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Letters
‘Wrong’ candidate
Med Hughes’s decision to seek Labour’s nomination for the South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner election is no surprise. It is no secret that senior Labour figures have been pushing for his nomination for some time, waiting for the right moment.
3 commentsLost purse returned
LAST Saturday I lost my purse – it could have been anywhere in Sheffield.
2 commentsWasted calls Having wasted thousands ending out all those letters, Labour now wastes more by ringing up households to do a questionnaire. Has anyone else had these calls? I can’t be the only one. I didn’t catch the name of the Labour representative because I wasn’t really interested, then I thought I would give her the benefit of the doubt and hear her out. She just wanted to ask which party I vote for, who I’d like to see in Government and who I vote for in the local elections. I had great pleasure in answering but what a waste of time and money. Having got the answers what good will it do, what can it possibly achieve? Labour stupidity. K Hammond
I can’t be the only one. I didn’t catch the name of the Labour representative because I wasn’t really interested, then I thought I would give her the benefit of the doubt and hear her out. She just wanted to ask which party I vote for, who I’d like to see in Government and who I vote for in the local elections. I had great pleasure in answering but what a waste of time and money. Having got the answers what good will it do, what can it possibly achieve? Labour stupidity.
1 commentFigures take a spin
I would comment on an article appearing in The Star’s January Business Review supplement entitled ‘Robin Hood Airport flying high’.
2 commentsCastle tourism bid
Following the article (Feb 2) on the possible demise of Sheffield Castle, I would like to express my support for the efforts being made, particularly by Ron Clayton, to safeguard the remains.
11 commentsHomophobia in Jamaica
FOLLOWING verdicts in the Stephen Lawrence case, Neville Lawrence has returned to live in Jamaica as he ‘feels safer.’
5 commentsIf world did nothing...
WHAT would happen if governments did nothing about this so-called recession? The whole world would be in trouble financially, but that would be trouble for all the rich people of the world.
1 commentFarewell to a dry so-and-so
Those who had the unique and fondly-remembered experience of working at that cross between Porton Down and The Navy Lark that was the Safety In Mines Research Establishment will be saddened to hear of the passing of Harry Thompson, a fondly remembered ex-colleague.
Vulnerable children
Sheffield Children’s NHS Services aims to offer an appointment to a young person and their family within six weeks of a referral. The reality is very different, with a wait of up to a year for children with significant mental health problems to see a specialist.
2 commentsFacts on housing
I’d like to pick up on points raised from letters on the ballot over future management of the city’s council housing stock.
2 commentsRow over massages for pupils
Head defends school pupils massage sessions (Jan 18). Why has this suddenly come to light now?
1 commentWhy waste all this money?
HOW dare Michael Gove suggest that taxpayers pay for a new royal yacht for the Queen?
8 commentsHousing decisions
PROF Tony Crook (Jan 24) pointed out the real facts that help tenants towards the decisions that will have to be made in the forthcoming ballot. But it makes sense in what Coun Harry Harpham stated as to why the council wants to take back control of housing.
2 commentsAnger at charges
I AM disgusted by the council’s lack of insight, again wanting more money and deciding to charge in park car parks.
6 commentsWe should enjoy concession
If Mr Cormack (Jan 27) hoped to invoke a response to his comments, then he’s been successful. I hope this letter is one of many!
1 commentAppeal case was extremely weak
I read with incredulity that a gamekeeper convicted of seven offences under the wildlife and animal welfare acts appealed his conviction, claiming he was framed by RSPB investigators.
1 commentWe should leave EU
WHY should the UK stump up £17.5 billion to prop up a falling, dying Euro?
7 commentsSecurity will be paramount
THAT Josie Derrick (Jan 26) is no longer a Sheffield Homes board member could well explain why she appears to have had difficulty in understanding my letter.
7 commentsKeep local firms in business
In these hard times it’s wonderful to see how small local businesses go out of their way to help a good cause, as when Paul and his family from Costello’s Flooring of Deepcar without hesitation supported Stocksbridge in Bloom by offering them a fantastic raffle prize.
