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Letter from J E Plumtree

5:02pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

MOST politicians and economists agree our huge national debt will need harsh measures to correct it. Also this year our contribution to the EU will rise by £2.3 billion. That’s about £250 for each household.

Letter from Andrew Day

4:54pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

AS an IT professional with over 30 years experience, I take exception to Des Morgan's casual dismissal of what he inaccurately terms the ‘Millennium Bug’. Thanks to the foresight and hard work of many thousands of people over more than a decade, essential services such as banking, insurance, pensions and benefits continued with scarcely a hitch as 1999 gave way to 2000. This was a magnificent success story, and ill-informed commentators could learn much from it.

Letter from Vicki Morrey

4:34pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

I AM writing in response to P Strange’s letter of February 5 which referred to an interview with Karen Garlick, the nurse who heads our Prospect@Home service, in a Swindon Advertiser article on January 29.

Letter from Steve Halden

4:16pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

METROPOLITAN Police Commander Ali Dizaei was given four years imprisonment for allegedly falsely arresting a man who accosted him in the street.

Letter from Robert Feal-Martinez

4:24pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

ON Tuesday, January 19 I watched a press conference from 10 Downing Street involving the new president of the EU and Gordon Brown.

Letter from Mrs L Baker

4:08pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

I READ with concern the report about the unfortunate event in which a couple were attacked in their own home in Wichelstowe. This was a terrible act that no one deserves which I personally condemn.

Letter from Elizabeth Lingham

3:52pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

MAY I through the courtesy of your columns say a big thank you to the drivers of the No 17 buses through Penhill.

Letter from Miss Val Hemmens

4:03pm Tuesday 9th February 2010

LAST Friday I went to see Ten in a Bar at the Arts Centre. There are not enough superlatives to praise their performance. They celebrated A Night at the Oscars thanks to the inspiration of musical director Jill Hodge.

Letter Geraint Day

9:58am Tuesday 9th February 2010

YOU reported (SA, February 4, page 9) - taking up most of a page to do so - that “Authorities detain suspected illegal immigrants.”

Letter from Steve Halden

9:32am Tuesday 9th February 2010

MERSEYSIDE prison has been overcharging inmates for having televisions in their prison cells.

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