not register on the radars of health or care organisations.

Now is the time to be a veggie

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

MARCH is veggie month, so if you, or someone you know, has been thinking about going veggie, this is the perfect time to kick the meat habit and open your mind, body and taste buds to the possibilities of new foods and improved health.

Patient safety is our objective

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

I WOULD like to make it very clear that Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust is not putting any patients' lives at risk, as your headline suggests in last week's Surrey Herald (article entitled 'Hospital Trust criticised for not acting on [safety] alerts').

So, show me who wants airtrack...

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

COUNCILLOR Turner-Stewart accuses me of 'political point scoring' (News, February 18). I have to say that I don't see what evidence she can have for this.

Step back in history for ms

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

THE MS Trust is offering an exciting opportunity for people to visit Hadrian's Wall: Britain's Roman frontier, this summer.

'Civil' has nothing to do with this lot

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

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

Empty web house invite to burglars

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

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

Healthy? Not with potholes like this

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

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

Hunting ban has been a success

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

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

Meeting tonight on rat-run moves

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

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

Shepperton - you came out in force

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

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.

South west trains - what happened?

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

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?