1 commentSupport Cameron
I am sick to the back teeth of reading snide comments from bitter little left-wing trolls that keep insisting David Cameron has no right to govern the UK.
23 commentsRaise three points
I DIDN’T complete the questionnaire sent out by city council leader Julie Dore but would like to raise three points.
5 commentsMy bin half-empty
a measured Star editorial last year correctly concluded that, given the changes in waste and the scale of cuts required from councils, Sheffield council would need to review refuse collection arrangements.
6 commentsMove to city centre
I WAS disappointed to hear that the lovely figures of the working steel men had been removed from inside Meadowhall to a car park.
3 commentsFast forward to today’s version
Growing up in post-war Attercliffe, men pushing the family pram loaded with scrap were a frequent sight to people of my generation.
Horrendous system
After just reading about no-show patients, I have to say that I blame the hospitals’ horrendous systems.
4 commentsIs it necessary?
A READER asked why it needs five traffic wardens to patrol in a van in Sheffield. Well the incredible truth is there are three wardens with one supervisor. Why do they need a supervisor? And more amazing there is one police officer.
5 commentsTruth over homes
I do not know where academics Dr Cathy Davis and Alan Wigfield, of Sheffield Hallam and Salford universities (Dec 20) get their information or who they represent but they are utterly wrong on two key points when urging tenants to vote to return council housing management to the city council.
7 commentsDump my rubbish at town hall
MY solution to the ludicrous idea of fortnightly collections is to dump my rubbish on the town hall steps. I urge others to do the same.
SH,Sheffield
4 commentsBeware of this scam
Please warn people to beware of companies who phone to say they have found a fault on your computer.
Don’t listen to the do-gooders
THIS year, when taking down Christmas cards, I noticed the lack of religious themes.
10 commentsSafety and health
Has anyone in the council thought how the proposed fortnightly collection of black bins may concern the hundreds of people who share their bins? I think the answer is no.
5 commentsRolf’s painting lost in blaze
I HAVE read letters asking what happened to the Rolf Harris painting that he painted for the opening of the old Sheaf Valley Baths.
2 commentsVote to return to city council
We are urging council tenants in Sheffield to vote to return the management of their homes to the local authority in a ballot which began yesterday.
11 commentsBring back the Men of Steel
Please return the Men of Steel statue to its original home in Meadowhall.
3 commentsHast to be a creator
If they want to teach creationism alongside Darwinism at the Netherthorpe school, I think this would be fair and the state should support it.
6 commentsWell done, John
I AM proud to know John, the ‘Madman with the Pram’. I first met him when competing the The Star Walk.
1 commentLet Scotland go
Everywhere I turn at the moment, I see and hear pundits banging on about Scotland.
8 commentsTwo-way process
the parking scheme that is due to come into force on my street this year is totally unfair on residents.
1 commentRespect our views
HOW can the decision over bin collections have been taken so quickly? It is only some six days since the closure of the council facility for us to comment on which council services should be saved and which should be reduced or closed.
5 commentsFootball history made by goal
For the interest of the thousands of football fans in South Yorkshire, I wonder if they realised they were seeing football history made when Thierry Henry’s goal for Arsenal knocked Leeds United out of the FA Cup?
2 commentsOppose application
Sheffielders with an interest in the archaeology and history of their city should be supporting the Friends of Wincobank Hill and the residents of Sandstone and Beacon Roads against the planning application to build dwellings in the vicinity of Wincobank Hill Fort and the Roman Rig Earthwork.
Enthusiasm for extradition
Much has been said and written about the Bolsover boy and the Extradition Act of 2003.
1 commentDecision was already made
MANY households received a questionnaire (not this one however) on what cuts should be made in order to save money.
4 commentsSorry he got caught
I HOPE anyone seen shoplifting five times in Tesco will get a caution, like Anthony Worrall Thompson.
White elephant
Is the South Street Amphitheatre just one more white elephant that our council dreamed up?
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