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Paying passengers should have priority

10:12am Thursday 28th August 2008

I HAVE had experiences similar to those of David Delaney (Readers Times August 14) travelling through Newport on average about once a week, usually to Reading for Heathrow or Gatwick or to London and occasionally to Bristol Temple Meads for Bristol Airport.

Bluetongue: We must remain vigilant

10:15am Thursday 28th August 2008

THE recent re-emergence of Bluetongue in the Netherlands and large areas of France is a timely reminder to the farming industry of the need to vaccinate and remain vigilant for signs of disease.

Would we be considered cynical?

10:10am Thursday 28th August 2008

WHILE most of us were on holiday or taking time off, a planning application that affects our health, our city, our villages, our countryside and our community has snuck in to catch us unawares.

My friends and I really appreciated his kindness

Joyce Banbury

10:11am Thursday 28th August 2008

I WANT to draw attention to the actions of a Yeoman’s bus driver last Tuesday, August 6.

He served his country and paid his taxes

10:12am Thursday 28th August 2008

I FIND the situation facing my father, who is 92 years old next month, is a disgrace. He has served his country, paid his taxes all his working life and is a very proud man. But he has lost his dignity and has been let down by the state, just because he had the sense to save whatever money he could, for a rainy day, going without the luxries people have today.

Is it not time to join the real world?

10:13am Thursday 28th August 2008

I READ with horror the deficit of £133 million in the council pension fund.

Rock ‘n’ Roots: No option for council

10:13am Thursday 28th August 2008

I WRITE to comment upon the proposed Rock ‘n’ Roots festival in Much Marcle.

Please don’t wait until someone dies

10:14am Thursday 28th August 2008

FOLLOWING the death of my husband, I sponsered a tree at Queenswood, Dinmore, in his memory.

Passengers should not get off train

10:14am Thursday 28th August 2008

Referring to Mr Darwin’s letter (Hereford Times August 7) re FGW’s lack of care to its passengers may I offer some constructive comments and action passengers should take.

Time and money

 Chas Ashby, with his wife’s birthday card. 083311-1

3:30pm Thursday 14th August 2008

TWO birthday cards were posted in Telford on Wednesday, one for Hereford 66 miles away, the other for Melbourne, 10,000 miles away. There was a first-class stamp on the one for Hereford. Melbourne cost £1.67.


National News

Flood fears ease as rains slow

A car drives through flood water on the A167 in Newcastle

Updated 7:29pm Sunday 7th September 2008

Fears of floods crippling Britain have eased overnight despite concerns rain could see water levels continue to rise.


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