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City must choose tourism or industry

5:57pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

ONE or two letters, objecting to a sulphur plant in Southampton, have suggested it should be at Fawley! I would like to point out that many people live and own houses in Fawley and surrounding areas.

We are facing hard choices over energy

6:07pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

WE have had some interesting articles relating to the large land areas being covered with solar panels and wind farms to provide a source of energy.

Are ditches to blame for rise in animal fatalities?

6:06pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

THE number of New Forest animal fatalities seems to be up this year. Could this be in some degree due to the ditches installed last autumn?

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Thank-you for helping diabetes research

6:06pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

I AM writing to say thank you to all your readers who did something during Diabetes Week to help make life better for people who have diabetes or are at risk of developing it.

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Plenty of ideas for former boating lake

6:06pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

I OBJECT to the planning application regarding development of the former boating lake site at Southampton Sports Cente.

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Think before referendum

6:05pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

I HOPE Southampton City Council will think very carefully before embarking on a referendum for fluoridation.

Need to explore energy questions

6:05pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

RE Green energy – it is actually moving on apace. However we do need to invest in the products before it improves to the next step – otherwise how will companies do the research and development?

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Minerva ‘thank you’

6:04pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

A BIG thank you for the Daily Echo’s part in organising the competition to visit the “Minerva” cruise ship in Portsmouth.

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Cutlery would cut the grass better

6:03pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

WHILE driving around various areas in Southampton, I was stunned by how badly the council have just cut – well, hacked – at the grass .

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Amazed by claims of car damage by ‘pro-bus’ folk

6:03pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

I READ with amazement the letter published on June 6 regarding the no.9 bus service through the Kings Ride Estate.

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Welcome Connect-ion

6:04pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

WITH all the undoubted problems which will be experienced following the cuts to bus routes starting next month, I was very pleased to hear that our campaign to save the Westwood Road route has been successful.

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Different rules for naked cyclists?

6:02pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

I HAVE always considered, that there are two sets of rules, for most issues, this has been proved once again, with naked bike riders, riding through Southampton, while the naked rambler is forever being put in prison.

Will new man Dave reverse charges?

6:01pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

NOW we have a new cabinet member for Health and Adult Social Care in Southampton, will Councillor Dave Shields reverse the Labour Council hikes in charges to the frail, elderly and disabled?

Better future for UK fishing communities

6:02pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

YOUR readers, especially those whose livelihoods depends on the fishing industry in our ports in the South-East will be delighted to learn of our recent success in negotiating a deal on the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) which will ensure a better future for our fishing communities.

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Donna will be sadly missed

6:00pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

I was shocked and deeply saddened by the sudden death of Donna Hartley-Wass last week.

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Bus plight is worse when you have none!

6:00pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

YOU have been featuring the plight of people in and around the Southampton area having fewer buses. At least they have got some!

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Cruel festivals

5:59pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

MANY people will soon be taking breaks and holidays abroad. I would like to ask that should you go to countries where they have festivals involving animal cruelty to avoid going to the festival.

Lost markings are a scandal

5:59pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

I recently cycled over the New Forest from Linwood to cross Ocknell Plain towards Fritham.

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What’s the cost of wardens?

6:00pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

ONE way Southampton City Council could save money is not send wardens to outlying districts after 6pm.

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Evidence of global warming accumulates

5:58pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

I CAN understand the reticence in accepting global warming exists and scepticism in regards to any figures published from Government departments, Mr McCarthy of Hedge End may have.

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Thank you, Echo!

5:58pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

ON behalf of both my husband and myself I would like to thank the Daily Echo for giving us the opportunity through a recent Daily Echo competition of having a superb day including lunch on the new Royal Princess, pictured.

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Uplifting spirit

5:57pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

CONGRATULATIONS to everyone involved in organizing the Ejector Seat festival, pictured.

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It’s a puzzling attitude

5:58pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

THE attitudes of the British middle classes are puzzling in the extreme.

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Supermarkets on pub sites are creating traffic hazards

4:58pm Friday 14th June 2013

WITH the increased use of pub sites for metro styled shops, I wonder who studied traffic management on the city council, who gave permission for such development without reasonable study.

Pensions Bill threatens the bereaved

5:05pm Friday 14th June 2013

I AM very concerned about the changes to Bereavement Benefits included in the Pensions Bill, which has its second reading in the House of Commons on Monday.

Dimming lights counter to £200m safer streets’ plan

5:04pm Friday 14th June 2013

IT’S not that long ago that we welcomed the £200m investment in street lighting, all agreeing you cannot put a price on safety – after all, this new scheme is going to light up, and provide extra security all over Southampton.

Public service workers need protection

5:02pm Friday 14th June 2013

RECENTLY, three railway station staff were assaulted at Bournemouth station while carrying out their duties on the platform. The assaults, both verbal and physical, included being spat at, scratched and bitten.

