Wonderful schemes but no funds

9:00am Thursday 9th July 2009

ISN’T it strange how words uttered nearly 2,000 years ago have relevance to the economic practices of the present Labour government.

Amir Khan is a real credit to his family

9:01am Thursday 9th July 2009

I was attending a wedding reception last Saturday at the Rebook football ground, and also attending another event there was Amir Khan.

Changing Places toilet badly needed

9:01am Thursday 9th July 2009

I WRITE in support of the Changing Places Campaign.

Thank you for coveted award

9:02am Thursday 9th July 2009

MAY I, through your letters page, thank everyone most sincerely who were involved in my being nominated and awarded the Civic Medal for Horwich 2009.

Traitors were those who didn't vote

9:02am Thursday 9th July 2009

I TAKE strong objection to Steve Jones’ letter in Saturday’s paper calling all those who voted for the BNP or UKIP traitors.

Rail nationalisation is the way forward

8:59am Thursday 9th July 2009

WHEN I accessed the “Should the railways be re-nationalised?” vote on The Bolton News website at 6pm on Saturday, the results stood at 88 per cent of respondents saying “Yes”.

They've done their duty with honour

8:59am Thursday 9th July 2009

JOHN Higson (The Bolton News July 6) spoke for all of us when he asked how Blair and Bush could sleep at night.

We want quiet we are all entited to

9:00am Thursday 9th July 2009

IT’S good to see Bolton at Home, with Bolton Council, have organised a Tonge’s Got Talent contest (The Bolton News, July 1). This could explain why housing managers and officers are unavailable/in a meeting/not in until Monday/will call you back (they never do) whenever you contact the neighbourhood housing office.

Parking tickets are seeing off shoppers

9:31am Wednesday 8th July 2009

FURTHER to recent correspondence, we too received a parking ticket. We have had to pay £25 for the privilege of being a disputed four minutes over our allotted time.

There is a right to peaceful protest

9:31am Wednesday 8th July 2009

NO, Paul Lacey, protesters do not have the right to “shut up” whoever they please (Letters, June 30).

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