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Not alone on this at all

11:32am Friday 24th May 2013

I SHALL have to agree to differ with Mr Visser and Mr King (past letters).

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Concrete example of wrong approach

11:32am Friday 24th May 2013

AFTER reading the article regarding the ‘revamp’ of King’s Square (The Press, May 17), I was at a loss as to how anyone could form an opinion on £500,000-worth of work based on a drawing, large areas of which seem to show no detail whatsoever.

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That was a long ride

11:31am Friday 24th May 2013

I WITNESSED the Duke of York depart his luxurious York hotel on Wednesday and undergo the long and torturous chauffer-driven car journey to York Minster no more than a stone’s throw away in order to grace everyone with his presence at the service to honour those who took part in the Battle of Kohima.

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Dangers of stimulus

11:31am Friday 24th May 2013

SOME years ago the two biggest building societies in USA, affectionately known as “Freddie Mac” and “Fanny Mae”, were asked by the American Government to push mortgages to stimulate the economy with the promise to back the two societies with Treasury money.

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Sounds like democracy

11:32am Friday 24th May 2013

IT IS possible that those readers who describe the European Union as undemocratic have not studied the constitution of the EU.

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Junction dangers

11:30am Friday 24th May 2013

ONE evening recently I cycled on a 15-minute ride from Holgate via Water End to Bootham.

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Chaos to come

11:30am Friday 24th May 2013

AFTER Mill Lane in Heworth closed yet again to traffic on May 18, the traffic tailbacks in Heworth Road and Malton Road have been horrendous.

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These lights hold up the traffic

11:31am Friday 24th May 2013

COULD anyone in the traffic-planning department at City of York Council explain the idea of having traffic lights on green for eight seconds?

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Natural thanks

11:29am Friday 24th May 2013

I’D LIKE to thank all the experts and nature enthusiasts of all ages (from two to more than 60) who helped find and identify at least 198 species of wildlife on St Nicholas Fields Nature Reserve during the Nature Counts events last weekend.

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Dirty old Britain

11:30am Friday 24th May 2013

THE letters about litter in York are quite right.

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Herd mentality

11:29am Friday 24th May 2013

I WAS so sorry to see that Coun Tracey Simpson-Laing, deputy leader of City of York Council and Cabinet Member for extremely long titles, took my letter regarding housing for ‘Show People’ in Salisbury Terrace so seriously (Letters, May 22).

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Trust has site land in its own backyard

11:34am Thursday 23rd May 2013

READING in The Press (May 15) the comprehensive article about the residents of Dunnington’s objections to the proposal for a travellers’ site in their village, I was interested to learn that the Travellers’ Trust was subsidised by one of the Joseph Rowntree charitable trusts.

Same as it ever was

11:33am Thursday 23rd May 2013

I love reading the Way We Were column featuring snippets from 100, 50 and 25 years ago.

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Take your pick

11:33am Thursday 23rd May 2013

WE ARE frequently urged to shop local at independent stores and Newgate Market.

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Unresolved issues

11:34am Thursday 23rd May 2013

AN article on page 13 in The Press of May 21 refers to a call for meaningful talks over the use of casual agency (presumably non-RMT affiliated) staff utilised for ticket checks (revenue protection duties) and their effect on existing full-time railway staff.

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Praise for volunteers

11:32am Thursday 23rd May 2013

VOLUNTEERS WEEK, the campaign that each year celebrates the contribution millions of volunteers make across the UK, takes place from June 1 to 7.

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Baby’s flight for life will not be in vain

11:32am Thursday 23rd May 2013

IT WAS lovely to hear about baby Theo Mikova’s airlift to Hull for treatment of his tracheo-oesophageal fistula (The Press, May 20).

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Party politics

11:31am Thursday 23rd May 2013

In The Press of May 17, Coun James Alexander questions Lynn Jeffries’ track-record on her party allegiance. Yet does he or any of the Labour council ever question their own allegiance to the people they are supposed to represent?

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Truly thankful

11:32am Thursday 23rd May 2013

THROUGH your letters page I wish to thank the ladies and gentlemen who came to my aid after I fell in the road in Piccadilly near to the Park&Ride bus stop.

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Splashing tale

11:30am Thursday 23rd May 2013

I READ S Beattie’s letter, Levels of rubbish on verge of medieval (The Press May 21).

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Saddened by NHS

11:31am Thursday 23rd May 2013

I Have it on good authority that the hard-won practice that I introduced and built up from zero to over 3,000 patients is about to be dissolved.

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Focus on growth, not Tory traumas

9:11am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

LIBERAL DEMOCRATS believe the focus of the Government should be on creating jobs and growth, not on an in/out referendum that we have already legislated for.

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What an influx of ‘spring orphans’

9:10am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

ON BEHALF of Selby Wildlife Rescue, I wish to thank all readers who responded to our recent appeal following the overwhelming influx of spring orphans. We are now taking on average 20 calls a day with regard to baby doves, ducklings, swifts, swallows, hatchlings and hedgehogs.

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Another site, please

9:10am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

THE Press editorial of May 18 and Julian Cole, in his column of May 17, seem to be at odds in their opinions regarding travellers’ sites.

Yes, York’s in a mess

9:11am Wednesday 22nd May 2013

AS A frequent visitor to your beautiful and historic city, I am disgusted at the sorry state of York’s streets at the weekend (Levels of rubbish verge on Medieval, Letters, May 21).

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