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Hats off to Stewarton's Bonnet Guild Festival

THE Stewarton Bonnet Guild Festival was once again a huge success with hundreds of locals taking to the streets to celebrate. Read

Thanks for nothing pal

I WOULD like to ‘thank’ to the woman who stole my mobile phone from the toilets in the Burns Mall at 3.20pm on Tuesday, June 30. Read

Bad move for town centre

WITH the opening of the new Tesco superstore at West Shaw street, it seems to me that this is another nail in the coffin of the town centre. Read

Green and pleasant land

ARE the green spaces and trees of New Farm Loch to be eroded away patch by patch? Read

Come on Killie and play ball

IN response to the letter in last week’s Standard, I think it only fair that we clarify some points with the Kilmarnock community. Read

Don’t take my vote for granted

IF you listened to politicians recently you would believe that they were deeply concerned about how voters perceive them. Read

Labour’s lost public support

IT’S time for Des and Gordon Brown to shut up shop. Read

Don't blame me

I NOTICED that in the current Kilmarnock Standard there was an article regarding the club’s takeover of the Young Killie. Read

An honourable gentleman

I READ with great interest your front page article on local MP Des Browne’s action to publish his parliamentary expenses for the past five years. Read

Coroners were silenced

IN THE Kilmarnock Standard recently our MP Des Browne declared he had nothing to hide regarding expenses. Read

Regeneration is just a sham

I AM sure that the Kilmarnock Standard readers will by now be familiar with the long-term desire of East Ayrshire Council for “town centre regeneration.” Read

Nuclear option is too costly

DES BROWNE MP said in his letter to the Standard last week that the New Labour Government has provided a budget to rescue Britain from the worse recession since the 1930s. Read

Budget will rescue economy

I AM outraged at Dougie Reid’s comments on Alistair Darling’s budget (Kilmarnock Standard, May 1). Read

Is he serious?

IN reply to Councillor Cook’s letter (Kilmarnock Standard, April 24), it would be accurate to say that the people of Kilmarnock and Loudoun and Cumnock and Doon Valley (now East Ayrshire) are well aware of his party’s position on ‘hard pressed households’ now and in the past. Read

Park and Ride

A PARK & Ride facility at Stewarton is great news. Read

Bingo thanks

ON behalf of Ayrshire Cancer Support I would like to thank everyone who helped make the recent annual bingo in Crookedholm the great success that it was. Read

Thanks for supporting my walk

RECENT editions of the Kilmarnock Standard have brought to the attention of readers my sponsored walk of the St. Oswald’s Way, a long distance walk in Northumbria nearly 100 miles long. Read

Des Browne 'scaremongering' about council cuts

THROUGH the local media, Des Browne MP is regularly scaremongering about cuts in council services, job losses and lack of consultation. Read

Request for Grassyards Road speed limit to be lowered

IN October 2007 I wrote to Strathclyde Police regarding the speed limit on Grassyards Road, Kilmarnock. Read

Gargieston learner drivers

BEING a resident of Gargieston I would like to point out that there are too many learner drivers practising in Holmes Road. Read

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