Happy to support SVR

3:11pm Saturday 10th May 2008

I AM replying to letters from Mr Nock and Mr Burgess to defend the Severn Valley Railway.

No political party has monopoly on health

3:14pm Friday 9th May 2008

IT was a great pleasure to recently bring Andrew Lansley MP, Conservative Shadow Secretary of State for Health, to visit the new Urgent Care Services at Kidderminster Hospital.

Parent parking being hijacked

11:58am Thursday 8th May 2008

I WANTED to have my say about the article on Mr Russello (Shuttle/Times & News, May 1) who was fined in Tesco for parking in a disabled space because there were no parent and child spaces.

Potholes: Stop blaming others

4:54pm Wednesday 7th May 2008

I CAN understand how Lindsay Turford feels after having her car wheel damaged by a pothole near the end of Wilden Lane (Shuttle/Times & News, April 24) , but quite right for the council NOT to pay her for it.

Asbestos danger is a timebomb

4:52pm Wednesday 7th May 2008

"UNEXPLODED bomb" would have been a more realistic heading for two stories this week. Asbestos fear'(Page 8) and Concerns over dangerous pile' (Page 9) do not address the seriousness of these two stories, especially the second.

Huge increase in rural bus fare

4:49pm Wednesday 7th May 2008

I WOULD like to report the scandalous price rise in bus fares that have been forced onto passengers in rural areas who have no other option than to use the bus.

Parking benefit

4:46pm Wednesday 7th May 2008

I WAS pleased to read and see that council parking attendants are having an effect on the on-street parking offences in Wyre Forest.

Headlice advice

4:43pm Wednesday 7th May 2008

REGARDING the treatment of headlice (Shuttle/Times & News Letters), I work at a local school, and was told that a treatment suggested for the school some time ago, was to dampen the hair and apply a conditioner thoroughly. Then use a nit comb.

Cut cinema out of plans

2:56pm Wednesday 7th May 2008

I NOTICE that a placard has appeared adjacent to the old law courts on the traffic island bottom of Comberton Hill, Kidderminster, proclaiming the forthcoming development of leisure facilities including a new cinema.

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Hoo Road traffic cash will be lost

2:30pm Wednesday 7th May 2008

HOO Road residents in Kidderminster are less than a month away from losing a £100,000 tax-free gift. The Conservative-run county council seems determined to prevent them from getting it.

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