Swine flu policy

10:23am Wednesday 8th July 2009

THE priority for government policy on swine flu, as on so much else, is to maintain public confidence and satisfy us that something is being done. That is precisely why it should fail to inspire confidence.

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British Empore

10:25am Wednesday 8th July 2009

HUGH Pender has a point in regards to honours such as Order and Member of the British Empire being outdated in the absence of a British Empire, (HAS, July 2).

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BNP

10:25am Wednesday 8th July 2009

J MOFFAT wonders whether organisations like the National Black Police Association (NBPA) and the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB) are subject to the same race relations legislation as the BNP (HAS, June 27).

Afghanistan

10:26am Wednesday 8th July 2009

THE day will come, sooner or later, when it will dawn on the leaders of the countries invading and occupying Afghanistan that they should remove their armed forces from that country.

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Health Service pay

10:27am Wednesday 8th July 2009

LAST week, vast pay rises for the chairman and directors of the South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust were made public. The chairman will get a more than doubled amount – £50,000 for a part-time post.

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Traditions

10:28am Wednesday 8th July 2009

ANCIENT customs and traditions have invariably stood the test of time for a very good reason.

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Alan Milburn

10:29am Wednesday 8th July 2009

PERHAPS, before standing down as MP for Darlington at the next General Election, Alan Milburn might consider attending a public meeting so that he can explain to his electorate why, according to the ironically named website – they workforyou.com – he has participated in only one debate in the entire parliamentary year and voted in only 58 per cent of parliamentary votes.

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The Euro

10:27am Tuesday 7th July 2009

THE idea of fixing the euro/pound rate at parity, as suggested by H Martyn Coombs (HAS, June 29), may sound convenient, but is not a good idea.

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Redcar

10:29am Tuesday 7th July 2009

WE spent a day at Redcar last week. The sky and sea were blue.

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Police dog deaths

10:30am Tuesday 7th July 2009

HAVING been a veterinary surgeon in small animal practice in Darlington for some 30 years, I feel qualified to express an opinion on the recent death of two police dogs left in a car at Nottinghamshire Police headquarters on one of the hottest days of the year.

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Eco responsibility

10:31am Tuesday 7th July 2009

RECENT Letters from Angela Hilton (HAS, July 1) and Wally Walker (HAS, June 30) repeat much of the greenwash surrounding plastic bags, but sadly neglect important facts.

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School places

10:32am Tuesday 7th July 2009

IT was reported last week that a mother, Mrinal Patel, was taken to court by Harrow Council, north London, accused of giving a false address to get her son into the school of her choice (Echo, July 4).

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Airport support

10:32am Tuesday 7th July 2009

TWO items in last Thursday’s paper (Echo, July 2) could have been printed side-by-side – your Keep the Region Flying campaign story and the Hear All Sides letter about Darlington Labour MP Alan Milburn’s record.

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MP's record

10:33am Tuesday 7th July 2009

AT Prime Minister’s Questions on June 24, my local Labour MP, Phil Wilson (Sedgefield), asked a question.

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