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Letter: Don’t blame East Coast for delays on rail route

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:56:40 GMT

I read with interest and not a little dismay, your cheap shot at East Coast in the recent article on Thursday May 16, not least the last paragraph relating to their punctuality.

Letter: Trolleybuses and trams will soon be out of date

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:49:58 GMT

I REFER TO “facts not myths about trolleybus” Kevin Morris (YEP 9 May).

Letter: NGT is only the third best option for Leeds

Thu, 16 May 2013 08:51:53 GMT

Leeds ‘is a big vibrant city’ and there are lots of good things to rejoice about. Shame that improving public transport infrastructure isn’t one of them.

Letter: A political move

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:26:57 GMT

I have heard serious well-considered concerns over the trolleybus scheme expressed by councillors from all parties, and I fear that the Government plan for a local referendum prior to any investment in transport (YEP, May 10) may well further politicize the debate. This would be a pity.

Letter: Trolleybus fears disregarded

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:21:08 GMT

I was interested to see your recent coverage of the ongoing proposals to bring a trolley bus or NGT to Leeds (Campaigners in joint bid to battle trolleybus plans – YEP, May 8).

Letter: Bake week success for Leeds coffee shop facing axe

Wed, 15 May 2013 08:37:49 GMT

I recently wrote a letter regarding the proposed closure of the WRVS Coffee Shop at St James’s Hospital, which is the decision of the Trust at Jimmys, not the WRVS.

Letter: Concern for UK unless Eurozone is sorted out

Tue, 14 May 2013 08:11:22 GMT

It is almost beyond parody that it has taken so long for Italy’s political parties to form a government.

Letter: We must invest time in youth

Mon, 13 May 2013 12:34:17 GMT

Many readers will have noticed that within the overall unemployment figures, there are an additional 20,000 young people looking for work since December, bringing the number of young unemployed to nearly one million.

Letter: Crime is not out of control

Mon, 13 May 2013 12:32:11 GMT

Newspapers naturally give prominence to the most serious crimes.

Letter: Tackle private landlords

Mon, 13 May 2013 12:30:05 GMT

FOR THE future of the country’s young it is time to take to task the plethora of private landlords who are decimating the earnings of low paid workers with high rents and insecure tenancies. This is the true legacy of Thatcher.

Letter: ‘Parking in neutral’ danger

Mon, 13 May 2013 12:28:18 GMT

ANOTHER tragic headline – “Runaway van kills woman” (YEP, April 30).

Letter: No long-term data on ‘effects’ of cannabis

Mon, 13 May 2013 07:38:09 GMT

IN the YEP of April 29, Mr Kimble says “cannabis is not thought to be physically addictive... studies show it is less addictive than nicotine, caffeine and alcohol.... academics doubt that it is even psychologically addictive”.

Letter: Letter writing is a good skill for pupils to learn

Fri, 10 May 2013 07:54:52 GMT

I was pleased to read that children are being taught letter writing in primary school. Out of curiosity though, I have to ask, are their parents illiterate?

Letter: Millions squandered on ‘white elephant’ scheme

Thu, 09 May 2013 08:15:15 GMT

The council tax-payers of Leeds must despair at being willfully ignored by the elected councillors over the pathetic 1950s trolleybus proposals.

Letter: Effect of housing sale was wholly damaging

Wed, 08 May 2013 09:59:09 GMT

I hate to disagree with my colleague Coun Jonathan Bentley (letters, May 1) on the effect of the sale of council housing but our experience in many areas of Leeds south of the river was wholly damaging.

Letter: The folly buses

Tue, 07 May 2013 11:57:10 GMT

Leeds City Council will spend at least £92m removing the 260 trees on the Otley Road and changing the whole aspect of the route.

Letter: Hydrogen fuel

Tue, 07 May 2013 11:55:25 GMT

Like Kim Cowell (YEP, April 24) I would like to express my dismay at the misinformation given out by various supporters of the trolleybus scheme concerning alternative green solutions to transport pollution.

Letter: The trolleybus millions

Tue, 07 May 2013 11:50:43 GMT

UNDOUBTEDLY Leeds transport needs have been ignored completely by successive governments for many years.

Letter: 20mph schemes help to improve road safety

Tue, 07 May 2013 09:49:45 GMT

I am sorry that two of your readers have found cause to complain about the council’s community road safety measures.

Letter: Batteries might be the solution for bus travel

Sun, 05 May 2013 20:04:04 GMT

THANK YOU Kim Cowell for pointing out that it takes only two hours to re-charge the batteries of an electric-powered bus (Your views, YEP April 22).