| What am I paying council tax for? | | 2:36pm Friday 11th April 2008 | | WOULD some apologist for this useless council please tell me what I am paying nearly £1,000 a year council tax for? |
| Crime figures massaged | | 2:34pm Friday 11th April 2008 | | I WAS unfortunate enough to be enticed to a Neighbourhood Watch meeting recently, one of the many gatherings we are all now used to at this time of year. | | Reader comment (1) |
| Our Christian society has been destroyed | | 2:32pm Friday 11th April 2008 | | OVER the term of this Labour Government, the only real success they will record in history is the breakdown of a solid Christian society and the introduction of a secular Britain unimagined a few years ago. |
| Ahmed no longer has moral authority | | 2:25pm Friday 11th April 2008 | | I, LIKE most people in the borough, have recently received the spring edition of the Dudley Together magazine, a publication on behalf of Dudley Community Partnership, which has the logo stating "achieving together". |
| Council’s actions are eroding trust | | 2:24pm Friday 11th April 2008 | | WHAT has happened to common sense? If the initial criteria wasn't there in the first place for Holly Hall School to be given academy status because the exam results were too good, then the only achievement of the Directorate of Childrens' Services has been to raise and then crush the aspirations of pupils, parents, staff and the wider community. |
| This town deserves a university | | 2:21pm Friday 11th April 2008 | | I totally agree with our Dudley North MP Ian Austin's views on trying to make Dudley a university town
I find hard to believe the size of the borough and we have no university campus. I feel it would be prestigious for the whole of the borough and lift our dour image which the borough unfortunately has in the wider world. | | Reader comment (1) |
| More support for autistic people | | 2:20pm Friday 11th April 2008 | | As the parent of a child with autism I am very worried about what will happen as they get older. Autism is a lifelong condition, yet as I Exist', the new report from The National Autistic Society has found, many adults with the disability struggle to get the help they so desperately need. Many feel isolated and ignored and are entirely dependent on their families for support. |
| Cavendish is just a black lump | | 2:19pm Friday 11th April 2008 | | Whichever benighted planning officer originally gave planning permission for Cavendish House must have had a grudge against Dudley. For several decades now it has stood against the skyline like a monstrous deformed stunted black lump visible for miles around and likened by some the George Orwell's Ministry of Truth. |
| Writing home from Australia | | 2:19pm Friday 11th April 2008 | | At the age of 18 in 1955, I migrated to Australia with my parents and sister. Now my children and grandchildren want me to compile some sort of journal about our lives before we migrated. This in itself is fairly simple, but I have very few photographs for illustration. |
| Thanks to the Dudley News | | 2:18pm Friday 11th April 2008 | | My name is Neil Sinnett, I'm writing to thank you for the article you did on my paranormal investigation team. The write up lead to a new member becoming part of our team, an overnight, stopping at a haunted venue in Dudley and a chat with a local radio station about their haunted location. |
| Calling Wren’s Nest residents | | 2:18pm Friday 11th April 2008 | | On Thursday 20th March I attended the AGM of the Wrens Nest TRA at the Community Centre. However, as there were not enough tenants and residents from the Wrens Nest in attendance the meeting had to be put off and be reset for Wednesday 23rd April 7pm at the Community Centre, when it is hoped that more tenants and residents will attend the meeting. |
| Once again, sound of war hits Gornal... | | 2:16pm Friday 11th April 2008 | | Friday evening, and the sun begins to set. The small village of Gornal steadily grows more and more empty as shoppers begin to shuffle their way back to their homes. They lock the doors. |
| Sad loss to community | | 4:52pm Wednesday 5th March 2008 | | I HAVE two children who attend Windmill Neighbourhood Nursery. I am furious at Dudley Council's claims that it has supported the nursery financially as the take-up of places has been too low (Dudley News, February 28). |
| Nursery should close | | 4:51pm Wednesday 5th March 2008 | | WITH regard to the closure of Windmill Neighbourhood Nursery (Dudley News, February 28), it seems there is somebody on Dudley Council with common sense. |
| Beware the ‘polyclinic’ | | 4:50pm Wednesday 5th March 2008 | | DO we, the great British public, know what will be the result of Government plans for "polyclinics"? |
| Booze ban is ignored | | 4:50pm Wednesday 5th March 2008 | | MAY I say, first of all, that I do love to read the Dudley News and at this stage I wish to comment on the article "Town booze ban" (February 7). |
| How to beat the trailer thief | | 4:49pm Wednesday 5th March 2008 | | AS a director of Keltruck Limited, a local business which, along with its customers, has been blighted by commercial vehicle theft, may I comment on the recent article about the theft of trailers. |
| Remembering our local hero | | 4:48pm Wednesday 5th March 2008 | | I ADMIT I have been a critic of Dudley Council but I must give them praise for the way they organised the service of thanksgiving to celebrate the life of our greatest ever sportsman, Duncan Edwards. |
| Multi-storey is long overdue | | 4:47pm Wednesday 5th March 2008 | | WE have been hearing about the plans for the multi-storey car park at Russells Hall since before the hospital was extended (Dudley News, February 28). |
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