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Changes needed to clean out system

9:56am Friday 12th March 2010

NOW that we are in the run-up to a General Election we will be bombarded with manifesto pledges from all political parties and candidates.

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Thanks to kindly Samaritan for help

10:00am Sunday 7th March 2010

I WOULD like to thank the gentleman who came to my wife’s aid when she tripped in a pot hole whilst crossing the road by the Bell Hotel in Market Street.

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Health should be put before profit

12:00pm Saturday 6th March 2010

MORE plans for mobile phone masts: Brierley and now three for Oldswinford.

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Fairtrade push gathering pace

8:00am Thursday 4th March 2010

FAIRTRADE Fortnight is running from February 22nd to March 7th 2010.

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Council staff cuts are the final irony

3:00pm Wednesday 3rd March 2010

I WAS saddened, but not surprised, to read that Dudley MBC is to cut £1 million from the council’s wages bill.

Don’t blame dogs

9:00am Monday 22nd February 2010

HERE we go again, about dog mess start the ball rolling.

Photograph doggy culprits

12:00pm Sunday 21st February 2010

FURTHER to your recent reader’s letter on dog fouling, I agree that the problem is worsening, particularly in and around Kingswinford and near the Glynne School.

I HAVE seen letters complimenting our dustbin men for the work done in the recent bad weather but I have not seen anyone paying compliments to the many, mainly lady carers who work for Dudley Social Services.

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Blaming motorists is plain ridiculous

1:00pm Friday 19th February 2010

I HAD the feeling that through most of the wintry weather Dudley Council's gritters, refuse collectors and other workers did a sterling job, at least in our area, so the council must have got something right. But on Monday 1st February there was some more snow, and something went very wrong. As an example, it was impossible for my wife, Helen, to get from our home in Wollaston to work in Dudley, either by car or by bus, because of solid traffic jams in three different directions. I just could not believe it when I saw that Conservative traffic chief Angus Adams was putting the blame on motorists for being "too careful"! I've heard of the wrong sort of snow, but this is ridiculous. Let's praise motorists for being careful – and put the blame where it belongs, if there is any blame to be taken. To be honest I've no idea whether Dudley Council were in any way to blame for the traffic chaos, but when they use daft excuses like that, it looks just a bit as if they are trying to hide something!

Locals making the situation worse

10:00am Friday 19th February 2010

NOT sure if anyone has noticed, but Kinver High Street is once again closed due to roadworks (the second time in the last three years for the majority of each year).

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Entrepreneurial spirit is kicking!

12:30pm Friday 4th December 2009

I AM pleased to report that the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and kicking amongst today’s young people in Stourbridge.

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Nothing but praise for healthcare...

10:30am Thursday 3rd December 2009

THE NHS and Russells Hall Hospital have come under severe criticism in the media in recent weeks and I would like to redress the balance.

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Political forum would be welcomed

1:20pm Saturday 28th November 2009

IN reply to the letter from the Chairman of the Stourbridge Labour Club on November 12.

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Stop it you litterbugs!

1:20pm Friday 27th November 2009

THIS is a plea to all those who use the passageway from the middle of Grampian Road to the trading estate and the wooded area leading to the B'ham St car park to stop dropping litter!! On Saturday 14th November along with Councillors Peter Lowe and Mohammed Hanif I helped clear up the rubbish that had accumulated.

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Thanks for your Remembrance support

1:20pm Friday 27th November 2009

ON behalf of the Quarry Bank branch of the Royal British Legion I would like to thank everyone for their support at the Remembrance service in Christ Church Quarry Bank and later in Stevens Park at the memorial.

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Well done lads

1:20pm Thursday 26th November 2009

I FEEL I must write to you to convey my congratulations to Jest and Seka for their superb graffiti which now adorns various parts of Quarry Bank High Street and other areas.

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Success story grows and grows

1:16pm Thursday 26th November 2009

Did you know that FAIRTRADE Mark hit the shops 15 years ago this month?

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Such memories

1:17pm Thursday 26th November 2009

I HAVE just read your article about the retreat which was built for the children at my old school, Pedmore CofE. What a wonderful idea which other schools could follow.

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Surely we’re owed prudent politics?

1:18pm Thursday 26th November 2009

FOR over three decades now I have witnessed misguided politics on a grand scale and feel that so much time has been lost.

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No justice in the world!

1:19pm Thursday 26th November 2009

I READ a report in the local evening press where five men failed to get their records for minor offences committed in their youth, many years ago, deleted from police computer data records.