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SO Deborah Dunleavy likes to bandy statistics around to argue that the Tories in fact did well in Bolton at the local elections, "Tory votes mirror national success" (May 8).
IN reply to Dr James's letter about dog dirt (April 25), what if all those dog lovers carried a small trowel to dispose of the dog dirt in a hole and let nature do its part, and do away with the festering plastic bags.
REGARDING Alan Calvert's article about public art, "On the subject of art. . ." (April 7), the only debate over sculptures, street art etc, is why should they be paid for by the taxpayer?
REGARDING the story "Rugby is not so tough" (May 1), perhaps the author Neil Bonnar would like to talk to, say, a local amateur rugby league dinner about the arrogance of those who watch the sport.
I SHOULD like to thank Peter Johnston for pointing me to the Met Office climate change forecasting website. I found it very interesting - it says many things contribute to climate change, including natural and man-made gases.
Wanderers need our full support 10:08am Fri 9 May 08 NOW that Bolton Wanderers have secured their position in the Premiership, can we put all the arguing and speculation behind us and concentrate on backing Gary Megson and his team for next season?
I READ with interest the article written by Lucy Ewing regarding the supermarket paying to lift the covenant on the land of the new cricket club, ("Payment saves plan for £7.5m store at cricket ground", May 5).
Applying for a job through a recruitment agency reminds me of old television programmes where they show hundreds of men and sometimes woman in the 1920s and 30s, standing outside a factory gate waiting for the foreman to come out and hand pick a dozen or more people to do work.
REGARDING Alan Calvert's piece, ("Big Fred could become a big attraction in the town" Monday, May 5), about Fred Dibnah's statue: "The trick now, surely, is to build on the interest the statue is likely to provoke". But will it be the right sort of interest?
Take on the rugby challenge, Neil 9:15am Fri 9 May 08 I am writing in reply to Neil Bonnar's article ("Rugby's not so Tough, Thursday May 1).
I WAS recently served a penalty charge notice because I parked without clearly displaying a valid Pay and Display ticket or voucher
I am a disabled driver so I do not need a pay and display ticket.
AS a mother of a young ex-dialysis patient, I know too well how life can be so difficult and unfair for a person like Mike Cottam ("Real Lives", April 25).
WOULDN'T it be awful if two parents, both professional people, left their babies unprotected in a foreign hotel room whilst they went out enjoying themselves and if, in their absence, something terrible befell one or both babies?
THE Caleb Wrights Mill in Tyldesley was demolished approximately 15 years ago. The demolition contractors got a quote off Fred Dibnah to demolish the chimney stack.
IF Iain Camick chooses to rubbish the overwhelming weight of world scientific opinion on climate change and global warming in order to bolster his otherwise feeble arguments against congestion charging, then so be it (May 5).
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