Latest Letters

  • Enough of tower blocks!
    Published: 17 June, 2010 • ON the latest proposals for the Abbey Area Regeneration, a consultation being co-ordinated by Camden Council and GVA Grimley seems to have ballooned quite rapidly...
  • Unexpected and tragic loss
    Published: 17 June, 2010 • I AM wrought with grief at the loss of our colleague and friend Martin Davies. This is a man who should not have died so young and that he did so...
  • Reclaim the towpath
    Published: 17 June, 2010 • THE sad story about an incompetent cyclist on the canal towpath, killing a gosling was an accident waiting to happen (Letters, June3). It is not just goslings,...
  • Sign the petition
    Published: 17 June, 2010 • I AM grateful for your coverage of the Duke of Hamilton and you can tell from the letters received that its threatened demise is of considerable concern to residents,...
  • A friend and colleague
    Published: 17 June, 2010 • MARTIN Davies’s tragically early death means that we have lost not only a hard working and thoughtful colleague with a razor-sharp mind, but also a good...
  • So many held Martin in high regard
    Published: 17 June, 2010 • THE sad news of Councillor Martin Davies’s sudden death will have come as a terrible shock to very many people living in Camden, but especially to all the local...
  • Gail’s bid for top post
    Published: 17 June, 2010 • IN your comment (Days of Mills and boom are over – but what next? June 10), you mentioned that Gail Cartmail, a senior Unite official, who took part in a...
  • Pet food for thought…
    Published: 17 June, 2010 • ON the same day that the letters about killing unwanted calves appeared in the New Journal (June 10) the BBC TV programme Countryfile had an item about goat...
  • Meeting library users’ concerns
    Published: 17 June, 2010 • AS cabinet member for culture, I have been touring libraries and meeting library user groups regularly in the past few weeks. I am aware that there are a lot of...
  • Peaceful Heath co-existence
    Published: 17 June, 2010 • I AM very sad that Mr Hugo Barnacle’s excellent points are in danger of being lost as another heated debate and in-fighting has begun by the various Heath users...
  • This tragic death highlights need to review procedures
    Published: 17 June, 2010 • I HAVE read your reports about the case of Jennyfer Spencer over the past few months with great sadness and concern. I am glad to see that the local community is...
  • Save our traditional pub
    Published: 17 June, 2010 • I LIVE just a few minutes from the Duke of Hamilton (Fight brewing over pub closure, June 10) and I’m a regular customer. Thank you for the coverage in the...
  • Mr Lewis – an unsung hero of the World Cup
    Published: 17 June, 2010 • WITH all the excitement and coverage of the World Cup, my thoughts this morning turned to Mr Lewis. Mr Lewis was an ordinary man who every spare minute had the...
  • CNJ Comment - A welcome spotlight on inequality and secrecy
    Published: 17 June, 2010 THE aftermath of the scandal over false claims for allowance by MPs last year can be said to have filtered down to the wider shores of local government. A breath of...
  • Estate’s Save All Our Homes campaign says thanks for listening
    Published: 17 June, 2010 • WHEN the new Labour administration took over in Camden things began to look up for the Maiden Lane estate Save All Our Homes campaign. Councillor Julian Fulbrook...