Volunteer season

FOR many people, this can be a difficult time of year - weather gloomy, money tight and summer far away.Read

Op experience a frightening one

I READ your story regarding the pensioner left unattended because a surgeon could not be found (Injured OAP's 13 hours on trolley, Ruislip and Northwood Gazette, January 5). Quite outrageous!Read

Asda shop would be a real boost

I THINK Asda will give Hayes a boost (reference above). You just have to look round the existing shops in the town.Read

Borough doing well in the tough times

IT IS great to see that Wally Kennedy, secretary of Hillingdon Against Cuts, has lost none of his well-honed ability to fulminate, this time about cuts in local government spending, and also his outspoken demand that certain folk should be made to stump up more in the way of tax (Visit departments to see cuts' effect, Letters, January 12).Read

Don't write off Uxbridge shopping

I AM sorry for B Burns's son and his unfortunate parking experience, although I would be reluctant myself to hand over £250 in cash to some complete stranger (Sad illustration of decline of Uxbridge, Letters, January 12).Read

Get youngsters into reading habit

THERE was a letter in the Gazette a couple of weeks before Christmas complaining about the noise that children sometimes make in a local library (Place of study now just meeting place, Letters, December 15).Read

Oh no, not another multi-store in Hayes

PLEASE, not another multi-store in the area! The whole character of the town is changing and not for the better (What price new Asda?, Hayes and Harlington Gazette, January 12).Read

Get behind bid for Middle East peace

HERE is a new year's resolution with a difference: what about resolving to achieve justice for all the people - Palestinians and Israelis - who were so terribly affected by the devastating conflict in the region two years ago?Read

Library staff go the extra mile for us

AS ANOTHER year comes to an end, it offers a good opportunity to thank those who have gone the extra mile in their work.Read

Sad illustration of decline of Uxbridge

WE HAVE lived around Uxbridge for more than 70 years and are shocked what is happening there.Read

Where customers matter not one jot

I AGREE with Martin Body about the new Metropolitan line trains (Train service is going backwards, Letters, January 5).Read

Visit departments to see cuts' effect

THE leader of Hillingdon Council continues to claim that front-line services will be protected, despite the planned £22million of budget cuts.Read

Letters: Expert approach to patient problems

I ATTENDED the Hospital Discharge Workshop at the Civic Centre, which had been arranged by Hillingdon Link in partnership with Hillingdon Hospital.Read

Letters: Train service is going backwards

I JUST had my second journey on one of the new 'S' stock trains, from Baker Street to Eastcote, and having read your article on the subject in the Uxbridge Gazette, I thought I would give you my views as a regular commuter (Softly, softly: trains make their debut, Gazette, December 15).Read

Asian Women's Group my saviour

I AM one of the members of Asian Women's Group (Group's cash cuts crisis, Gazette, December 8).Read

Eastcote all lit up with camaraderie

A VERY big thank you to Eastcote for a great Christmas Lights Appeal, and the Christmas fair and market.Read

Pie in the sky ring to library refurbs

YOU asked for comments on the refurbishment of local libraries (Revamp for libraries to continue, Gazette, December 1).Read

Place of study now just meeting place

I WOULD like to commend Councillor Higgins on his revamp of Ruislip Manor Library.Read

'Queen Kate's' grandad was at my school

HAVING read about Kate Middleton in your newspaper, I thought perhaps the following might be of interest (Look at your history Kate, Uxbridge and West Drayton Gazette, November 24).Read

Jailed Ratana was an excellent carer

THE November 17 edition of the Gazette contained a report about the imprisonment of Ratana Charvey, who was a carer (Carer in jail for deceit, Ruislip-Northwood Gazette).Read

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