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Help for heroes

2:34pm Friday 14th June 2013

Sir, – Having a long-term health condition like Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) can be a challenge – and not just for the patient. Husbands, wives, partners and children often find themselves taking on the role of carer – and they need support too.

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Ahoy, shipmates

2:33pm Friday 14th June 2013

Sir, – How many of your readers would like to turn the clock back?

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Simple answers

2:32pm Friday 14th June 2013

Sir, – For about 30 years I worked as a senior engineer in the oil industry.

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Thanks to you all

2:32pm Friday 14th June 2013

Sir, – The 2013 Swaledale Festival has ended and the visitor feedback and record visitor numbers suggest it was a success.

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Suspects on bail

2:33pm Friday 14th June 2013

Sir, – Whitehall says reported crime is down, so cutting police officer numbers is justified. But is reported crime falling because people don’t think anything will happen if they report crimes?

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Sheer stupidity

2:31pm Friday 14th June 2013

Sir – My husband and I recently returned from a holiday in Austria, travelling via Leeds Bradford Airport.

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Act of vandalism

2:32pm Friday 14th June 2013

Sir, – I respond to Robert Campbell’s letter (D&S, Jun 7) in which he quotes in great detail a recent Telegraph article by Geoffrey Lean, arguing that wind farms do not need additional fossil fuel power stations for back-up when the wind doesn’t blow.

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Leave well alone

2:30pm Friday 14th June 2013

Sir, – Re Spectator’s Notes – leave Ayton/Stokesley where they belong, in Yorkshire.

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The petition

2:31pm Friday 14th June 2013

Sir, – Concerning “From the archive” (D&S, Jun 7), the person presenting Mr Ormerod with the petition to save Mowbray Grange Hospital, Bedale, is my mother, Mrs Kath Marlee.

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My kind of paper

2:29pm Friday 14th June 2013

Sir, – To anyone who knows me it will come as no surprise when, as a D&S reader in the Stokesley/Great Ayton area, I say I would prefer to be served by your North Yorkshire edition even if that county’s centre of gravity happened to be, say, Bristol.

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