http://www.durhamtimes.co.uk/comment/letters/ Durham Times /comment/letters/ en-gb Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:10:39 +0000 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:10:39 +0000 http://www.durhamtimes.co.uk/comment/letters/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk (Nigel Vincent) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) http://www.durhamtimes.co.uk/resources/images/916963/?type=rsslogo http://www.durhamtimes.co.uk/comment/letters/ http://www.durhamtimes.co.uk/comment/letters/5058783.Licensing/?ref=rss Sir, – A meeting, organised by our MP, was held in Alington House on February 25 to discuss aspects of late-night licensing in Durham City. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:18:16 +0000 dfabadc7a6f1fd3a466577fae8e49962 http://www.durhamtimes.co.uk/comment/letters/5058788.Countryside/?ref=rss Sir, – Wendy Duery (March 5) is right to express concerns about the future of the countryside and of the need to protect a vital national asset. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:18:49 +0000 7551770364c3ee10416f26d53bd1c40d http://www.durhamtimes.co.uk/comment/letters/5058791.Ghetto_fear/?ref=rss Sir, – University towns like Durham may become the first ghettos in modern Britain if new planning laws are misused. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:19:19 +0000 e96c00a10fef6ec5413437fca09d0b24 http://www.durhamtimes.co.uk/comment/letters/5058824.AAP_meeting/?ref=rss Sir, – I am responding on behalf of the chief executive, in respect of some of the issues raised by Stuart Walton about the planning seminar to be held today. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:19 +0000 5804940f0fda56be02bf6f268e09d33a http://www.durhamtimes.co.uk/comment/letters/5058827.Party_goal/?ref=rss Sir, – I think L A Catterson (March 5) has misunderstood the original purpose of the Durham Taxpayers’ Alliance. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:20:44 +0000 a9bf73e172f81c3c80cd08304532133f http://www.durhamtimes.co.uk/comment/letters/5058831.Political_row/?ref=rss Sir, – I refer to the two previous letters from Mrs Catterson and get the distinct inpression that they are the views of a disgruntled Labour activist, doing her best to talk up a discredited Labour administration. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:21:12 +0000 bd1bfe12f9b867f190ca63e70bd8a790 http://www.durhamtimes.co.uk/comment/letters/5058832.Crime_failings/?ref=rss Sir, – The revelation that more than 90 per cent of all burglaries go unsolved in County Durham exposes Labour’s real record on crime. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:21:38 +0000 2c9c94a771bd5f7d2a7d9d57fe4b2fca http://www.durhamtimes.co.uk/comment/letters/5044616.Arts_centre/?ref=rss Sir, – For Durham's bid for the City of Culture title to fall at the first hurdle was a discouragement to those of us who had backed the bid, but hardly an irreversible setback. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:18:13 +0000 9a6e49d8941de5f2f1718ce193df422f http://www.durhamtimes.co.uk/comment/letters/5044617.Culture_folly/?ref=rss Sir, – So the Emperor is stark naked: Durham’s application for UK City of Culture has been rumbled. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:18:37 +0000 73c0cc029842b1bb402d790b283976ec http://www.durhamtimes.co.uk/comment/letters/5044620.Going_Gaga/?ref=rss Sir, – The sadness at the news that Durham missed out in the bidding to be City of Culture thus depriving us of seeing Lady Gaga perform in (our soon to be?) revamped Market Place was soon eclipsed with the news that Durham County Council is to press ahead with its own cultural programme nonetheless. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:19:00 +0000 7c29598abb34709b7dfdd5bc6e995e99