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True cost of Labour rule
Well there's a surprise! Steven Weaver (Letters, October 18) will be supporting the Labour Party in future elections. After less than six months of running the council he blames the Tories for the £37million black hole, and that's after 12 years of Labour
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New role for pavilion
A disused park pavilion has been earmarked as the site for a desperately needed youth club in Old Coulsdon. A recent spate of antisocial incidents has left a sour taste in the mouths of Old Coulsdon residents, with graffiti and the use of loud mopeds
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Halloween Ball at Nonsuch Mansion
Take one creepy mansion, decorate it with pumpkins, bats and blood, throw in a few hundred costumed revellers and plenty of good tunes and you have a recipe for a ghoulishly good Halloween Ball. Sutton floorlayer Tony Perren, 30, spends his spare time
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PC's acid attack horror: ‘My skin was bubbling’
A young policeman, still unable to go out in direct sunlight after having sulphuric acid thrown in his face six months ago, has spoken to the Croydon Guardian about his terrifying ordeal. Amir Abdul-Latif, a 21-year-old convicted robber on the run, was
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Heathrow piece ‘spot on’
Your article on the front page of last week's Staines Guardian dealing with the sky of sound' is absolutely spot on. People in this area are suffering appallingly from the no alternation situation. Right from the beginning we scented trouble with the
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Timescale needed for surgery to move back
I read with interest your article entiltled Surgery will return to village' published on October 12. I would respectfully like to point out that nothing substantially has changed since the PCT announced which GP surgery would be taking over the GP provision
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Big thank you to those who signed petition
May I through your letter pages thank all those who signed our petition against NHS cuts in Staines High Street last Saturday. It was clear from talking to residents that further cuts in our health service whether at Ashford Hospital, St Peter's or further
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Stark warning over centre closure plan
On April 27, 2006 Spelthorne's councillors voted to close the Benwell and Sunbury elderly day centres. With hundreds of other protestors, I attended that meeting. My complaint is that the vote was based on false data. I made it at the meeting. The
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Oakleaf farm site should be restored
I would endorse Councillor Jack Pinkerton's comments made in your paper on October 19, and at the same time, thank all of the political parties for their support in getting this application rejected. At the Council planning meeting on October 11, a spokesman
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Benefits computer system upgrade
Croydon Council has warned delays in processing council tax and benefits claims are likely during November and December because of upgrades to its computer system. The town hall said the £2.8million upgrade, funded by the Department for Works and Pensions
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Tram stops to get paid sponsors
Croydon's tram stops are being sponsored by businesses after Tramlink gave the go ahead to a new money making scheme. Shopping centre Centrale and Swedish furniture giants Ikea have already taken a stop each after approaching Tramlink. Roger Harding
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Need to preserve changing towns
In the 36 years we have lived at Fairacre there has only been one owner of the fish shop who regularly had queues stretching down the road on Friday evenings. The car parking in the road at that time was horrendous, and we could neither enter or exit
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Envelopes at Riverhouse Barn
Slagging off Royal Mail is de rigeur these days what with post office closures, lost parcels and undelivered letters. But an imaginative art project at Walton's Riverhouse Barn paints a rather different picture. Central St Martin's graduate Harriet
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FA Trophy first qualifying round: Hampton & Richmond Borough 5 Hitchin Town 3
Somehow a 4-0 lead for Hampton with just 12 minutes to go descended into a desperately slim 4-3 lead in a five minute spell as Hitchin Town suddenly sprung to life and looked as if they were going to steal an unlikely draw in this see-saw F A Trophy match
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London Film Festival - 50 screens
London Film Festival is branching out of the city and into the suburbs this Sunday for a special celebration to mark its 50th anniversary. A host of cinemas across south west London have been chosen to take part in a unique event called 50 Screens.
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Short on facilities if you are caught short in Coulsdon
How I agree with Denise Puzzle (Letters, October 18) regarding the building of a Sainsbury's supermarket in Coulsdon. We do not need it. What we need is decent coffee shops, public toilets and an area where residents can meet for a chat. Since the demolition
