http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/comment/letters/ Darlington and Stockton Times /comment/letters/ en-gb Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:24:07 +0000 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:24:07 +0000 http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/comment/letters/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk (Nigel Vincent) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/resources/images/999292/?type=rsslogo http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/comment/letters/ http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/comment/letters/5058183.Pressing_question/?ref=rss Sir, – Prefatory note: “Your German likes the country, but he prefers it as the lady thought she would like the noble savage – more dressed. For in Germany there is no nonsense talked about untrammelled nature. In Germany nature has got to behave herself, and not set a bad example to the children...” Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:34:09 +0000 6ddefc53a35603a841fe1f96a5769eda http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/comment/letters/5058187.MP___s_judgment/?ref=rss Sir, – The recent disclosures about William Hague’s involvement with the Belize-based deputy chairman of the Tory party, Lord Ashcroft, raise a number of serious concerns. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:34:59 +0000 7f4ba79a91cef944be7b990e4ca7a6a0 http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/comment/letters/5058193.Dubious_practice/?ref=rss Sir, – The time has come to put a stop to the increasingly common practice of releasing hundreds of balloons into the air to celebrate an anniversary. These deflated pieces of rubber must descend either on land or sea. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:35:42 +0000 dd1f6cbabb949fd1d78ddd145f209a61 http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/comment/letters/5058196.No_compassion/?ref=rss Sir, – I refer to the continuing saga of the RSPCA v Dr Gill. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:36:13 +0000 dac9f88a133cd224488cc2720c350214 http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/comment/letters/5058208.Into_the_pot/?ref=rss Sir, – I refer to M W Simpson’s letter (“Double charge” D&S, Feb 26). Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:37:17 +0000 cfeb5f6089cb128cc20e6f1a818632cf http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/comment/letters/5058210.Poor_old_Curlew/?ref=rss Sir, – Why is the D&S so beastly to the Curlew, the newspaper of Richmondshire District Council which recently got the chop? As you said in your leading article (D&S, Feb 26), it presented no threat to the D&S, yet you felt you had to put the boot in. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:38:12 +0000 262f494c114e1157d59a1aff4bebea9c http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/comment/letters/5058212.Selective_memory/?ref=rss Sir, – I think it is important to ensure that fuller information is provided about the level of engagement that Mr and Mrs Bell (or their agents, Carter Jonas) have had with the local community about the Thornton Gate development than the comment of John Goodwin, their agent (D&S, Mar5). Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:38:39 +0000 90dab42322cf6bb02fed58da2edb7c30 http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/comment/letters/5058218.Dirty_Darlington/?ref=rss Sir, – I refer to Spectator’s Notes which posed the question “Is Darlington a dirty town? Discuss” Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:40:38 +0000 77af905f535ec5a036f2cf896ad2f039 http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/comment/letters/5058221.Sheep_imposters/?ref=rss Sir, – I completely support Coun Blackie in his view that a change of name of any extended Yorkshire Dales National Park would be wrong, even if 30 per cent of it is in Cumbria – or is that Westmoreland? Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:41:09 +0000 9277682d627db67fe4f5d12307b41528 http://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/comment/letters/5043832.Dark_ages/?ref=rss Sir, – Last week Brian Alderson wrote a very amusing if somewhat critical letter about the new lighting being installed on Castle Walk, Richmond (D&S, Feb 26). Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:49:27 +0000 9f8a938533dd63e3fdc59e4e011586a3