James Reader
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The Ginger Bistro, Fulwood, review:
We’ve been wanting to try out The Ginger Bistro for a while now, especially after this attractive looking restaurant in Fulwood was officially named one of the finest eateries in the country. → Read More
The Ginger Bistro, Fulwood, review: We tried out award-winning Preston bistro and left happy and satisfied... well, nearly
We’ve been wanting to try out The Ginger Bistro for a while now, especially after this attractive looking restaurant in Fulwood was officially named one of the finest eateries in the country. → Read More
Letters - January 18, 2020
Smart motorways threaten our safety I refer to the letter concerning smart motorways (Your Say, January 16) and sympathise totally with the concerns of the writer, Mr Andrew Jeffery. An emergency, by definition, is, “something dangerous or serious, that happens suddenly or unexpectedly”. Like a car breaking down on a motorway. Or maybe a sudden tyre deflation; perhaps running out of petrol. Or… → Read More
Letters - January 17, 2020
Good luck to them ... if you really care The news is full of sensationalised nonsense about Harry and Meghan. What has happened is just a natural progression. How many family businesses, no matter how far back they go, gets a member who decides he or she wants to go their own way ? The royals will change whatever the history and, let’s be honest, the main mover of change was Prince Phillip and… → Read More
Letters - January 11, 2020
Oz PM should have asked for fire help Why has the Australian Government not asked for help with the horrendous bush fires? They are not coping and need more firefighters and fire-fighting planes, which are available to borrow in several countries. America has eight planes available at 24-hours’ notice and have sent 100 firefighters, with more to follow. The Australian Government should have been… → Read More
Letters - January 10, 2020
We need to ration cars to protect environment In order to reduce the levels of CO2 and nitric oxide in the atmosphere, we must stop producing so many vehicles - at the moment nearly every family in the Western world has two or three very large cars. Instead, let’s have only one small car per family, and let’s improve public transport. Car manufacturers can be persuaded to produce much smaller… → Read More
Letters - January 4, 2020
If you are driving don’t drink anything Now in my 70s, I well remember the introduction of the drink-drive law. Since then the levels of traffic have increased dramatically and the number of police available for checking has dropped equally dramatically. Why do so many drivers knowingly flout the law? The simple answer is surely that the effect of alcohol is to reduce inhibitions. Why else do… → Read More
Letters - January 3, 2020
Increase in railway fares is unjustified The rail fare increases being implemented are unjustified given the performance record of TransPennine Express and Northern. Customers have been subjected to abysmal standards of performance over the past year with cancelled, delayed and short formation trains. This has wasted people’s time and caused inconvenience and overcrowding. The rail industry has… → Read More
Letters - January 1, 2020
Health service could save money on food Re: funding the NHS. It is down to common sense and good management rather than providing yet more money. On the rare occasions I have had to visit someone in hospital, you can see, at a moment’s notice, how money could be saved with better organisation. Simple things like hospital food. At one hospital I visited, for instance, the food was generally… → Read More
Letters - December 31, 2019
Help is out there for those in need Re: Bill Oldcorn’s interesting letter on Dickens and A Christmas Carol (Your Say, Workhouses to Food banks, December 27). Some of us remember olden times and dire poverty. There was rationing, overcrowded housing and pawn shops. We children never noticed the squalor around us because we were all the same - ‘poor’. Our world was play. There was the porridge,… → Read More
Letters - December 30, 2019
Long waiting times? Fault lies with GPs Waiting times at A&E departments are a disgrace but hospitals are not to blame. GPs are the culprits. When patients have to wait two or three weeks to be seen by a doctor, what is the alternative? Now the GPs are trying to do away with home visits, although I thought our practice had already done that. Why are so many GPs part time and able to do locum… → Read More
Letters, December 28, 2019
It’s unfair to charge us to withdraw cash I think all withdrawals from cash machines should be free. In the past week, I have noticed that a couple of cash machines I used to withdraw money from, that used to be free, are now charging for withdrawals. I have immediately stopped using those particular cash machines on principle. To me, introducing withdrawal charges on more and more cash machines… → Read More
Letters, December 27, 2019
We must return to harmony and honesty The recent election revealed many things apart from Labour’s demise and Momentum’s stranglehold on Labour’s politicians, policy and manifesto. No matter who succeeds Corbyn the Party will still sing songs written by far left Momentum and McClusky. And the result will be the same, the political wilderness. The election exposed a sea change in the British… → Read More
Letters, December 26, 2019
I will be giving the town centre a miss It looks like Blackpool Council have devised another way to get money from the motorist - enforcement cameras will oversee the debacle that is their transport hub - a place where countless thousands have been spent to allow busses to park and spill out the sheer waste of energy because their engines are never switched off. It looks to me as if the council… → Read More
Letters - December 24, 2019
True reason for the season of Christmas I am writing to say my views of what I think Christmas should really be about - the true reason for the season. I believe it’s to celebrate the birth of our dear Lord Jesus Christ. He was born into this world perfect. He was born to give us a new life, a life free from sin, to save us, to redeem, to give us love. He was born in a cattle shed, no cosy room… → Read More
Letters - December 23, 2019
Surely Wilko’s can find somewhere News of Wilko’s closing in March 2020 (Wilko’s Over and Out, The Gazette December 19) is a sure sign of losing them altogether when the quest for suitable premises in the town centre has failed. If only the Houndshill extension had been ongoing from the offset of plans, including a cinema experience, it would perhaps be almost completed by now. But presently the… → Read More
Letters - December 21, 2019
It’s time to change old voting system Millions of voters are denied representation by our Victorian voting system The General Election results show that the votes of thousands of readers have counted for nothing, thanks to continued use of our antiquated first-past-the-post voting system. Signing away your democratic rights with the mark of illiteracy in single member constituencies enables MPs… → Read More
Letters - December 20, 2019
Tories to tackle labour market violations? → Read More
Letters - December 14, 2019
Gloomy about cancer until we have a cure Some years ago when I was in my 20s I was at home one Saturday morning listening to the radio. Out of the blue a comment was made from the radio that cancer would be cured in five years. Some 30 years later, I watched my wife of 47 years approach her death from breast cancer over three short months. In the end she was unable to speak and her last attempts… → Read More
Letters - December 13, 2019
Extinction Rebellion are a bunch of hypocrites I appreciate that there is a climate issue, but Extinction Rebellion are just a huge irritation to all of us who just need to get to work and earn a living to support our families. I wonder if any of the people in that picture work, if so, how do they travel to work? Do they and their families have a holiday abroad once a year, do they and their… → Read More