No wonder we feel threatened by new homes

For years, in the developer's equivalent of slash and burn, the building industry has taken the easy option of covering thousands of acres of countryside with an excrescence of new housing estates, while leaving derelict industrial land and worn-out city centres to decay. Risks of beef-eating

I notice Mr Clayton has realised that there is a potential risk of BSE to children from beef ('Our Children Should Still Not Be Eating Beef', Letters, January 14). This agrees with the scientific calculations of risk that I have found. Rail fares are fair

I make a number of points to correct the impression left in your rather strident leader - (GNER Should Give Fare Shares, Evening Press, December 30) - that GNER ignores York in its promotions.

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