Bus passengers demand improvement in service

11:56am Thursday 11th October 2007

I SYMPATHISE with the frustrations of bus users in the area detailed in the article titled "We are being taken for a ride" which appeared in the Journal on September 27.

The impact of a storage centre is only negative

11:55am Thursday 11th October 2007

WITH reference to your excellent article about the increased volume, speed and size of traffic using the A338 through the Bourne Valley, Robert Key MP is also looking into the severe problem with traffic we have to put up with in the once lovely market town of Wilton.

Bourne Valley meeting was a major opportunity missed

12:57pm Thursday 4th October 2007

THE recent meeting in the Bourne Valley on A338 traffic was a disappointing failure and the opportunity to come up with positive action points to alleviate the problems of growing traffic volumes and speeding was missed.

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Hospital's duty to the living

12:53pm Thursday 4th October 2007

FOLLOWING your recent piece concerning the complaint raised by the family of the late Tim Finn about Salisbury District Hospital's bereavement procedures, I want to report the following.

Only a City Council can save our independence

11:19am Thursday 27th September 2007

THERE could be no better a deal for the City of Salisbury, chartered in 1246, than to be "parished" with a separately elected City Council, their own equivalent of the Town and Parish Councils which exist everywhere else in the country.

Weed clearing device will spoil new bridge

11:18am Thursday 27th September 2007

RECONSTRUCTION of Downton's Tannery Bridge is progressing and soon we will begin to see just what it will look like.

Amesbury cannot survive with supermarkets alone

10:30am Thursday 20th September 2007

I LIVE in Amesbury, with my young son and fiancé.

Waste producers should pick up the recycling bill

10:28am Thursday 20th September 2007

What nonsense home recycling is. If the council and/or the national government were serious about recycling then they should put the blame over our mountains of waste where it belongs - at the feet of supermarkets and suppliers who provide us with packaging and non-returnable bottles, etc, that we as consumers neither want or need.

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Police Authority will be the judge of performance

10:46am Thursday 13th September 2007

IN recent editions of the Salisbury Journal, significant coverage has been given to some readers' concerns over the quality of service that Wiltshire Police provides in two areas - contact through the 0845 non-emergency number and the response made to a number of reported crimes.

Wheelie bin panis is very premature

10:45am Thursday 13th September 2007

I WOULD like to respond to two letters "Council's wheelie bin scheme lacks ambition" and "This flawed recycling initiative will harm both environment and taxpayer" which were published in the Journal on August 23.

Engines roar as rally comes to Fordingbridge 8:19am Sun 9 Sep 07 THE streets of Fordingbridge throbbed under the roar of 560 motorcycles on Saturday as the International Twin Rally of the Moto Guzzi Club came to town.

Creeping politicisation now strangling our constabulary

11:12am Thursday 6th September 2007

I HAVE been reluctant to criticise the Wiltshire Constabulary since retiring in 1996 for styles and methods of policing change over time.

Less argument and more information on recycling

11:10am Thursday 6th September 2007

CLLR. King (calling himself "Mr." King) writes in the Salisbury Journal on Aug 23 that the Council has limited ambition with regard to its wheelie bin scheme and initiatives for recycling.

Police force shows 'a lack of interest' in the public

10:44am Thursday 30th August 2007

I WAS woken at 3.30am on Monday, July 16 by noises outside sounding like damage being done. Looking out of the window, I realised my son's motorcycle was gone.

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Plastic recycling causes confusion

10:36am Thursday 30th August 2007

I WHOLEHEARTEDLY agree with A C Tanner's letter (Postbag, August 9) regarding recycling plastics.

Retail park plans overlook the needs of food shoppers

11:53am Thursday 23rd August 2007

THE recent public viewing of the revised plans for the development of non-food retail units at Salisbury retail park, Bishopdown Farm, highlights the serious need for a food store in the area.

Council's wheelie bin scheme lacks ambition

11:53am Thursday 23rd August 2007

I have noted with interest the Council's suggestions for a new initiative to improve re-cycling.

Keeping a watchful eye on the New Forest felling

11:51am Thursday 23rd August 2007

AS an independent and professional arboriculturalist living in the New Forest and working in Dorset, I wonder how many readers are concerned about the number of trees being felled locally (particularly in the Forest).

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Roadworks not needed

11:53am Thursday 16th August 2007

MAY I highlight the treatment of a number of residents in the proposed Zone G parking plan?

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Barn demolition decision is 'health and safety gone mad'

11:52am Thursday 16th August 2007

Although the Southern Area Committee appears to have done a U-turn on its previous decision not to allow the demolition of the listed barn at Barford Park, could I point out that the members of the committee have changed since the previous rejected application.

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