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Council’s got it in for our trees

WHAT is it about trees that Cardiff council does not like? Their latest attack has been on a fine old copse of trees in Thornhill going towards the Travellers Rest. Read

The free state of our nation

I’M pleased to see a large number of people have written to the Echo in response to the publicity about Caerphilly Council’s comments on the idea of Britishness. A number of people were kind enough to mention myself. Read

Fantastic foreign holiday, but Island’s ..........better for sand!

I HAVE just been abroad for my first holiday and I had a super time staying in a top hotel with air-conditioning/mini bar and its own balcony. Read

Crunch time for Christmas

CREDIT crunch is ringing in our ears wherever we go instead of Christmas bells. Read

Treasure this asset in city

IN response to Ms C E John’s scathing letter about St David’s Hall, I admit it is not beautiful on the outside and the reception and bar areas could do with a facelift, plus more could be made of the outside balcony on the fourth floor, but the auditorium is lovely. Read

Your blinkers are rubbish!

I AM amazed at the amount of rubbish that students left for our council workers to clear earlier this year. Read

Do us a favour, live this student lifestyle

THANK you Coun Judith Woodman for enlightening us about the student population in Cardiff (Viewpoints, November 20). Read

Is this an example of safety first?

I SUSPECT these local road repairers did not have a copy of their “Health & Safety” manual handy! Read

Why put up with nonsense?

CAERPHILLY first issued the no British leaflet in 2006 claims Coun Whittle. Well that’s alright then; both Labour and Plaid Cymru have nothing better to do than waste money. If that is the only justification for Coun Whittle, where next for Caerphilly? Read

Take pride in all of your ancestors

RE: the recent debate about whether we are Welsh or British. I am proud to be both. Read

Forget the boozer, Berman and help us

The campaign to save the Vulcan, one of Cardiff’s Victorian boozers, has been boosted by the support of council leader Rodney Berman. It’s a pity that the councillor does not lend his support to the communities of Cardiff East, campaigning to save the historic Rumney Recreation Grounds. Read

Straight to the point

The filling-up of surgery lists (as reported on November 12) comes as no surprise as the situation has been at crisis point in central and south Cardiff for years and WAG’s plans for a big primary care and health centre at the CRI are still in limbo. Read

Spreading a victim culture

NICK Bourne AM, in his contribution to the recently-launched book,“Politics in 21st Century Wales”, said the current devolution settlement creates the impression that “Wales is an unruly and unreliable colony that has to be kept in check”. Read

Unblock these cul de sacs

IN the 1970s someone had the daft idea to block up many of the roads in areas of inner Cardiff like Roath, Cathays and Grangetown. Read

Why must we foot this bill?

RE. the letter from Bill Julian (Echo, November 17). I’m afraid he has mixed up different letters printed months part. Read

Do your talking on the pitch to fight racists

THOSE black football players like Cardiff City striker Jay Bothroyd, who agonise over racist chants and monkey jibes, should ask their coach to invest in an old film of America’s greatest black sprinter [Jesse Owens] in Nazi Germany in 1936 where he let his skills do the talking. Read

Fight for the badger

WE support MJ Hutchinson of the Animal Welfare Service (Viewpoints, November 8) that taking delight in killing wildlife, as Sarah Palin did and the blood sports fraternity do in this country, wins little support among the general electorate. Read

Memories of Aberfan will stay with me

RECENTLY, when in Bridgend, I couldn’t help over-hearing two ladies talking about some of the service people who attended the 1966 tip disaster at Aberfan still suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder. Read

Britain heads for Eurocash

IN 1975 the British public voted in a referendum to continue Britain’s membership of the European Common Market. This was a vote for the removal of restrictions to improve the movement of goods between member countries. Read

Why we’re a US state now

ANNA ELMES (Viewpoints, November 19) asks “should we have let Germany win World War I?” Read