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Saturday, May 27th 2017

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Now there can be a month’s worth of rubbish in one bin

• I AM all for the two-week refuse collection as a first, tiny step toward saving the planet. However I have three major...

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Drivers should look out for other road users

• TWICE in two days I’ve had a near miss while riding my bike. Each time, the driver failed to look both ways at a four-way...

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Birch trees are to be avoided

• IT was encouraging to read the April 20 letter from Dee Searle about tree planting as one proposal to improve our air quality...

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Our thoughts must be with those directly affected by the Manchester bomb

• THIS is not the letter I had intended for the New Journal this week. On hearing the news from Manchester I decided to watch the...

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There were no Magdala bullet holes in the early 1970s

• I LIVED in Parliament Hill in the early 1970s. There were no bullet holes then (The hole truth – are the marks left by Ruth...

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Politicians’ and civil servants’ have failed us on HS2

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The London Plane is the best for tackling pollutants

• IN the fight for better air quality, pavement trees have an important role to play. Not only do they trap CO2 but a recent...

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There are positive signs for Labour on the doorstep

• MOST of the doors I knocked on during canvassing in NW6 were positively Labour and even asked for posters to put in the...

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May has turned her back on our pensioners

• PRIME minister (and would-be president, based on the style of the Conservative Party campaign) Theresa May has turned her back...

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Save the bright but poor kids in central London

• I WAS one of the parents who despaired at the lack of grammar schools in central London (Not good enough at the age 11, May...

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How will the Conservatives’ attack on the elderly play out at the election?

• READING the Conservative manifesto, not only was I staggered by what they have left uncosted but also astounded by what they...

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The family homes tax is an unjust policy

• THE Labour candidate for Hampstead and Kilburn, Tulip Siddiq, is standing on a manifesto that includes a family homes tax. This...

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This general election is the first for many years to offer a choice of leadership styles and...

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Ukip’s decision not to stand in Hampstead & Kilburn could cost us dear

• I’M A young voter who grew up in Hampstead & Kilburn and still live in the constituency. It’s hugely worrying that Ukip have...

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Ukip’s backing raises questions for the Conservative candidate

• VOTERS in Hampstead & Kilburn deserve to hear from the Conservative candidate regarding the endorsement she has received from...

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Labour can learn from the example of Robert Owen

• FURTHER to John Mills’s May 18 Forum (The Labour manifesto may not be a winner this time, but long-term . . . ), I suggest a...

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We need a government for the people

• ACCORDING to Aristotle, there are two forms of government: democracy, the rule of the poor, and oligarchy, the rule of the...

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Think of the plight of nurses when deciding how to vote

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Why does Camden Council allow our area to be used as a coach park?

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Don’t believe all you read about cycle lanes

• THE Evening Standard last week carried a story suggesting that roads such as Royal College Street which have cycle lanes and...

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Trident could be hacked too

• BOB Davenport’s May 18 letter (Unclear option) about the cyber attack on the National Health Service and Trident, our nuclear...

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High Speed Rail are going to destroy trees – so where are the protesters?

• THERE are public gardens all along the front of Euston Station. These were set out as part of the original design, little...

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Pret cups can’t be recycled

• WE enjoy Tom Moggach’s food reviews and admire the work he does helping local children to appreciate “real food”. But his...

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