Plea to keep Vale's toilets open

5:27pm Sunday 3rd February 2013

Sir, This may sound a little indelicate, but can I send out a plea to the Vale council on behalf of those who use and really need the public toilets in Abingdon?

Tolerance

5:25pm Sunday 3rd February 2013

Sir, I feel I must take your correspondent, Rodney Davis, to task for not understanding the location and sequencing of the traffic lights at the Lamb crossroads in Wallingford.

Relied upon

5:24pm Sunday 3rd February 2013

Sir, On behalf of all the residents of the Vale, I would like to express my sincere thanks to all those who have organised and maintained our public services, particularly our postal and waste collection services, throughout all the recent bad weather. How sad it is, then, to report the figures of attendance of our elected councillors at a general licensing committee meeting held at Vale HQ in Abingdon on Monday, January 21 at 2.30pm. The Conservative chairman and vice-chairman were both absent. Neither had arranged a substitute. Four other Conservative members of the committee were absent. They, too, had failed to arrange a substitute. Two Conservatives were present as expected. Of the seven opposition committee members expected, only one was absent, and they had arranged a substitute. True, the weather may have made it harder for some to attend, but on that day, snow was melting, the vast majority of the roads were clear, and the forecast for our area, at least, was fair for the afternoon.

Disgusted

5:23pm Sunday 3rd February 2013

Sir, With regards to the recent heavy snowfall and associated problems this generates, I am writing to express how disgusted I have been at the state of School Lane and the Millbrook School/Old Mill Hall car park at the end.

'Stitch in time'

5:20pm Sunday 3rd February 2013

Sir, I was surprised to read Carol Tomlinson’s letter (Herald, January 23) regarding money spent on weed killing in Wantage and Grove.

'Hard sell'

5:18pm Sunday 3rd February 2013

Sir, I was interested to read the article in the Herald (January 16) about the trend for Oxfordshire schools to become academies.

Why change?

5:16pm Sunday 3rd February 2013

Sir, The Herald two weeks ago reported councillor Melinda Tilley, Oxfordshire cabinet member for education, as “being concerned about the authority’s growing loss of control as more schools become academies”.

Gushing water

5:13pm Sunday 3rd February 2013

Sir, This time last year we were being told that there would have to be a hosepipe ban but since last Wednesday, January 16, mains water has been gushing from both sides of our road.

Moments to be treasured

11:17am Wednesday 11th July 2012

THERE can be few events in recent memory that have attracted the same level of excitement as the Olympic Torch visit.

Rotary played valuable role in town events

4:57pm Thursday 14th June 2012

Wallingford Rotary Club was formed in the 1960s and has been raising thousands of pounds for charity ever since.

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