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• WESTMINSTER Conservatives say they plan to cut £2.2million from the education budget over the next two years and, at the same time, increase the number of pupils achieving five good...
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• THERE is a simple solution to the problem of vehicles in the ‘bike box’ at traffic lights (Cyclist killed by dustcart that strayed into ‘bike box’, January 1). When a...
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• COUNCILLOR Ursula Woolley wonders why Better Archway Forum thinks she and other councillors are “trying to attract a big retail scheme” to Archway (MP warns: Stop looking for a...
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• I OWN a flat on the Highbury Quadrant estate, which was my home until 2007 when I moved to Scotland. Instead of selling the flat in 2007, I rented it out because I wasn’t sure if my move...
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• THE news that the accident and emergency department of Whittington Hospital may be closed is indeed shocking. I have had very good treatment there over the years as an outpatient.
It serves...
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• THANK you for the Tribune’s support in the battle for 24-hour heating (Estates win battle for 24-hour heat, January 8). The good news is that one of the boilers that serve the Redbrick...
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• THE Friends of Gillespie Park welcomed the council’s decision a few years ago to erect a wind turbine in the park, as a modest but nevertheless helpful step towards producing sustainable...
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• JENNIE and I thank everyone for coming to the funeral service for Harry Horne-Roberts. To see so many of Harry’s friends was a great comfort to us. Speaking to people afterwards,...
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• WITH Britain in the grip of the coldest winter for 30 years, extraordinary efforts are being made by council employees to keep services running. All credit to them. It’s all the more...
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A CAUTIONARY TALE
This week ‘Dignity Ambassador’ Michael Parkinson condemned standards of care for the elderly in hospitals and care homes. Caroline Leigh (above), a local volunteer for...
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• I HAD the misfortune to mislay my keys last week, including that to the communal door of my block of flats.
Eventually I gained access to my property, having had the foresight to leave a...
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• THANK you for the Christmas hampers donated by the New Journal and readers.
Receiving a hamper filled with luxuries that people would not be able to afford themselves has made a real...
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• IT’S good news that we may get 63 new council homes built.
It shows that if you fight you can get results.
But it doesn’t give us the money to improve existing homes, and...
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• THE letter (Medical science is a boon to all humanity, December 31) was entirely correct in responding to the letter the previous week about the value of medical science.
But the debate is...
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• I SYMPATHISE with A McCarthy (Letters, January 7), the building of the research centre at King’s Cross will be a great inconvenience, and views will be lost all around when the new...
