Latest Letters

  • And the winner is..
    Published: 17 June, 2011 • I HAVE been searching for the biggest/oldest tree in Islington and I think the winner is a giant specimen in Mary Magdalene Church park (between Holloway and Liverpool...
  • Extend the 20mph ban
    Published: 17 June, 2011 • I KNOW many residents will be shocked by the tragic death of Theresa Lyne following the traffic accident in Hornsey Rise, Archway (Woman killed in minibus accident,...
  • Cuts: the real villains
    Published: 17 June, 2011 • YOUR letter writer seems a bit hard on Islington Borough User Group (iBUG) (Perverse to lose beds, June 10). Most members of iBUG are recognised as suffering from long...
  • Sad day as shop shuts
    Published: 17 June, 2011 • LAST Thursday, Islington Chamber of Commerce (ICoC) was pleased to celebrate the launch of the Islington Fairness Commission final report – an exciting and what...
  • Academy not for us
    Published: 17 June, 2011 • OVER the last weeks some primary schools in Islington have been exploring the educational benefits to pupils of becoming an academy. Pooles Park was one of these. Last...
  • Forget the bottom line, just treasure our precious trees
    Published: 17 June, 2011 • AS a landscape architect and Islington resident, I agree with Meg Howarth that the felling of two plane trees is a worrying precedent (Bleak future for trees, June 10...
  • Why deprive the homeless of a hot and healthy meal?
    Published: 17 June, 2011 • HEALTHY food is important to all of us, but hot nutritious food is especially cherished and valuable to those without homes and adequate incomes.  I read with...
  • A thin line
    Published: 16 June, 2011 • THE cuts the government are imposing on Camden and the rest of the country are starting to bite in depressing and alarming ways.  But this week I was astonished...
  • Wanted: super hero
    Published: 16 June, 2011 • YOU ran a story about the Talacre development (Dangerous sports centre road needs two marshals, April 14). There has been a resounding silence on the necessity for a...
  • We’re sorry they didn’t listen about childcare needs
    Published: 16 June, 2011 • AS a parent at Acol Children’s Centre, I am bitterly disappointed by Camden Council’s decision to close this outstanding (as rated by Ofsted) Sure Start...
  • Cancel these unfair parking fines and give the victims a refund
    Published: 16 June, 2011 • WHY did Councillor Keith Moffitt pay the fine and not put forward representations about the way this has been handled (Fine made me see red, June 9) when the council...
  • Time to look again at the future of ‘meals-on-wheels’
    Published: 16 June, 2011 I WOULD like to set the record straight about our plans for the community meals service (It’s not just about a hot meal, letter from Phoebe Watkins, June 9). As part of...
  • Describing death camps
    Published: 16 June, 2011 • WE would remind those either unaware of the facts or careless in their choice of words, that Auschwitz-Birkenau and other death camps were conceived, built and...
  • Offer cash incentives for people to move to more suitable properties
    Published: 16 June, 2011 • THERE is such unfairness, regarding criteria for council house applications.  I know of many elderly people whose spouses and children have left the family home...
  • We aim to measure the impact of cuts on the vulnerable
    Published: 16 June, 2011 • MAYA De Souza’s letter about Camden’s use of equality impact assessments (June 9) betrays a lack of understanding of both process of measuring and...