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Labour has missed the boat on budget

8:00am Tuesday 9th February 2010

I WAS fascinated to see councillor John Tanner’s attack on our county council budget, which is to be debated today.

Subway is safest way to cross road

3:03pm Monday 8th February 2010

I READ with interest the article regarding the Headington subway (Oxford Mail, January 25). Well done to Michael Haines for his continued efforts to try to keep the subway.

What would they do for the countryside?

2:54pm Monday 8th February 2010

With the General Election fast approaching, now is the time to ask those who aspire to be our MPs in the future what they will do if they are elected.

Cyclists need their own lanes

2:56pm Monday 8th February 2010

IF POLICE in Oxford have warned 112 cyclists since October for using pavements, did they stop to ask why?

Police number should be made obvious

2:58pm Monday 8th February 2010

IF YOU ever have cause to ring for the police, other than 999, where can you find your local police station number in the phone book? Why can’t it be given prominence, say on the front cover, in bold figures?

Against all that this land is meant to be for

3:02pm Monday 8th February 2010

YOU correctly report that, in 2008, 17 senior judges at the European Court of Human Rights ruled that the policy of keeping the DNA of innocent people “could not be regarded as necessary in a democratic society”.

Don't nag horses

6:01pm Sunday 7th February 2010

HAVING read the recent letters about horse fouling on roads, I felt I had to write my opinion.

The wrong man

6:01pm Sunday 7th February 2010

FOLLOWING the letter ‘The right man’ (Oxford Mail, January), asking us to leave Gordon Brown at the helm, I would like to point out the truth.

Inconvenient truth

6:01pm Sunday 7th February 2010

I WAS in Gloucester Green in Oxford recently and had to use the toilets there.

Sweet tragedy

6:02pm Sunday 7th February 2010

ANOTHER great British insitution, Cadbury, has been taken over.

Pirate problem

6:02pm Sunday 7th February 2010

MY only question for Susan Thomas (Oxford Mail, February 4) is if the Chandlers are released after the payment of a ransom, how would she handle the next kidnaps of British citizens by pirates emboldened by the lure of easy money?

Mixed message

6:03pm Sunday 7th February 2010

I WOULD like to ask Gordon Brown to remind the Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, that his salary is paid by the British taxpayer and doesn’t come from Tel Aviv.




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