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Letters

• Union Jack obsolete

  I AM puzzled by the recent surge in popularity for the United Kingdom Independent Party. read more

• Asda plan is lunacy

  IT will be an act of absolute lunacy if the proposed development of an Asda superstore at Langley Park is given the green light to go ahead. read more

• Mindless vandals

  WE are a charity that exists to raise money for the repair and improvements to Holy Trinity Church in Wessington Avenue, Calne. The church was built about 150 years ago. The majority of the friends are pensioners on limited incomes. read more

• Taxis are a nuisance

  I AM a regular passenger in a vehicle which has to travel along New Road in Chippenham. We have to go past a row of taxis which are usually parked opposite the Black Horse public house. read more

• Olympics folly

  I READ with astonishment the story of a small group of misguided or delusional local people who think it a bit of a wheeze to apply for an Olympic village of some kind in Chippenham. read more

• Trees enrich our area

  DAVID Lamb writes of trees in Devizes being drastically cut by tree surgeons and similar butchers are also active in Marlborough. read more

• Hello, hello, hello, who’s answering?

  ON January 18, 2007 I rang police headquarters to enquire about conditions on the M4 east. read more

• Spend a penny?

  WE were told that closure of the public conveniences in Devizes was on the grounds of cost. Now we find that the council is spending £593,000 on the one replacement. read more

• Course helps patients

  AS volunteer tutors of the Expert Patients Programme, we are writing to complain about your recent article entitled Go on a Course to Cure Yourself', which we believe was highly misleading. read more

• Unit is brilliant

  WITH reference to the PCT plans to close part of Savernake Hospital, I would like to say that the Farmer Unit under the care of Dr Simon Manchip should be used as an example of excellence in design, planning and specialist care. read more

• Now we can park

  WHAT a fuss about closing our precious' hospital. Now, at last, we can free up some valuable land for much-needed parking, as well as housing development along the canal front. read more

• GPs could profit

  THE Wiltshire PCT's proposals reveal the deals that have been going on behind the scenes. Some GPs look to have been given a licence to print money with the new Primary Care Centres. read more

• Chamber is not against supermarkets

  I WOULD welcome the chance to respond to, and reassure, the readers who have expressed concerns Marlborough Chamber of Commerce is anti-supermarket' (letters, January 25). read more

• Questions need answers

  WHILE Devizes Action to Save our Hospital 2 (DASH2) appreciates a decision finally being made on the Pathways for Change proposals, we deeply regret and deplore the loss of hospital beds and maternity facilities which we fought long and hard to retain. read more

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