Tag Archives: reader letters

You can’t put a price on life

You can’t put a price on life

Dear sir, Up to a few years ago the fuel allowance was 250 pounds and then the government lowered it to 200 pounds. Due to the increase in heating charges, should they now increase it again to at leas ...

Yet more bills

Dear Sir/Madam, I have been caught out as a low paid pensioner with a joint income of less than 20k and a mortgage of 77k for the year ending 2014 we paid an extra £212 as I was 65 after April 2014 an ...
Come and join us

Come and join us

I read your newspaper for the first time this week, not having seen it before.  Your article on overcoming loneliness made me think. I am a Bowls Coach at my local indoor club and, along with two othe ...
We are up to our eyes in mud and grease!

We are up to our eyes in mud and grease!

When we reach a certain age, we are gently pushed sideways and become invisible; we ‘retire’. To many this is looked forward too as a time to slow down, to relax, put our feet up and sip P ...