Letters: Why no mention of council's role?

ALTHOUGH it was great to see the Gazette's coverage of the royal wedding, I was disappointed that at no point was there any mention of the council (That sure was a right royal knees-up, Gazette, May 4).Read

Letters: What is the ace up BAA's sleeve?

LAST week's edition of the Uxbridge Gazette assured me that this week it would reveal BAA's 'ace up its sleeve' (What does the future hold for the two villages left in limbo?, Uxbridge Gazette, April 27).Read

Letters: 'Delicant' matter of Tesco's spelling

I VISITED the new Tesco store at Yiewsley yesterday. On my way out, I noticed the huge sign listing all the departments.Read

Letters: Never say never with intervention

IN REPLY to Stan Bishop's letter to the Gazette concerning my stance regarding the military intervention in Libya, I would say that I have been consistent (A disappointing change of direction, Letters, April 6).Read

Letters: Insurance makes criminals of young

I HAVE just read the story about Joshua Deacon and thought I would share my own children's issues with insurance (Drive to cut insurance costs, Uxbridge and West Drayton Gazette, April 13).Read

Letters: Uxbridge council bullies sickening

ONCE again the Conservative council has shown its contempt for feelings in Hayes by allowing planning permission for building on Minet Drive sports field (Residents disappointed as estate is given green light, Hayes and Harlington Gazette, April 6).Read

Letters: AV - can we make the right decision?

THANK you for your article on AV voting and the forthcoming referendum (AV or not AV - but what is the question?, Gazette, April 6).Read

Letters: Drop in standards of teaching staff

I AM the grandmother of three boys at secondary school, none of whom attend either Harrow School or Merchant Taylors' School.Read

Letters: A disappointing change of direction

IT IS very disappointing that my MP, John Randall, was in favour of the bombing of Libya in the recent vote in parliament.Read

Letters: Is Minet the way it will be from now?

THE decision to grant planning permission for 60 homes in Minet Drive was a disgraceful decision by the London Borough of Hillingdon (Minet housing scheme approved, hayes.uxbridgegazette.co.uk).Read

Letters: New 'luxury' pool is a backward step

LAST year there was a lot of excitement about the new Botwell Green Sports and Leisure Centre, to be opened in Hayes, which was supposed to be a 'state-of-the-art' facility for all.Read

Letters: HS2 figures are kept in the dark

COUNCILLOR Meacock tries to stir up public interest in the tens of billions of pounds swilling around the HS2 project, and I will do my best in support from a somewhat different perspective (Real cost of HS2 - to all of us, Letters, March 16).Read

Letters: Preserve these lovely green fields

HAVING lived overlooking the Charville fields for the past 48 years, we are dismayed to learn that the council is considering removing their Green Belt status.Read

Letters: School discipline was firm but fair

IT WAS very interesting to read Jack Morath and Jill Diffey's memories of Harlington Secondary Modern School in the 1940s in the Gazette (Days of times tables and a bit of discipline, Memory Lane, March 16).Read

Letters: Survey report was not balanced

THE way the results of the latest residents' survey were reported in last week's Gazette does not paint a fair or balanced picture of what our residents feel about Hillingdon Council (More than a quarter feel 'unsafe' in borough, Gazette, March 30).Read

Letters: Let those accused get a fair trial

I AM writing to offer a considered comment in response to your various reports of the tragic events, when the cabbie taking the five youths from Camden to Ruislip was critically injured (Cabbie critical as five charged, Ruislip and Eastcote Gazette, March 23).Read

Letters: People have said 'no' to waste plan

THANK you, Gazette, for publishing the story about the West London Waste Plan and the proposal that the coal yard site in West Drayton would be suitable for a huge industrial waste recycling plant (Don't dump that rubbish here, Gazette, March 23).Read

Letters: Concern about fire at warehouse

I'M CONCERNED that the fire at Rainbow Industrial Estate in Trout Road, Yiewsley, could have given off toxic fumes (40 evacuated as blaze devastates warehouse, Gazette, March 23.)Read

Letters: Sunni community centre good news

I READ your article in the Gazette about the Islamic community centre (Islamic charity plans a centre for community, Gazette, March 23).Read

Letters: Don't give in to developers

WE WOULD very much like to add our names to the list of opponents to the Oakwood re-development scheme.Read

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