Readers' letters | York Press

She’s a snow angel

10:03am Tuesday 7th February 2012

I WOULD like to nominate Aleia, age seven, of Fishergate Bar area, as the first snow angel of the year.

It’s a failed policy

10:04am Tuesday 7th February 2012

When is a policy not a policy? Answer: when it has failed because then it was never really a policy, just a target.

Helping the Ear Trust

10:05am Tuesday 7th February 2012

THE Ear Trust needs all the help it can get so that babies born deaf and children in this area of Yorkshire can be given a cochlear implant.

I remember Baldwin

10:05am Tuesday 7th February 2012

FORGOTTEN Stanley Baldwin (Andrew Hitchton, January 24)? I do not think so.

Soul thanks from us

10:06am Tuesday 7th February 2012

THE annual Charity Soul event took place on January 14 at the Royal York Hotel, which kindly sponsored the event.

Allow me to complain...

10:06am Tuesday 7th February 2012

AT THE risk of sounding like a grumpy old woman and taking over from my husband’s letters to the press, I feel I now need to vent my frustration over the actions of fly tippers and litter louts.

Let’s put market where it belongs

10:07am Tuesday 7th February 2012

IS City of York Council blind to the fact that our long-standing Newgate Market is diminishing by the day?

French solution

9:52am Tuesday 7th February 2012

I SUGGEST the problem of TV licence dodgers (The Press, February 1) would be alleviated if we adopted the French system whereby you are automatically billed for your TV licence, along with your community tax. If you do not have a TV, you have to opt out.

No loyalty there

9:53am Tuesday 7th February 2012

DAVID Beckham recently revealed his desire to be the captain of the England 2012 Olympic football team. Without doubt he’s a talented football and media icon. But does he deserve this?

Such bad decisions

9:53am Tuesday 7th February 2012

WHAT kind of a world have some of these politicians and decision makers been brought up in?

Too much hatred

9:54am Tuesday 7th February 2012

I AGREE with Sonja Crisp (Letters, January 27) when she says we should speak out against hatred.

Pure contempt

9:54am Tuesday 7th February 2012

A court-martial has been ordered for the purpose of imprisoning Bradley Manning for the rest of his life.

Oh, call me babe

9:55am Tuesday 7th February 2012

WHAT a joke, objecting to being called ‘babe’ or love by the bus driver or anyone for that matter.

Grease was great

9:56am Tuesday 7th February 2012

NOT even a blizzard last Saturday night could prevent another full house for the final night of Grease at the Manor School theatre.

Badger Hill baiting

9:57am Tuesday 7th February 2012

NOT only is Badger Hill becoming a car park for the university, it is also serving its purpose as a learner-driver training area, with many driving schools plying their trade many times daily. It is not uncommon to see half a dozen at a time on this smallish estate.

Water solution

9:49am Tuesday 7th February 2012

IT’S a damned diabolical disgrace that our water bills are going to rise.

Why not base NHS on German model?

11:58am Monday 6th February 2012

The Coalition Government is trying to radically alter the NHS, save money and make things more efficient and customer friendly.

Simple solution for Clifton Green

11:53am Monday 6th February 2012

YOUR correspondent KA Roworth (Letters, January 25) suggests that cutting back the hedges at Clifton Green which encroach on the footpath would provide sufficient space, with the removal of the cobbles, for a filter lane for cars and room for cyclists.

Ratcliffes sought

11:54am Monday 6th February 2012

I AM looking for ancestors who lived in Yorkshire and Lancashire.

Global warming answer please

11:55am Monday 6th February 2012

GRAHAM SMITH penned an interesting letter in The Press of February 2, but as usual with regard to global warming his quotes were somewhat one-sided.

Kept in the dark over street lights

11:56am Monday 6th February 2012

MY FELLOW rural West York councillors and I are used to hearing from residents angry about the Labour council keeping them in the dark, their plans for the current budget and whether they will join 90 per cent of councils in freezing council tax being one such example.

Splash palace was out of place

11:56am Monday 6th February 2012

I HAVE to disagree with David Wilde (Letters, February 1) regarding the retention of the ‘splash palace’ building.

Wonderful outcome of Remembrance festival

11:57am Monday 6th February 2012

IT was so good to read in The Press (February 1) the news that £10,000 was raised at the Festival of Remembrance at York Barbican in November last year.

Who are you?

11:57am Monday 6th February 2012

IN MY roles as Labour Leader of City of York Council and as a councillor for Holgate Ward, I receive a number of letters about pertinent issues from residents.