Brown must keep charges promise

IT IS a disgrace that Gordon Brown has not yet acted on his promise to abolish prescription charges for people with long-term conditions.Read

Do something for the community at Christmas

I AM writing to encourage your readers to celebrate a new name on the holiday calendar and do five good things during the five days of 'Twixtmas' - to transform the time between Christmas and the new year.Read

Perhaps our love affair with flying has passed over

REGARDING the British Airways cabin crew dispute, I think we have been here before, if one remembers the problems of the British motor industry and even the coal industry.Read

Spare a thought for neglected children

ALTHOUGH the recession is biting hard and having an impact on our Christmas plans, most of us will still be looking forward to spending time with loved ones, unwrapping presents and having fun.Read

Still time to comment on my health strategy

WITH the new year come resolutions - get fit, go to the gym, take up cycling. As a cyclist, I can vouch for the mental as well as physical benefits of cycling, but not everyone can or wants to get on a bike.Read

Tram is dead - bring on the trolley buses

IT IS nearly Christmas and, while those at Copenhagen have been telling us to buy less and to travel less, AJ Manukyan (Gazette, December 11) wants people not to buy only what they need, but whatever takes their fancy.Read

Website has the facts on drink and drugs

AS A parent, it can be a challenge to help our children make decisions about drink and drugs. But over the party-packed and school-free Christmas holidays, it's especially important that they know and understand the facts.Read

Beware of letters from the ECG

I WISH to warn readers to be careful if receiving a letter from an outfit called the European City Guide (ECG), which appears to offer small businesses a free or cheap "listing" if they fill out a form.Read

Bid to block tower proves popular

AT LAST some good news for Ealing residents.Read

Boris blocking bus pass is bad news

THE Mayor of London has rejected the proposal of a One Hour Bus Ticket, despite recent unanimous support for the proposal from the London Assembly.Read

Donate your £50 tax refund to us

I HAVE a suggestion for anyone wondering how best to spend their £50 council tax cashback this Christmas.Read

Third runway is still not viable

CAMPAIGNERS from HACAN (Heathrow Association for the Control of Aircraft Noise) and NoTRAG (No Third Runway Action Group) are calling on the government to drop its 'fantasy' third runway at Heathrow following the publication of the report on aviation from the government-appointed Committee on Climate Change.Read

We should have all listened to Vince

SYED Kamall, Conservative MEP, makes it sound as though some malevolent force is transferring powers from "our elected Parliament at Westminster to unelected EU institutions in Brussels" (Letters, Dec 11).Read

We want to raise booze awareness

I WRITE to thank your paper for supporting DAAP's annual Drinksense campaign by publicising this on the front page of the Southall Gazette.Read

Acton resident Toby Young and his family

'Steve Pound has got it wrong over academies'

Journalist and author of How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, Toby Young, defends his support for the principle of parents opening schools in competition with the State, after Ealing North MP Steve Pound described the idea as 'impractical'.Read

Don't shout in the shops

THE shops are getting busier and everyone is rushing around preparing for Christmas.Read

Cutting staff will hit our services

I SEE that Ealing Council is planning to cut 65 posts to make savings in next year's budget (Gazette, December 4). But remarkably, this 'will not hit services'.Read

Does anyone remember me

A FRIEND from schooldays has suggested it may be possible for me to have a letter printed seeking out old school-friends. I was born and bred in the Ealing district but have been a New Zealand citizen since 1962! I have made some contacts through the website, Friends Reunited, but would be so pleased if I could 'find' a few more.Read

Don't be cruel at yule

IN THIS festive season full of celebration, parties, laughter and merriment, Animal Aid is asking people to spare a thought for the millions of animals for whom Christmas is a time of fear, exploitation, suffering and death.Read

Emissions - they're all our mission

MANY Londoners will be aware that world leaders from 192 countries are gathering in Copenhagen for what could be the most important international meeting since the Second World War.Read

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