Labour will be selecting the new candidate on merit

5:01pm Friday 14th June 2013

WITH regard to the selection of a candidate to replace John Denham, Southampton Labour Party can do without the unsolicited advice of Paul Wheeler (Daily Echo, Letters June 5), or anyone else for that matter.

Take up the longest day golfing challenge

5:01pm Friday 14th June 2013

I HAVE faced some tough challenges in my career, but my love of the game I play for a living has always got me through.

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Please fight the fracking

5:01pm Friday 14th June 2013

FRACKING – somehow this must stop!

Catastrophic oversight by ward councillors

5:00pm Friday 14th June 2013

STEVEN GALTON is selective in his presentation of the facts in relation to the sulphur plant debate at the council’s recent planning panel.

Tories should be questioning their inaction

4:58pm Friday 14th June 2013

OH dear, my letter regarding the Tories’ inaction and blunders regarding the application by Oxbow for a sulphur plant, pictured above, in the docks seems to have struck a nerve.

Parking mistake cost couple a £75 fine on wedding anniversary

4:45pm Thursday 13th June 2013

MY husband and I decided to celebrate our 55th wedding anniversary with a nice meal at an old haunt in Southampton.

Distressing news of veterans harmed by benefits crackdown

4:45pm Thursday 13th June 2013

RECENT news that disabled war veterans are being are being ‘humiliated’ by the benefits crackdown is distressing.

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Partnerships are key to success in education

4:46pm Thursday 13th June 2013

AFTER three decades of being a councillor, it never ceases to amaze me that almost everyday brings a new challenge or experience.

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Mix up over BT broadband and ebilling password

4:44pm Thursday 13th June 2013

I WONDER if other readers have come across similar experiences with BT.

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Why have new jobs figures changed?

4:44pm Thursday 13th June 2013

I HAVE received my copy of Eastleigh News, the regular periodical from the Council.

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Using word ‘green’ is excuse to get money

4:43pm Thursday 13th June 2013

ACCORDING to Mr Cox, the renewable energy subsidy will add £63 to average household energy bills because The Department of Energy and Climate Change says so.

Animal Aid thanks after street collection

4:43pm Thursday 13th June 2013

ANIMAL AID would like to thank the people of Shirley, Southampton for their generosity in raising £86.57 at a street collection on Saturday, May 11 2013.

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Brickwork repairs on footbridge done well

4:42pm Thursday 13th June 2013

I WOULD like to express my appreciation to the workmen who repaired some of the brickwork on the Mount Pleasant Road footbridge.

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More changes being made by First Bus

4:42pm Thursday 13th June 2013

I SHOULD like to bring to the attention of your readership the amount of changes which First Bus are bringing to the neighbourhoods.

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First Bus should think about how cuts will hit elderly passengers

4:41pm Thursday 13th June 2013

FIRST Bus, in their infinite wisdom, have axed all buses to Lordshill North.

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Safety campaign goes on in memory of Mark

4:38pm Thursday 13th June 2013

SOUTHAMPTON Cycling Campaign would like to thank all those cyclists who joined the first annual Mark Brummell memorial ride (the Brummell Bummel) on May 26 to celebrate the life of a truly remarkable man who enriched the lives of all who knew him.

Lashing out at UKIP

4:39pm Thursday 13th June 2013

LASHING out at UKIP, D R Smith clearly cannot wait for the final meltdown of whatever sovereignty Britain has left, stating that, as “immigration...will almost certainly increase, we had better get used to it”. What defeatist nonsense.

City centre pavements are in a ‘disgusting’ state

4:36pm Thursday 13th June 2013

A fortnight ago the mother of my daughter-in-law had a very bad fall in Southampton, resulting in a chipped front tooth, split lip and numerous bruises.

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Litter spoils common

4:37pm Thursday 13th June 2013

ONE of the joys of the weekend is an early morning walk on Southampton Common, pictured.

A sad statistic

4:35pm Thursday 13th June 2013

WHAT A very sad statistic from the national press, that nine out of ten babies born this year to cohabitating parents will see them break-up before they are 16.

Disastrous move

4:33pm Thursday 13th June 2013

QUITE disastrous – Morrisons to take over the Blockbuster store in Portswood (Daily Echo, June 7).

What a lot of hot air over wind farms

4:35pm Thursday 13th June 2013

MARTIN Heath tells us (Daily Echo, June 3) that wind farms are one of the cheapest forms of energy. What utter nonsense!

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Fracking not a danger to the environment

4:32pm Thursday 13th June 2013

CE Watts (Fracking our way to destruction? Letters, June 6) gives us his deeply informed view of fracking, no doubt based on his years of experience working with the technology.

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