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Letters

• Good cheer against the odds

  GIFT for a Child Evening on December 1 was the day that Henley Regatta appeared in Marlborough High Street. Flippers were more suitable than shoes and two of our committee members went missing. Rescue teams were scrambled. read more

• Chairman's double vote was not democratic

  WITH regard to St John's School, I have read your report on the turning down of the planning permission for the associated housing development on the lower school site in Marlborough. I am astonished by the reported actions of the regulatory committee chairman John Booth. read more

• Thanks for fayre

  ON behalf of the PACT Christmas fayre organising committee, we are writing to thank all our benefactors and friends who helped to make this year's event such a great success. read more

• Why should we pay?

  REGARDING the Kennet District Council Government Skills for Life Programme I read with initial interest and subsequent concern, the article Council Staff Learn Three Rs. read more

• Council bunker?

  WELCOME to the £170,000-plus refurbishment of reception area of the Palace of Kennet. Remembering of course how short of money they, our lords at Kennet, keep reminding us whenever and for whatever they are asked for. read more

• NHS destruction

  HE Page 6, December 1 issue of the Gazette and Herald was confirmation the joint PCTs are on course to destroy the NHS as we knew it before their inception. read more

• Hospital must stay

  THE decision by the Kennet and North Wilts PCT to reduce the opening hours of the Devizes Minor Injury Unit is a further step to cut back on the service offered at Devizes Hospital and must be deplored. read more

• Give your views now

  I AM concerned to see what is currently happening with local health services but do not take the gloomy view that many have voiced. I see it as part of the transitional phase which is inevitable as health care provision changes from the current model to what is essential for the future. read more

• Thanks for support

  THE Devizes Corps of the Salvation Army would like to thank the shops and businesses that so generously contributed gifts and donations for our sale on November 26 and also the people who supported us. read more

• CCTV not wanted

  I NOTE with alarm that Devizes Town Council is pushing for the installation of CCTV by offering £20,000 towards the cost. read more

• We were different

  SARAH Nash asks, in last week's letter, if adults now are "really much better than the present young when they were their age?" read more

• Good Samaritans

  I would like to thank the lady and gentleman who came to my aid when I fell and injured my shoulder on November 25. They were so kind. Also the crew of the Ambulance Service who took me to the Great Western Hospital and the staff there. read more

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