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Below are recent stories by Correspondent

• Published: 11 Mar 2010 17:00

  Letter: Sentencing and sensibility

  JIM Alston has done well in campaigning for a review on sentencing following the death of his son Bobby in a motorcycle accident.

• Last updated: 4 Mar 2010 09:00

  Letter: Not in Gordon's back yard

  I feel that the Labour Party campaigners who called the Wind Farm protestors 'Nimbys' should take a look at their own esteemed leader before making such comments.

• Published: 28 Feb 2010 11:00

  Letter: Help us make star memorial shine again

  The Burma Star Memorial Stone, in the Forbury Gardens, which is dedicated to those local men who lost their lives in the Burma Campaign during World War Two, is badly in need of restoration.

• Published: 27 Feb 2010 11:00

  Letter: Silent protest over wind farm

  MAY I suggest that Adam Sowan should have attended the recent Wind Farm Awareness Meeting in Arborfield when Dr Hanning clearly explained the real health problems encountered when siting enormous 130m turbines so close to houses.

• Published: 26 Feb 2010 11:00

  Letter: Convenience of loo row

  I note the letter from Councillor Keith Baker making reference to the cuts in public services in Woodley...

• Published: 26 Feb 2010 09:00

  Letter: Bitter pill for the Tories to swallow

  George Osborne has hinted at it, now Rob Wilson has confirmed it.

• Published: 25 Feb 2010 11:00

  Letter: Prostate cancer group is thriving

  May I remind readers that the Reading Prostate Cancer Support Group, set up and supported by Royal Berkshire Hospital, meets, normally on the first Friday of each month, in St Andrew's Church Hall, Craven Road, Reading (next to the hospital).

• Published: 21 Feb 2010 09:00

  Letter: Haunted by shopper's attack on child

  I visited Reading this weekend with my two young children and we spent our last day enjoying a shop at The Oracle followed by lunch and a film.

• Published: 18 Feb 2010 13:00

  Letter: Silent witness to turbine noise

  May I suggest that those who are worried about noise from proposed wind turbines should pay a visit to the existing big one at Green Park?

• Published: 18 Feb 2010 12:00

  Letter: Closing the lid on loo debate

  TRUE to form Woodley Liberal Democrats bring a whole new meaning to political opportunism when complaining about the new toilets being attached to the library.

• Published: 18 Feb 2010 11:00

  Letter: Tories should lift foot off the peddle

  IT seems that Tories Rob Wilson and Alok Sharma will stop at nothing to run Reading and Britain down.

• Published: 18 Feb 2010 08:00

  Letter: Keeping things in proportion

  I NOTE the comments of Rob Wilson on Gordon Brown's starkly political attempt to woo voters by dangling the proportional representation referendum carrot under their noses.

• Last updated: 12 Feb 2010 13:28

  Letter: Road safety is not a rocket science

  An open letter about the North Area Access Study

• Last updated: 12 Feb 2010 13:26

  Letter: Wheely sincere appeal for Atoms

  One writer is keen to trace ex-members of the Atoms.

• Last updated: 12 Feb 2010 13:14

  Star letter: A wartime story of a more simple life...

  This week's star letter is from Gloria Torpey of Caversham

• Last updated: 12 Feb 2010 11:00

  Letter: Thanks to snow angels of mercy

  I am an 85-year-old lady who was caught up during the severe snow in Reading on 21st December 2009.

• Last updated: 12 Feb 2010 10:00

  Letter: Still waiting for answer to letter

  Open letter to Cllr Rendel: It is now some nine days since I sent you the open letter.

• Published: 4 Feb 2010 11:00

  Letter: Transports of delight - get on board, West Berks

  I was interested to read (Chronicle, January 28) that Wokingham Council, albeit Conservative-controlled, is set to back Reading's TiF bid.

• Published: 4 Feb 2010 08:00

  Letter: Computer bus sign says no

  Like Stuart McDiarmid (Letters, January 21) I have complained about non-working, or misleading, bus stop indicators and I have received an explanation of sorts.

• Published: 4 Feb 2010 08:00

  Letter: Plant a memorial for veterans

  I am sure most readers were pleased to read Simon Gambling's letter suggesting what he would like to see a memorial in remembrance of our armed forces who have lost their lives in the current and recent overseas conflicts.

• Last updated: 30 Jan 2010 14:00

  Letter: Report really is the city limits

  WHEN will Reading Borough Council get real? Each year, I see the Centre For Cities Report misrepresented and incorrectly applied to the local authority.

• Last updated: 30 Jan 2010 12:00

  Letter: Unacceptable lie of the land

  WHY do we accept what either are, or are what look like, an awful lot of bare-faced lies?

• Published: 28 Jan 2010 08:00

  Letter: AWE debate is more like a monologue

  I WAS surprised to read in a letter about the new enriched uranium facility at the Aldermaston AWE a claim that it is in regular dialogue with residents through its Local Liaison Committee.

• Published: 28 Jan 2010 07:00

  Letter: Young families still need homes

  WHATEVER Alan Law thinks (Chronicle, January 21) the people who have been campaigning to save Pincents Hill chose to call themselves the Save Calcot Campaign and he can tell them they are wrong if he wants to!

• Last updated: 28 Jan 2010 07:00

  Letter: Four reasons to love my 4x4

  I AGREE 100% with some of what Tony says (A 4x4 is a man's best friend, Comments on the web, Letters, January 21).

• Published: 25 Jan 2010 17:00

  Alfie reviewed

  ROSE HARLAND was prepared to dislike Alfie quite a lot, but was pleasantly surprised to be drawn into South Hill Park's production...

• Last updated: 15 Jan 2010 08:00

  Letter: Close the door on silly store etiquette

  WALKING through the centre of Reading I was shocked to see how many shops had their doors open - I closed a few as I was passing!

• Published: 14 Jan 2010 10:00

  Letter: A 4x4 is man's new best friend

  THIS is just to say that some 4x4 owners are helping others with their gas guzzlers.

• Published: 14 Jan 2010 08:00

  Snow poems

  YOUNG wordsmiths have been inspired by the snowfall to pick up their pens and get writing.

• Published: 31 Dec 2009 08:00

  Snow letters

  Three more letters with reactions to last week's snowbound travel chaos came to the Chronicle this week.