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SIR - I hope you will publish this letter as a means to both drum up support and also help get some action from the relevant authorities and landowners. The beautiful town of Hitchin is at present being massively let down by the shoddy entrance (or exit)... Full Letter »
SIR - So your anonymous car driver objects to the gas pipe replacement works in Todd s Green. As he says, there are usually thousands of cars, vans and lorries driving through our little village every morning and evening. He does not like the dual carriag... Full Letter »
SIR - Following the article in last week s Comet headlined New Plan for Death Trap , I again write about the junction as you leave the A1(M) at Letchworth Gate. It was last October I wrote a letter which was published in The Comet and suggested all that... Full Letter »
SIR - I have been quite surprised by the complete lack of response to your mention of the Margo MacDonald report on Living Wills in The Comet a couple of weeks ago. I had expected a lively debate on such a controversial topic. I fully support Veronica Gra... Full Letter »
SIR - This is a response to Mr Westergreen-Thorne s response to my letter to this paper dated April 24. Am I correct in thinking that as there were no denials, parents are being drip fed information rather than being given the complete picture? On my many... Full Letter »
SIR - I would like to say a big thank you for St Nicholas Health centre. I had to go to the doctors there on an emergency appointment as I had a bad back, I was struggling to get into the doctors and staff there were very helpful , I was seen by the docto... Full Letter »
SIR - Was I the only one amused by Joy Hammond s letter in the issue of April 24, appealing about the closure of her local post office, sent by email? JOHN G NEILSON Broom Grove Knebworth... Full Letter »
SIR - How much longer is the old Littlewoods store going to remain empty? I have seen, and I expect a lot of other people have noticed how derelict it has become with boarded up doors and windows, plastic taped over some of the windows. It has really beco... Full Letter »
SIR - How many staff and how many cars does it take Herts County Council to do a traffic survey? The answer is four staff and four cars, all parked in Butts Close, Hitchin, last Tuesday morning. How much does this exercise cost the ratepayers? Is this the... Full Letter »
SIR - In recent weeks, there has been much media coverage of our application to become an NHS foundation trust. This is an exciting development that gives local people – through membership of our proposed foundation trust – a far greater say in how their... Full Letter »
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