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Parking problem is driving us crazy

I AM writing about the recent story in the Advertiser about car parking.Read

Pollution was not our fault

THE Letter of the Week in the Advertiser dated March 26, 2007, gave the impression that WC Tanker Drainage Services, of Hamilton, could be involved in a pollution incident in the Rotten Calder at Blantyre.Read

Brown’s tax decision is a selfish attack on poor

THE abolition of the 10 per cent tax rate just shows how remote Brown and his government are from the people.Read

Positive choices can cut risk of cancer

DESPITE the recent news coverage about the link between lifestyle and cancer, research shows there is still a lack of awareness about how we can make positive choices to reduce our cancer risk.Read

Quarry St now like a ghost town

IS it not about time we made an effort by reducing rates to encourage shopkeepers to open up in Hamilton?Read

Disappointing response to pupil’s comments on Calderside Academy

I AM writing regarding the response in last week’s Advertiser to a letter the previous week from a fourth-year pupil at Calderside Academy.Read

SNP are government of action

WHAT a difference a year makes in Scottish politics. At last year’s election, the Scottish people voted for a better Scotland, and already the Scottish National Party have started the process of making our country a better place to be.Read

Unfair burden on charities and churches

WITH the opening to competition of Scotland’s £340 million non-domestic water market on April 1, we should spare a thought for the charities and churches who, after 2010, will lose their current exemption from paying water charges.Read

Sign of the times takes mickey out of historic town

LANARK is an old, ancient even, town with many historical connections and links. Visitors approaching the town have, for many years, been greeted with an historic town entry sign plus the standard brown tourism board letting you know what the Royal and Ancient Burgh has to offer.Read

Why surprise at turbine position?

I assume the powers-that-be in HSBC have spent their hard-earned bonuses on 70ft wind turbines for the bottom of their gardens!Read

Drivers fed up with damage to cars parked near centre

I am writing regarding the article in last week’s Advertiser, ‘Don’t use our street as a car parking lot’.Read

Get on with it

I am writing regarding the letter in last week’s Advertiser about Calderside Academy, ‘My school assessment: a soul-less building that’s seriously overcrowded’.Read

Aiming to make men more aware of how this killer can be avoided

Testicular cancer is the most common form of cancer in young men. It has risen drastically since the 1970s and is sadly continuing to do so (around 2000 cases are now diagnosed in the UK each year).Read

Public support on wind turbine fears is much appreciated by residents

I am writing regarding the article in last week’s Advertiser, ‘Storm brewing over wind turbine proposal’.Read

Annoyed at suggestions that care was not first-class

We would like to reply to the article concerning Mrs Maria Burns which appeared in the Advertiser of March 13.Read

Not the best remedy for bevvy culture problems

WEST Lothian Council is kidding itself if it thinks that imposing a no access to booze under the age of 21 is going to solve the problem of under-age drinking and the binge-drinking culture of Scotland.Read

Price rise cop-out

Raising the price of alcoholic drinks will not remove the problems blamed on excessive consumption. The most obvious example is the behaviour of young people on the streets of our towns and cities.Read

Healthy future ahead... so reports of our demise are just not true

On March 13 a letter from a former Hewden Stuart employee was published in the Advertiser, ‘Closure represents sad but too-familiar picture’. I write to correct the mistaken view that Hewden is closing its business in Scotland.Read

Dopey drivers should call a halt to this behaviour

As a school crossing patroller I am writing on my own behalf, but I am sure my colleagues would also agree.Read

Moving tale of how you could lose more cash

Spring is always a popular time for moving house. TV Licensing would like to remind homemovers in Hamilton to notify us of their change of address so we can update our database and transfer their existing licence to their new home.Read

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