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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

Ward 2d staff are real angels

I RECENTLY stayed in Ward 2d at Crosshouse Hospital for seven days and you hear so much bad publicity about our NHS, whether it be the food or the care.Read

Help give us a sporting chance

KILMARNOCK Badminton Club has now finished for the season, as usual at this time of the year.Read

Our new home is at heart of the community

I FEEL I must respond to your article “say no to homes” regarding Francisco Haro's objection to plans for new housing developments in Stewarton.Read

Lazy junkies

THANK you very much Mr Des Browne. This backs what most of the public is thinking.Read

Thanks, mum

I WOULD like to thank the mum who went out of her way to knock on my door on Tuesday evening to tell me that my son was waiting at the school because the short tennis lessons had finished the previous week.Read

Search for Sheila

JEAN Lyle form Kilmarnock was a little surprised when she saw an item in the Memories page about her father, who had been principal teacher of art at Kilmarnock Academy from 1919 until his death in 1955.Read

Who was ‘Scotty’ Wilson?

THE Kilmarnock Somme Association is looking for information about a man called ‘Scotty’ Wilson from Kilmarnock.Read

Lovely park

I VISITED the Kay Park on a cold windy Sunday and was pleasantly surprised by the Burns Monument Centre. What a shake up in this lovely park.Read

Miners break

ANYONE who served in the mining industry for a minimum of 10 years, also their spouse or dependents may be eligible for a period of convalescence in the refurbished Blair Castle, Culross, Fife.Read

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