Letters

Hospital service

THE NHS often gets bad press and, having worked for it for 34 years, in some cases it is justified.

Last updated 19 December 2012
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Quality care

FURTHER to your report on the oncology day unit at Hexham General Hospital (Courant, November 23), I would like to add a personal note of thanks.

Last updated 19 December 2012
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False promises

CHRISTMAS has come early with Conservative leader Peter Jackson playing Santa (Courant Letters, November 23).

Last updated 12 December 2012
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Great years

AFTER last week’s by-election in Middlesbrough, UKIP leader Nigel Farage claimed his is the only party which can take the fight to Labour in the North-East.

Last updated 12 December 2012
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Cash cow

THE topic of parking charges is now becoming quite a saga within Tynedale and at last the people of the area are beginning to realise the impact it is having on us all.

Last updated 12 December 2012
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Unreliable

I WAS astounded to read that Nick Knox, area managing director for Arriva, was not aware of any notable reliability issues with the 685 service.

Last updated 12 December 2012
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Enlightened

THE Rev. Neil Wilson seems to suggest that, because his views and beliefs are rooted in Anglo Catholicism, he is opposed to the ordination of women as priests and bishops.

Last updated 12 December 2012
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Development designs must be in keeping with conservation area

hxGoodsYard49ct AS chairman of Hexham Civic Society I very much welcome the coverage you have given to our views on two important developments tabled for Hexham (Courant, November 23).

Last updated 12 December 2012
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SIMON Reed was quick enough to criticise others for putting forward policy plans to Northumberland County Council that would actually address some of the issues that matter to local people (Courant Letters, November 30).

Last updated 12 December 2012
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TV signals

AT the same time as our television sets were switched to digital, the wind turbine site at Green Rigg came into operation and since that date, despite expert attention, our television picture freezes (both picture and sound) for a fraction of a second and breaks up. This gives a very distorted view of any programme.

Last updated 5 December 2012
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Deputy post

I’M very concerned to hear that the newly elected police and crime commissioner for Northumbria, Vera Baird, has appointed a deputy.

Last updated 5 December 2012
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Flawed policies

I AM writing in response to Peter Jackson spelling out how the Conservatives would implement their pie-in-the-sky intention to abolish parking charges across Northumberland (Courant Letters, November 23).

Last updated 5 December 2012
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Ruined view

I’M glad to see we have a civic society looking after the interest of Hexham (Courant, November 23).

Last updated 5 December 2012
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Railway site

I AM writing in response Hexham Civic Society’s opposition to the £8m retail park plan for the goods yard next to the railway station.

Last updated 5 December 2012
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Money-spinning

OUR home town is Hexham and we are saddened to see the way it has lost its vibrancy which is most concerning.

Last updated 5 December 2012
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Child friendly

I WAS wondering if you are interested in a story that seems to be affecting a lot of parents in Hexham and around the country.

Last updated 5 December 2012
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Social housing

PETER Arnold claimed that the Labour Party, like the Conservatives, did not believe in social housing (Courant Letters, November 9).

Last updated 5 December 2012
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Why must our new school be saddled with burden of debt?

hxPrudhoeHigh48ct YOU reported that the new Prudhoe Community High School, after its redevelopment in 2015 will start life burdened by significant debt as a consequence to Northumberland County Council’s refusal to pay for equipment and roads (Courant, November 16).

Last updated 5 December 2012
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Remote services

I WAS disturbed to read that the haemorrhaging of highly trained council staff from Hexham to South-EastNorthumberland is still continuing (Courant, November 16).

Last updated 28 November 2012
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