On patrol?

1:54pm Tuesday 6th May 2008

Brian McIntyre, quoted in last week's Didcot Herald article about the proposed change of use of Denton's toy shop to a pub/restaurant, may have been inaccurate in stating that "there's no policing" on Didcot's Broadway.

Almhouses

1:52pm Tuesday 6th May 2008

I wish to take issue with the reporting by Emily Allen of the status of the wall behind the almshouses in Mill Street, Wantage (Page 1, Wantage and Grove Herald, April 24).

'Don't penalise'

1:51pm Tuesday 6th May 2008

I received my Vale of White Horse District Council tax information and read that the council had made savings on its brown bin compost collection service, not, as I had expected, by making economies or making it more efficient, but by charging extra to those people who believe in the value of recycling more waste and had volunteered to join the service and pay the extra premium for the fortnightly collection.

Appalling smell would drive you away

8:28am Thursday 1st May 2008

I had occasion, while visiting the doctor recently, to park my car and visit the nearby gents toilet. I was surprised by the amount of toilet paper and general debris on the floor.

Distressed

8:27am Thursday 1st May 2008

I am amazed and distressed to learn that the future of the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre (NOC) is in doubt. The Strategic Health Authority (SHA) is looking at how the NOC's expert and world-renowned services could be incorporated into a larger NHS Trust or independent sector organisation.

Serious threat

8:27am Thursday 1st May 2008

The Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Oxford is under serious threat. The reason is that the funding for highly specialist services from the Department of Health has ceased.

Great concern

8:26am Thursday 1st May 2008

I am writing to you with great concern regarding the future of the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, in Headington, Oxford. I have recently returned from the centre, having undergone a successful partial knee replacement and am, therefore, well placed to appreciate the quality of the medical team and facilities at the Nuffield. They provide a vital and, as I understand, unique service to the large number of people, such as myself, who require specialised orthopaedic procedures.

Not the answer

8:25am Thursday 1st May 2008

As a patient of the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, I was appalled to read a recent newspaper report that the NOC is once again to be plunged into a funding crisis by the crass actions of the Department for Health.

Paying tribute

8:24am Thursday 1st May 2008

I was very saddened to read in The Herald last week about the death of Jozef Gniadek. 'Joe' was a very popular well-known member of Wallingford community.

'Flood's Folly'

8:23am Thursday 1st May 2008

I was not surprised by John Flood's letter last week attempting a defence of the indefensible. His opposition to town council involvement in Willowbrook is obviously being played out and until actually resolved its future does hang in the balance.

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