Latest Letters

  • Let things be
    Published: 13 Ocotober, 2011 • CAMDEN Council is reverting to its anti-freedom loony left Marxist days. Why shouldn’t people rent out their homes during the Olympics (Fines threat for...
  • Trouble on the towpath
    Published: 13 October, 2011 • THE problem of speeding cyclists on the towpath took up nearly half of the September meeting of the Friends of Regent’s Canal. Cyclists who travel on the...
  • A merger means loss
    Published: 13 October, 2011 • I WOULD strongly echo Sir Torquil Norman’s concerns about the proposed merger of four mental health centres (New Journal, October 6) and also to question how...
  • The ‘psychology’ of bins and dropping rubbish revisited
    Published: 13 October, 2011 • A CITY bank worker has been filming people on a webcam he and his colleagues watch “on a huge screen at the office” (New Journal October 6). The people...
  • Saving a community centre from cuts
    Published: 13 October, 2011 • THE main item for discussion at the annual meeting of the Holly Lodge Community Centre this week is how to raise funding to keep the centre going. Eagle-eyed...
  • Bad idea
    Published: 13 October, 2011 • THANK you to Sir Torquil Norman for bringing the attention to your readers of the proposed Greenwood Place development. A member of my family who has learning...
  • Dogma is blocking progress
    Published: October 6, 2011 • I WAS dismayed to read that the head and governors of Haverstock school have abandoned their consideration of converting to academy status at an early stage, due...
  • Our city is being turned into a giant transport hub
    Published: October 6, 2011 • AS a born Londoner I am sick of the city being knocked about supposedly for the benefit of everyone else from everywhere. To gain “improved”...
  • Rude ride on 24 bus
    Published: October 6, 2011 COULD someone tell me what has happened to our number 24 bus service? Drivers are rude, the buses are never on time and they never go the route they are supposed to. If you...
  • Corporate greed wins again
    Published: October 6, 2011 • THAT the Saatchi proposal makes a contribution to facilities is not in dispute (Council rejects Saatchi development, but Mayor Boris overturns decision, September 22...
  • Thin veneer of consultation before the bill arrives
    Published: October 6, 2011 • I FULLY agree there is a lack of fair representation in matters implicating leaseholders in payments (Feudal system for leaseholders, September 29). There exists a...
  • Cheap but heartless
    Published: October 6, 2011 • MANY of us may suffer temporary or permanent mental anguish (Mum faces six-hour trip to visit her mentally ill son, September 29). So, why is it that cuts to ...
  • White elephant
    Published: October 6, 2011 • DELIGHTED as I am to hear that the would-be developers of the site beside pedestrian College Lane have now given up and are trying to off-load their white...
  • Be proud of rail link
    Published: October 6, 2011 • ANY big infrastructure project will cause significant disruption but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t do it. It’s unlucky for the people who are...
  • Safe inside
    Published: October 6, 2011 • HAVING lived in Maiden Lane for 30 years, I must have gone out at different times to Anita Brooks (For family read gang, September 29). I have never seen children of...