Recycle and help us to beat cancer

MANY of your readers may know about how mobile phone recycling schemes can help raise money for charity.Read

Festive snub just an urban myth

IT SADDENED me to read Cathy Ranson's rant last week, as I had hoped that such 'urban myths' might have been dispelled in Hillingdon (see reference above).Read

Great that nativity tradition lives on

AFTER writing in my column last week about some Hillingdon schools cancelling nativity plays, I was delighted to receive an invitation from the head at Warrender School to watch their nativity play.Read

Islam no excuse for Christmas ban

THE cynic in me suspects that the reason why the nativity play at your friend's daughter's school was dropped has more to do with the headteacher's desire to devote more time to classwork than it does with a concern about offending other religions (Ranson's Rants and Raves, Gazette, December 9).Read

Keith Park statue for Uxbridge

THE fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square is now occupied for six months by a statue of Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith Park.Read

Religions must be tolerant to diversity

I SEEK the courtesy of your columns to comment on Ranson's Rants and Raves (Gazette, December 9).Read

Any room for two Pembroke names

I WAS delighted to read that Pembroke Park is to be suitably remembered by the adoption of names relevant to its history, that is, codebreaking (Pembroke names will be heroic, Letters, December 2).Read

Blind bowlers' thanks to backers

ONCE again it is that time of year where it is important for small charities like our own to publicly give thanks to people and organisations who support us.Read

Enquiry rigged to keep public out

YOUR September 16 edition contained a notice on page 11 advising residents to 'have your say' regarding the way the council is run - either directly elected mayor and cabinet or leader and cabinet, which gave website details.Read

Foundation trust hospital benefits

IF YOU visited The Hillingdon Hospital NHS Trust (Hillingdon and Mount Vernon Hospitals) recently, you may have been approached by someone inviting you to become a foundation trust member because the trust is applying for foundation trust status.Read

Shopmobility left me stuck at home

I AM writing to let you know of my great disappointment at not being able to attend the Christmas shopping event.Read

Call to a meeting on housing plans

WEST London council and housing association tenant and resident representatives from Hillingdon are invited to attend a meeting on Wednesday, December 9 at Oaktree Community Centre, Acton to discuss housing and planning in west London.Read

Labour loses our vote over benefits

DID you know that 'brownie' Gordon Brown and his not so merry men are planning to stop disability living allowance and attendance allowance for the over-65s?Read

Men in the firing line of asbestosis

YOUR article headlined Asbestos is a ticking bomb (Uxbridge and West Drayton Gazette and Ruislip and Eastcote Gazette, November 18) reported that Hillingdon has the fourth highest death rate from asbestos of all London boroughs.Read

Tesco cheaper until they hook you

YOUR article on the front page of the Harefield Gazette concerning Tesco's latest planning application came as no surprise to me (Are Tesco bosses barking up the wrong tree?, Harefield Gazette, November 25).Read

When a lad needs a library

ON NOVEMBER 24, as I had my three-year-old grandson for the day, I suggested we visit our revamped local library at Oaklands, Northwood.Read

Councillors must do people's will

I WAS shocked and disgusted by the content of Peter Silverman's letter (Choice withheld from the public, Letters, November 18).Read

Karina's words tell the poverty story

HERE at Harlington Community School, we have been busy raising money for Children in Need, with non-uniform days and other activities.Read

Restrictions will get someone hurt

AN APPLICATION has been made for parking restrictions Monday toRead

Streets should echo with heroism

I UNDERSTAND that the new estate in Eastcote is named Pembroke Park after HMS Pembroke, the highly secret WWII deciphering outstation of Bletchley Park (which housed the Enigma machine, used for breaking the German codes).Read

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