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Better hindsight earlier needed

Published on 29th March 2007 in Letters

Sir - No hospital likes any unit to close, especially a nice little hospital at Goole, when we are constantly being told millions of pounds are being pumped into the NHS.

Budget Day - yes or no? As an OAP I haven't gained or lost any money. If Mr Brown could have brought Council Tax down I would have gained from it! What, Mr Cameron, with hindsight you will offer to do better?

E. Firth

Western Road, Goole

Guilty carer's court plunge

A male care worker is seriously injured after throwing himself 20 feet off a balcony at Hull Crown Court yesterday in an apparent suicide bid in a dramatic end to a three-day

Top student too young for uni

Most 16-year-olds are returning to sixth forms and colleges around the region this week to start their A level studies but this is not the case for one local teenager.

Also in Letters

Better use for officer's pay rise?

Sir - No doubt like many others up and down the country the comments made by Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross to Andrew Sachs left a deep feeling of disgust.

Gowdall thanks

Sir - The Gowdall Scarecrow and Pumpkin Festival Committee would like to thank all our friends and supporters who came to Gowdall to help us celebrate our festival.

West Park event was brilliant

Sir - May I, through your Readers' Page, just congratulate the members of Old Goole Youth Centre on another brilliant bonfire project.

'Utter disgrace' of pay rises

Sir - The Goole Branch Labour Party would like to voice our disgust and outrage at the decision to award huge pay increases to the East Riding Council hierarchy.