- Korean firm wins MoD tankers deal
- Mother and daughter given Asbos
- 'Exceptionally' mild weather on way
- Teenager 'repeatedly raped by gang'
- Man quizzed over women's murders
- Cherie Blair makes phone hack claim
- Man accused of murdering vicar
- Peacocks saved, but 3,000 jobs go
- Sex attacker was under surveillance
- RBS set to unveil £400m bonus pot
- 'Anxious' teacher 'set self alight'
- 'Crush racism' in football: PM
- Protesters refused cathedral appeal
- Man accused of starting riots blaze
- PM urges 'thorough' fraud probe
- Fox urges Budget business tax cuts
- UK reporter dies in Syria onslaught
- Private firm to run police station
- Ex-bouncer guilty of Nikitta murder
- Third chance to get Olympic tickets
Letters
Praise for my knights of the road
I WOULD like to take this opportunity to thank all the kind people who came to my rescue after I was stuck on the A268 last Saturday.
Little attempt to clear snow from station
I WAS very interested to read of the councillors’ efforts in clearing snow after last Sunday’s fall. My sister passed by the police station in Rye, just after 2pm, for it is only open from 10am - 2pm. No clearance had taken place at all.
Poo bags becoming countryside eyesore
WITH most of the leaves now dropped from our trees and hedgerows, it is glaringly obvious that a number of dogwalkers, while putting on the appearance of being responsible, when hidden from public view are throwing their poo bags into the hedgerows.
Expenditure for benefit of nation
THE opinions expressed by Barry Jones and Clive Bishop revealed views that are significantly different from each other, but the latest missive from Stephen Jackson (February 10) is, to say the least, offensive.
Say your prayers, Rother (or not?)
ROTHER District Council have Christian prayers only before Full Council as a formal part of the meeting agenda.
Perhaps we should stop feeding birds?
I WAS under the impression rats were vermin and their presence should be reported to the council.
Letter sparked family contact
MY name is Heather and my cousin Susan, from my mother’s side of the family, advised me that you had run a letter from a cousin from my father’s side of the family.
There’s no choice in world of water
SOUTHERN Water (now owned by Greensands Investments) is about to raise its charges by a whopping 8.2 per cent - the highest rise in Britain.
Hunt continues for Mountains in Battle
MY name is Malcolm Wallis and I run probate research company, Lineage Research Limited, based in Hartlepool in the North East.
‘Heckled’ for buying The Big Issue on High Street
TO THE gentleman who drew me into brief conversation in Battle High Street last Thursday lunchtime, after seeing me buy a copy of The Big Issue from the regular vendor:
Yachts, new jobs and rubber ducks
I’M pleased that Clive Bishop is concerned over taxpayers’ money being unwisely spent (letters 3/2/12).
‘Queen’s a royal waste of space’
BARRY Jones shows himself to be an incorrigible royalist, ready to go over the top - and mown down - for Queen and Country (Royal Yacht will be a benefit to everyone, January 27).
Thanks to Rother’s Good Samaritans
I WONDER if it might be possible to thank not one, but two, Good Samaritans via your letters page?
Dr Keith Taylor was ‘warrior to the end’
Many people in Rye (indeed all over the world) will feel they have lost a close, warm and wise friend, a perpetual source of inspiration and humour, a man of deep principle and passionate belief who ignored age and any infirmity to spare nothing in the pursuit of his ideals and aspirations.
Woman tied-up and robbed by masked burglars
A SIXTY two year old woman suffered a terrifying ordeal after being tied up by burglars who raided her Winchelsea home.
Thanks for 20 years of Mountfield news
I WOULD just like to say a big thank you to Ruby Willis who has written for the Mountfield village voice for the past 20 years, and has now retired from writing the article.
Tax payers will be pushing the boat out
YOUR correspondent from Beckley (letters January 27) certainly paints a patriotic picture of Britannia bedecked in Union Jacks sailing the waves, without a penny of taxpayers’ money being spent - dream on!
Link road’s business benefits unclear
THE Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) locally have put its weight behind the Link Road project, claiming, without any back up evidence, that jobs, regeneration and prosperity will not happen without it.
False impression of commuters’ experience on rail buses
I feel that I must write to take issue with your article “Little luxury for Rye’s rail users” (Rye Observer Friday 27 January).
Woodlands staff face daily challenges
I feel compelled to respond to the Woodlands editorial in last week’s Battle Observer.
Rother become a ‘one-party state’
It is clear from Cllr Maynard’s remarks that Rother is determined not to learn anything from the recent appeal tribunal judgements. He seems to be arguing that the score was 2-1 to Rother. But Rother’s two goals actually relate to one and the same event, which was that I did not declare a prejudicial interest and failed to leave the room, hardly in the same league as Rother’s attempt to suppress the right of councillors to freedom of speech and to engage in political activity, which would have had national ramifications.
Perry “wrong” to criticise Sarah
Nick Perry in his letter (Rye Observer 20/1/12) descends to personal abuse to discredit Sarah Owen, and doesn’t address her issue. He ignores the fact that the Party to which he belongs supports a Bill that most health professionals are against and perceive as dangerous and detrimental to our National Health Service.
Royal yacht will be a benefit to everyone
THAT ‘old sea dog’, Tony Smith (probably) deserved to walk the gang-plank! (Letters 21/1/12).
Puzzled by plans for dormice tunnels in new link road scheme
I CAN’T BE the only reader who was puzzled by your report last week that the proposed Bexhill Hastings Link Road is to be provided with “dedicated tunnels for dormice”.
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Weather for St Leonards-on-Sea
Wednesday 22 February 2012
Today
Light rain
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