Making sense of local elections
NOW that the dust has settled on the recent local elections, we can try to make sense of what it all means. The facts are that 33 local authorities have seen Labour take control. None of this was as a
Who will listen to our concerns?
WHO will listen and act? You may be aware of the surface damage along the side of Belle Vue Road, mostly by frost, as in many other areas now. Possibly this can be dealt with, as funds are available.
One lone swallow on March 9
IN THE week's paper, May 9, Sue Day featured a letter about the arrival of swallows this year. One swallow arrived here at Boylestone on March 9. It was on its own until April 9 when three more
Top letters to win a pen set
EACH month we're giving one News Telegraph reader the chance to win a Sheaffer 100 ballpoint and pencil set worth £33.
Fund-raising event at town hall
CAN I take this opportunity through your letters page of promoting our next fundraising event.
Swallows have arrived in Mayfield
A COUPLE of weeks ago you featured a letter from David Swinscoe about the arrival of swallows this year.
Delighted to read report
I WAS absolutely delighted, but not surprised to read in your paper last week that one of our local primary schools Osmaston, has been ranked amongst the top 8 per cent in the country.
Bad impression for passing traffic
WITH the latest instalment of the continuing saga of the Green Man, it is fast becoming apparent that the recession is wreaking havoc on the town and the businesses within. For visitors and through
Banging my head against flood defence wall
I WRITE in reference to the 'hideous' new built flood defences in Ashbourne.
National News
Figures show fall in railway crimes
Crime on Britain's railways has fallen for the eighth successive year, according to statistics.
Parents attack 'narrow' inquest '
The grieving parents of a baby boy killed by a falling lamppost have accused a coroner's court of failing to provide answers about their son's death.
National Sport
Suarez row pressure worst for Evra
Patrice Evra has admitted the pressure he was under prior to his non-handshake with Luis Suarez was the greatest he had ever felt in his life.
Sacked Dalglish backs owners
Sacked Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish has given his backing to owners Fenway Sports Group.
Strauss 'not losing taste for captaincy'
Andrew Strauss insists he is "not even close" to thinking he has had enough of the England captaincy, despite his long and vain search for his 20th Test century.
