http://www.droitwichadvertiser.co.uk/news/yourview/ Droitwich Advertiser /news/yourview/ en-gb Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:11:49 +0100 Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:11:49 +0100 http://www.droitwichadvertiser.co.uk/news/yourview/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk (Nigel Vincent) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) http://www.droitwichadvertiser.co.uk/resources/images/725153/?type=rsslogo http://www.droitwichadvertiser.co.uk/news/yourview/ http://www.droitwichadvertiser.co.uk/news/yourview/4471481.Petition_shame/?ref=rss Mark France is shameless. Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:00:00 +0100 7047365a050bf0b5e4827c7f201b76a4 http://www.droitwichadvertiser.co.uk/news/yourview/4458810.News_blackout/?ref=rss I AM writing as a concerned citizen of the Bromsgrove district. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:50:00 +0100 5715028672adf31d26b8fc13f29812f4 http://www.droitwichadvertiser.co.uk/news/yourview/4458814.More_recognition/?ref=rss I am sure I speak for the many hundreds of parents of girls who have been coached by Sheila Perks to enhance their netball skills. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:50:00 +0100 ee3bf2eca78881bbfa5828e45a2c7df1 http://www.droitwichadvertiser.co.uk/news/yourview/4467918.Design_horrors/?ref=rss Prince Charles has been receiving a great deal of flack from the arty community, especially architects, who feel that both he and us commoners have no understanding of taste where new buildings are concerned and that we should shut up and leave it to the experts. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:40:00 +0100 0fe13d1e928af7b66c4caab0cadcbe75 http://www.droitwichadvertiser.co.uk/news/yourview/4467928.Rugby_club_blues/?ref=rss having just read in a national newspaper that the organiser of the Glastonbury music festival is being fined £3,000 because Bruce Springsteen broke the 12.30am curfew by nine minutes I wonder how much the residents of Droitwich Spa can claim from Droitwich Rugby Club for lack of sleep on Saturday night/Sunday morning, June 27/28. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:50:27 +0100 bff235133b1d504b3a4ca0356fccb09e http://www.droitwichadvertiser.co.uk/news/yourview/4467903.Fight_to_save_our_brine_baths/?ref=rss Back at the beginning of February, I wrote to Your View expressing my concerns for the future of the Droitwich Brine Baths complex. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:45:53 +0100 da757fb29d83caa9295ab0ae46aecd3a http://www.droitwichadvertiser.co.uk/news/yourview/4467909.Brine_baths_query/?ref=rss I am not one usually to write to papers, however I feel there is a conspiracy between the local press, business and politicians not to make a fuss about the closure of the brine baths, which have been shut for nearly six months with hardly a whimper of coverage. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:47:19 +0100 e826e19530951a70dda840e63b3bdf2c http://www.droitwichadvertiser.co.uk/news/yourview/4467915.Angling_concerns/?ref=rss I am bewildered to find that the fishing rights relating to the Herrotts and Droitwich Vines Park Basin facilities, which are publicly owned, are now controlled by private enterprise – namely the Droitwich Angling Centre Please note that the Herrotts fishing facility and surrounding vegetation was efficiently managed by the Barley Mow Angling Club (of which I am a member) for 40 plus years. There were regular surveys regarding the welfare of the fish stocks. Restocking was financed by the club and carried out with the approval and in conjunction with the Environment Agency. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:48:15 +0100 0b95a7cb8070b4e6d43c4d1d49bc3068 http://www.droitwichadvertiser.co.uk/news/yourview/4458794.Buy_your_own_bog_roll/?ref=rss I have just been reading, with interest, Worcestershire MP Peter Luff’s expenses published online by the government and the first thing that strikes me is the amount of blacking out things that he does not want us to see, but the things he let’s us see include Diet Coke, mineral waters, biscuits, facial wipes, Kleenex Ultra toilet tissue etc and the list goes on. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:50:00 +0100 a4f78edf1e3ebadaeb83c57d431d510e http://www.droitwichadvertiser.co.uk/news/yourview/4458805.Bus_accidents/?ref=rss I am increasingly hearing of accidents happening on buses when the driver can’t be bothered to wait until the passengers are seated, more often than not on the main routes. Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:50:00 +0100 5c0af94b10bfdc65bc7e733b5ff31972 http://www.droitwichadvertiser.co.uk/news/yourview/4458784.Accident_fears/?ref=rss Very long, noisy, polluting buses continue to use the narrow Warwick Avenue/Old Station Road/Clive Road route day and night. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:40:00 +0100 b7917bf450695606d06d5bc80ac85c25 http://www.droitwichadvertiser.co.uk/news/yourview/4458791.Expensive_mistake/?ref=rss Bromsgrove shopper, in the June 17 issue, feels strongly that his 61p daily contribution to the EU is money well spent, which is strange, as I have always regarded Bromsgrove folk as quite shrewd. He/she is apparently unconcerned that £ 41 million a day goes to a disorganised bureaucracy that has had no signed off audited accounts for 15 years and can only reliably vouch for seven per cent of its spending. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:40:00 +0100 e5f8097f4b878625d0bf89699b11b4d7 http://www.droitwichadvertiser.co.uk/news/yourview/4458776.House_query/?ref=rss HAS anyone noticed how many lanes around Bromsgrove contain the word “house” – Spirehouse Lane, Fishhouse Lane, Dusthouse Lane etc. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:40:00 +0100 1c7a8ef6249f42803224d154d1e5f3a4 http://www.droitwichadvertiser.co.uk/news/yourview/4458779.Care_home_thanks/?ref=rss Unfortunately, we hear a lot about misgivings in our elderly care homes, but because staff at The Priory Rest Home, Elmbridge, take on the role of family to their residents, there is definitely something good to boast about. For more than 12 years I have been visiting a member of family at this care home and now that his care requirements are becoming ever more demanding, the staff are persevering to keep his dignity and quality of life right up to the end. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 07:40:00 +0100 27e80cf04c3f0d6444c642aabe89e3d3 http://www.droitwichadvertiser.co.uk/news/yourview/4458733.It___s_time_to_save_the_greenbelt/?ref=rss I am a mother of three who has lived in the Bromsgrove district most of my life and in the past I have worked as a countryside volunteer. Having brought my children up to respect the countryside and wildlife around them, I am now teaching my grandchildren the same. I have experienced inner city children seeing the countryside for the first time and their amazement of what it offers. Also I have seen our greenbelt disappearing around us in Bromsgrove as we live in a beautiful area that offers us a wide range of wildlife. Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:40:00 +0100 0fb3de074a4c547592ae52d4689b35b6 http://www.droitwichadvertiser.co.uk/news/yourview/4458769.Many_thanks/?ref=rss AS chairman of the Catshill Meadow Committee I wish to thank all the residents, friends, family and neighbours who supported the annual fun day on Saturday, June 13. Sun, 28 Jun 2009 07:40:00 +0100 5632c04e9e4b1c07b362052ddb74aefa http://www.droitwichadvertiser.co.uk/news/yourview/4458761.People_were_heard/?ref=rss I am writing in response to the statement made by senior officials at the Bromsgrove Conservative Association and also to the letter by Tessa Gillespie, chairman of Bromsgrove Conservative Association. Sat, 27 Jun 2009 07:40:00 +0100 263f9aab64baa986b00d5d18a8ce9e10 http://www.droitwichadvertiser.co.uk/news/yourview/4455819.Threat_to_green_spaces_growing/?ref=rss Advertiser readers will not have been happy to read the article regarding the massive central Government house building programme (June 17) centred on Bordesley, Beoley and Rowney Green and on green belt land. The plan is being pushed remorselessly forward by that “mafia like” multiplicity of quangos which now run this nation and have a vice like grip on everything “planning”. Sat, 27 Jun 2009 07:20:00 +0100 e5db1c1a1c28cb084b49da9ec4a2bfb6 http://www.droitwichadvertiser.co.uk/news/yourview/4455809.I_want_our_money_spent_on_the_UK/?ref=rss I AM indebted to your newspaper for providing me with a moment welcome hilarity (“The EU is good value”, June 17). My message didn’t sink in after all as I countered this view with the lady who expressed it to me word for word; Janet King, Lib Dem County Council candidate for Bromsgrove East, at the count in the Spadesbourne Suite on June 5. Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:20:00 +0100 45e9c756bd948a88606a68ae617bdb98 http://www.droitwichadvertiser.co.uk/news/yourview/4455814.Lifelong_loyalty_to_Tories_destroyed/?ref=rss HOW naive these poor Julie Kirkbride do-gooders are. Fri, 26 Jun 2009 07:20:00 +0100 0b142e96eb4ce0ec5771e5a49146b48e