Mar
2008
Articles from 7th Mar 2008
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Those blasted blackbirds!
Mar 07 2008 | Reader Letters
WE have had exactly the same problem with a blackbird as Keith Hellawell (Examiner March 4); it’s been going on for a couple of weeks now. Read
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A load of hot air . . ?
Mar 07 2008 | Reader Letters
I WAS fascinated by your report on the heating efficiency of the district’s buildings. Read
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Of airships and ice cream
Mar 07 2008 | Reader Letters
REGARDING the airship stories in Denis Kilcommons’ Diary. I lived at Longwood. I had been to have my tonsils taken out and was told to go home and to bed and drink plenty of cold water and eat ice cream. Read
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Call for backbone at No10
Mar 07 2008 | Reader Letters
ME a racist? What piffle (Ian Brooke’s letter, March 3). Read
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Still ruled by the USA
Mar 07 2008 | Reader Letters
WHETHER or not there was a referendum on the European Union, and whatever the outcome of that referendum was, we would still be ruled from Washington, where the real political, military and economic decisions are made. Read
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Bags of sanctimonious guff
Mar 07 2008 | Reader Letters
THE sanctimonious, pseudo-environmental guff from supermarkets is really starting to get on my wick. Read
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Just keeping in touch!
Mar 07 2008 | Reader Letters
I HAVE been having tremendous difficulties with a large company when trying to contact them. Here is a transcript of my latest effort: Read
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Best wishes for Jacko
Mar 07 2008 | Reader Letters
I WOULD like to wish Peter Jackson a speedy recovery from his throat cancer. Ten years ago my wife was diagnosed with a form of cancer in her neck, so I understand the shock of diagnosis, the discomfort of the treatment and its side-effects. Read
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Change behaviour in the battle against the flab
Mar 07 2008 | Reader Letters
AS a weight-management counsellor working with obese people I was keen to attend the Public and Patient Involvement Forum for Obesity in Kirklees held at The Media Centre on Thursday, February 28. Read
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The search for city status
Mar 07 2008 | Reader Letters
I READ with interest (Financial Times, March 1 2008) that the council hopes to achieve city status for Huddersfield by 2012. All the more important, then, I would have thought, that projects such as the proposed redevelopment of Castle Hill – potentially the new city’s most prominent local feature – should reflect this new-found status. Read
