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Not acceptable to close path

Friday, February 3, 2012

LETTERSFrom Matt Edmunds, director, Stainless Games Ltd, Newport:
I RUN an office of 50 people in the centre of Newport, and we have a number of staff who cycle in from Cowes every day.

Islanders should say no to water price hike

Friday, February 3, 2012

LETTERSFrom Gary Eldridge, Ryde:
AS Southern Water has the right to increase prices as it sees fit, so do customers have the right not to pay the increase and to either enter negotiations singularly or collectively to reach an agreement.

Education first

Friday, February 3, 2012

LETTERSFrom M. Clark, Freshwater:
ISLAND pupils are trailing behind the national average (CP, January 27). Is it any wonder when the headmistress at Carisbrooke College allegedly gives pupils not wearing correct uniform detention?

Bricks and rail way forward

Friday, February 3, 2012

LETTERSFrom Tim Bristow, Seaview:
INTERESTING articles ‘State of the Island debate’ (CP, 27-01-12) and ‘Can IW attract new factory’ and ‘IW to get better business help’ (CP, 20-01-12).

Talking point

Friday, February 3, 2012

LETTERSFrom Mrs Doreen Gazey, Wootton:
I BELIEVE the main topic of conversation in the UK is supposed to be the weather.

Bring back dog licences

Friday, January 27, 2012

LETTERSFrom Mr W. P. Elems, Ryde:
I READ on a regular basis in the CP of dog attacks on other dogs, often with serious injury and even death as a result. It is a fact that such attacks occur on a daily basis around the country, this evening (Sunday) I learn from the national news of a young girl being seriously mauled and losing an ear.

Green bins make me see red

Friday, January 27, 2012

LETTERSFrom Ernest Lowe, Shanklin:
So now they’re here; the beautiful environment-enhancing wheelie bins, together with two sizes of smelly food caddies and fortnightly collections. Thank you IW Council for making the Island more green.

Let’s get funding sorted for sake of young job seekers

Friday, January 27, 2012

LETTERSFrom Mr M. Nobbs, (secretary, IW Trades Union Councils), Newport:
WHILE I welcome our Island MP’s promise (CP, 20-01-12) to seek a meeting with Marcus Bryson, GKN chief executive, who I met many years ago while on the works committee at GKN, I must express concern at comments made concerning whether the Island has assisted area status.

Now send all the bosses packing

Friday, January 27, 2012

LETTERSFrom Maureen Phillips, Sandown:
I READ, with increasing incredulity, the report (CP, 20-01-12) that Stuart Love was ‘saving’ the IW Council money by spending part of each week working in Southampton.

Relief road would solve problems

Friday, January 27, 2012

LETTERSFrom Miss J. Wills, Cowes:
WITH regard to the perpetual roadworks and delays on the Cowes to Newport road.

Blame owners, not dogs

Friday, January 20, 2012

LETTERSFrom Don Hughes, Totland Bay:
BEING a dog owner, my sympathy goes out to the owners of Charlie, the cockerpoo that was killed by a Staffordshire bull terrier.

New floating bridge, but could it be made cheaper

Friday, January 20, 2012

LETTERSFrom Cllr Margaret Prior (mayor of East Cowes):
IT was a relief to learn from last week’s CP that capital has been found to replace our ageing chain ferry through “prudential borrowing” — a loan to be repaid over 25 years, apparently, (CP, 13-01-12).

Majority supported plan for Asda store

Friday, January 20, 2012

LETTERSFrom Oliver Jones, property communications manager, Asda:
ASDA’s planning application for a new store on the St George’s Way site, Newport, is likely to be submitted in the next few months.

No sense on panto nonsense

Friday, January 20, 2012

LETTERSFrom Dominic Pope, Shanklin:
IN response to Charlotte Hofton’s column ‘Our responses need a dose of common sense’ (CP, 13-01-12).

New supermarket another blow to IW

Friday, January 13, 2012

LETTERSFrom Phil Cave, Newport:
HOW ironic that on the same page (CP, 06-01-12) one report is on local businesses reacting to Mary Portas’s report about keeping high streets alive by not letting out-of-town supermarkets become a reality while on another is Asda’s application for a superstore just outside Newport.

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