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Economic pitfalls
9:49am Saturday 10th May 2008
IT doesn't seem to dawn on Gordon Brown that people expect the ruling party to run a productive national economy - and they expect to benefit from it.

Schoolteachers
9:49am Saturday 10th May 2008
MY teachers never had training days off. We were well taught, even as evacuees, for three years.

School uniform
9:50am Saturday 10th May 2008
AM I the only parent in Newton Aycliffe with a child/children who attends Woodham Comprehensive who is utterly flabbergasted at the price and expense that the introduction of their new uniform is going to put people like us under.
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Election aftermath
9:51am Saturday 10th May 2008
IT IS obvious now that the abolition of the 10p income tax band has harmed the Government.
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Election aftermath
12:19pm Friday 9th May 2008
I HAVE no problem with Mark Anderson's critique of Government policies (HAS, May 7) wherein he asserts his view that a number of national and international policies are proving unpopular with the electorate.
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Fuel prices
12:19pm Friday 9th May 2008
BERNIE Walsh (HAS, May 5) has, I'm afraid, succumbed to the media brainwash that accompanied BP and Shell's recent profits announcements.

Phones 4U
12:19pm Friday 9th May 2008
AT Phones 4u, we were disappointed to hear of the dissatisfaction felt by John Smith of Shildon (HAS, May 5) regarding the service he received from us, and as with all customers, we took his comments seriously.

Election aftermath
10:07am Thursday 8th May 2008
RESIDENTS of Bearpark, Brasside, Framwellgate Moor, Pity Me and Witton Gilbert did themselves a disservice in last Thursday's Durham unitary council elections.
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Foreign words
10:09am Thursday 8th May 2008
I WAS fascinated by Chris Lloyd's reference to the origin of the word purdah in his column, "Drawing a veil over politics" (Echo, May 3).

Birds of prey
10:15am Thursday 8th May 2008
IN his letter regarding the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and birds of prey (HAS, May 1), Alistair Mitchell says managed grouse moors have more nesting waders than the RSPB moorland reserve in Cumbria.

World economy
10:12am Thursday 8th May 2008
FIVE recent news items leave you in despair about world economics.

Elections aftermath
1:39pm Wednesday 7th May 2008
AS a result of Labour's annihilation in the recent elections, their leaders promise to start listening to people and to re-engage. Here are a few tips for them: ■ Restore the 10p tax band with immediate effect as it is hurting the less well-off; ■ Halt the post office closures with immediate effect as it is punishing communities; ■ Allow a referendum on the European Union Lisbon Constitution/Treaty; ■ Get a hold on uncontrolled immigration as it is stretching schools, hospitals and the country's infrastructure to the limit; ■ Withdraw from the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan and invest the saved money in the UK economy at this time of recession; ■ Allow the elderly to travel on buses at convenient times to them; ■ Scrap the Olympics in London, and stop the sale of school playing fields, which is now at an all-time high, and put the saved money into school and junior sporting clubs to produce stars and facilities of the future.
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Poll thanks
1:36pm Wednesday 7th May 2008
WE would like to thank the people of the West Auckland Division of Durham County Council - made up of parts of Bishop Auckland, Etherley Dene, Etherley Moor and Etherley Grange, Rose Hill, Escomb, Witton Park, Greenfields, Woodhouses and also St Helen Auckland and West Auckland - who voted for us in last Thursday's elections.

Teachers
1:35pm Wednesday 7th May 2008
TOM Cooper (HAS, May 3) says that teachers should not be the moral guardians of the nation, but how they act within school influences the values a pupil learns just as much as those instilled by parents.
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Benefits plea
1:34pm Wednesday 7th May 2008
I'M 64 and have worked all my life until a medical problem meant I could no longer do so, but I think it's time for the Government to look at incapacity/pension benefits and see how they relate to today's living costs as opposed to when they were set.

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