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Not an eagle
SIR. Almost certainly the large bird circling over Battersea was a buzzard. I have watched three buzzards circling over Wandsworth and Putney. It is easy to identify this large bird of prey as it soars in circles for long periods without flapping its
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MP bugs me
SIR. Most people would view 116 premature deaths from superbug infections caught in hospital as an extremely serious matter that deserves the fullest scrutiny. Indeed, one would expect the local MP of a hospital where such tragedies occurred to be leading
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‘Warehouse’ is simply not jolly
SIR. The artist's impression for the Jolly Boatman site opposite Hampton Court station shows this new development as a large warehouse. It is completely out of character with the surrounding area and will cause even more congestion. It will also ruin
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Sticky issues
SIR. Can you please explain through your paper that when you see a person with a white stick with red bands on it, it means they are sensory impaired, which means they have poor sight (the white part of the stick) and poor hearing (the red bands). Not
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Bag the vote
SIR. Your readers may be aware that in the recent London Councils consultation, 90 per cent of people who responded supported either an outright ban of plastic bags or, at the very least, the introduction of a plastic bag tax. The proposal will go before
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Running fast
SIR. I wish to reply to one of your letters titled "How did most of our bus drivers pass their tests?" I have held a PCV licence for 24 years and people always have a tendancy to blame the bus driver for everything, but step back for a moment and think
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The obvious answer to student overcrowding
SIR. There is an obvious answer to the "shortfall" of student accommodation in Kingston that Professor David Miles complains of (Thousands more student houses are needed, Surrey Comet, Oct 24). If you lack 2,500 places for students to live in, then you
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A cut above
SIR. Your obituary of Kingston Grammar School's Ken Cripps reminds me of a conversation many years ago with another Ken, who cut hair in a barber shop of that name in Hawks Road. I asked him how he knew his namesake. "Oh," he replied, "when Ken was
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The Germans!
SIR. What was my consternation to find a German market in Kingston! My uncle, Fred Nibbons, lost his foot in 1916 when a Zeppelin dropped a bomb on Riley's Cowshed in East Kent. He'd been romancing a former suffragette in the cowshed at the time. Many
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Davey’s claim
SIR. Re Kingston NHS Cuts report in last week's Surrey Comet. Edward Davey MP likes to give the impression that it is thanks to him that Kingston Primary Care Trust has relented in its proposal to move the Fuchsias patients into care homes. I would
