http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/ airdrieadv en-gb Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser no airdrieadv IC NETWORK http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2009/01/07/make-your-new-year-s-resolution-to-become-a-guide-dog-volunteer-65864-22616582/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2009/01/07/make-your-new-year-s-resolution-to-become-a-guide-dog-volunteer-65864-22616582/ SIR - In light of the current economical climate, I wish to applaud the work of our dedicated volunteers who have valiantly continued to give up their time to support The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association. http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2009/01/07/nspcc-thank-readers-for-their-support-and-generosity-65864-22616583/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2009/01/07/nspcc-thank-readers-for-their-support-and-generosity-65864-22616583/ SIR - At the end of another year, we would like to say a big ‘thank you’ to all of your readers who have done their bit to support the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC)’s ChildLine in Scotland service throughout 2008. http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2009/01/07/it-should-a-level-playing-field-for-all-65864-22616588/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2009/01/07/it-should-a-level-playing-field-for-all-65864-22616588/ SIR - The Royal Mail is putting up the cost of sending a letter by 3p to 39p, and 30p, in April. http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/street-interviews/2009/01/07/vox-pop-end-of-the-woolworths-era-65864-22616595/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/street-interviews/2009/01/07/vox-pop-end-of-the-woolworths-era-65864-22616595/ Tony Russo, from Airdrie, said: “It is a terrible thing to have happened. I have lived in Airdrie for over 50 years and was always in and out of the shop.” http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/street-interviews/2008/12/31/vox-pop-new-year-resolutions-65864-22569381/ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/street-interviews/2008/12/31/vox-pop-new-year-resolutions-65864-22569381/ Caroline Tunnock said: “I am going to try and get fit and I would also like to give blood.” http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2008/12/31/ban-this-cruel-trade-in-animal-skins-65864-22569472/ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2008/12/31/ban-this-cruel-trade-in-animal-skins-65864-22569472/ SIR - January 1 will mark the satisfactory conclusion of my nine year campaign to end the horrific trade in cat and dog fur across Europe. http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2008/12/31/charities-say-thanks-to-their-supporters-for-help-during-2008-65864-22569473/ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2008/12/31/charities-say-thanks-to-their-supporters-for-help-during-2008-65864-22569473/ SIR - I would like to thank all your readers who have so generously supported Breast Cancer Care throughout 2008. http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2008/12/31/animal-gifts-add-to-poverty-65864-22569475/ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2008/12/31/animal-gifts-add-to-poverty-65864-22569475/ SIR - Several aid charities are once again making their, by now traditional, pitch for donations to buy farmed animals for some of the world’s poorest communities. http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2008/12/31/thanks-from-chest-heart-stroke-scotland-65864-22569477/ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2008/12/31/thanks-from-chest-heart-stroke-scotland-65864-22569477/ Chest, heart and stroke illness can affect anyone. Thanks to advances in treatment, and changes in lifestyle, many more people survive heart attacks and strokes than in previous years - a real success story for Scotland’s health. http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2008/12/24/an-ode-to-woolworths-stores-65864-22537367/ Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2008/12/24/an-ode-to-woolworths-stores-65864-22537367/ SIR - I hope you can print the following poem I’ve written, as I feel it’s not only timely but relevant. http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2008/12/17/customers-should-respect-hard-working-shop-workers-over-this-festive-season-65864-22489615/ Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2008/12/17/customers-should-respect-hard-working-shop-workers-over-this-festive-season-65864-22489615/ SIR - I would like to wish your readers a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year. http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2008/12/17/help-the-starving-families-in-the-congo-65864-22489619/ Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2008/12/17/help-the-starving-families-in-the-congo-65864-22489619/ SIR - DEC aid agencies in Scotland appeal to the Scottish public for funds to ease suffering for families in Democratic Republic of Congo. http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2008/12/17/reunite-these-holiday-pals-65864-22489964/ Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2008/12/17/reunite-these-holiday-pals-65864-22489964/ SIR - I am looking for some assistance in finding some friends that we met while on holiday. http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/street-interviews/2008/12/17/vox-pop-worst-ever-christmas-presents-65864-22489967/ Wed, 17 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/street-interviews/2008/12/17/vox-pop-worst-ever-christmas-presents-65864-22489967/ Joseph Kelly (17), from Coatbridge, said: “One year I got a Mr Frosty. It was very stupid and I didn’t really use it at all.” http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/street-interviews/2008/12/10/vox-pop-who-will-win-the-x-factor-65864-22436170/ Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/street-interviews/2008/12/10/vox-pop-who-will-win-the-x-factor-65864-22436170/ Debbie Hammill (17), from Coatbridge, said: “I think JLS will win. I think it is about time for a group to win it and they are something different from the last few winners.” http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2008/12/10/it-s-time-to-make-this-important-report-available-to-communities-now-65864-22436834/ Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2008/12/10/it-s-time-to-make-this-important-report-available-to-communities-now-65864-22436834/ SIR - We are faced with the prospect of developers disturbing the toxic landfill at Kilgarth to the north of Townhead and the rebuilding of St Ambrose and Drumpark on the toxic landfill to the south of Townhead. Coatbridge really is a community under siege from toxic pollution and politics. http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2008/12/10/help-make-a-difference-65864-22436838/ Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2008/12/10/help-make-a-difference-65864-22436838/ SIR - I am writing to ask your readers to help us Make a Difference with our appeal for volunteers, who are really needed at the new British Heart Foundation and Electrical Shop, opening in Airdrie on December 16. http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2008/12/10/don-t-take-yourself-so-seriously-tom-65864-22437044/ Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2008/12/10/don-t-take-yourself-so-seriously-tom-65864-22437044/ SIR - I am compelled to put Tom Clarke straight about his astonishingly pompous admonishment of your correspondent James Kane for daring to criticise a UK member of parliament. http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2008/12/03/nothing-s-ever-going-to-be-the-same-again-65864-22385425/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2008/12/03/nothing-s-ever-going-to-be-the-same-again-65864-22385425/ SIR - The Labour Party deserved its Glenrothes by-election win in the face of an embarrassingly smug SNP - a relentlessly negative campaign notwithstanding. http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2008/12/03/do-the-decent-thing-and-resign-as-an-mp-if-you-want-to-continue-at-celtic-65864-22385429/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2008/12/03/do-the-decent-thing-and-resign-as-an-mp-if-you-want-to-continue-at-celtic-65864-22385429/ SIR - While not a fan of Rangers or David Murray, he has a good point when referring to Dr John Reid stirring the ‘sectarian pot’, now that he is on the board at Celtic FC. http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2008/11/26/gordon-brown-s-hypocrisy-knows-no-bounds-65864-22333360/ Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2008/11/26/gordon-brown-s-hypocrisy-knows-no-bounds-65864-22333360/ SIR - As a Scot I can only apologise for the embarrassing behaviour of Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Scottish Secretary Jim Murphyin rubbishing the achievements and successes of some of our closest neighbours and friends in the likes of Ireland, Iceland and Norway. http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2008/11/26/life-is-hard-enough-for-me-sufferers-without-having-to-suffer-indiginity-of-scrutiny-from-dwp-65864-22333361/ Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2008/11/26/life-is-hard-enough-for-me-sufferers-without-having-to-suffer-indiginity-of-scrutiny-from-dwp-65864-22333361/ SIR - I am constantly reminded on television that in the UK we are meant to live in a democratic society that has a high regard for Civil and Human Rights. http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2008/11/26/meningitis-trust-needs-support-65864-22333364/ Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2008/11/26/meningitis-trust-needs-support-65864-22333364/ SIR - On BBC’s Children in Need show you may have noticed that the Meningitis Trust featured, with eight-year-old Levana being the face of the charity. http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/street-interviews/2008/11/19/your-say-on-baby-p-65864-22283564/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/street-interviews/2008/11/19/your-say-on-baby-p-65864-22283564/ Lynne Robertson (25) from Gartlea said: “I think it is shocking how that child went to a doctor, was found to have a broken back and nothing is done about it. It is disgusting.” http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2008/11/19/nature-diary-19th-nov-2008-65864-22286758/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2008/11/19/nature-diary-19th-nov-2008-65864-22286758/ I was too busy scraping ice off the windscreen of my car to give much thought to the residents of London who had to contend with snow. Apparently, this was the first time that snow had fallen in the capital in October for 75 years. http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2008/11/19/have-your-say-on-current-financial-crisis-65864-22286762/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2008/11/19/have-your-say-on-current-financial-crisis-65864-22286762/ SIR - There’s no getting away from it - we’re all bank customers in some shape or form, whether it’s for our current account, savings accounts or mortgage. http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2008/11/19/westminster-comment-19-nov-2008-65864-22286766/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2008/11/19/westminster-comment-19-nov-2008-65864-22286766/ FROM the remote loneliness of unprotected Baby P’s cot where he died so cruelly and prematurely, to the hubristic exhibitionists in a packed House of Commons, demonstrated the stark contrast of two entirely different worlds. http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2008/11/19/shocked-saddened-and-disgusted-by-taxi-letter-65864-22286768/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2008/11/19/shocked-saddened-and-disgusted-by-taxi-letter-65864-22286768/ SIR - AS a retired taxi owner, I was shocked, saddened and disgusted by last week’s letter regarding taxi ranks in Airdrie. http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2008/11/19/spin-skill-65864-22286771/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2008/11/19/spin-skill-65864-22286771/ SIR - IT is ingenious of Tom Clarke to suggest that journalists were biased against New Labour because they were predicting an SNP win in Glenrothes - were New Labour MPs not predicting the same on polling day? http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2008/11/19/factsheet-will-help-reduce-bullying-in-school-washrooms-65864-22286778/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.acadvertiser.co.uk/comment/airdrie-letters/2008/11/19/factsheet-will-help-reduce-bullying-in-school-washrooms-65864-22286778/ SIR - This year, November 17 to 21, has been designated as Anti Bullying Week.