Stalwart Vale campaigner Joan Lawrie has a letter published in today’s Sunday Mercury complaining of last week’s damning article about Castle Vale. In her letter, Joan asks the Mercury to print some positive stories about Castle Vale. The Mercury has chosen an accompanying photograph of two beat bobbies, their backs to the camera, walking [...]
An article in last week’s Sunday Mercury (2nd March) headed “Vale of Discontent” has upset local residents and community workers who have for years worked hard to improve Castle Vale and its reputation. The article, written by Anuji Varma, cites local resident Barbara Brough, a 54 year-old retired dental nurse who has lived in Castle Vale for 30 years, [...]
Ann Holtom
“..A vote of thanks is also due to Ann Holtom of Lib Dems for organising the consultation and ballot……”
Click on this text to read the letter from Ken Plester on our Letters page.
Vale Mail has received a letter from the editor of a local news website about our front page report of the ‘Friday night incidents’ in Castle Vale. Below is an extract from the letter. For the full text of the letter, go to our letters page, or click on this text.
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Hi Vale Mail
Your newspaper confirms [...]
After over three years of research and persuasion, local historian Kay Hunter has finally managed to convince the authorities that they have had their facts wrong.
The story concerns the case of Philip Matsell, the last man to be executed in Birmingham. Read Kay’s letter, on our letters page. (Click here)
Robert Brown, Chief Executive of Merlin Venture has expressed his disappointment with standards of journalism in October’s Vale Mail. In a strongly worded letter, he has condemned tabloid-style journalism for distorting a report about Merlin Maintenance, and for printing a letter from a local resident without checking the allegations it contained.
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from M Lewis
PROOF BEYOND DOUBTDear Editor
According to the Vale Mail there are lots of fors and against a parish council.
The Liberal Democrats did a survey and the result was 95% against. Surely this proves without a doubt that people of Castle Vale do not want a parish council.
M Lewis
from Tony Romano
MONEY DWINDLING FAST
Dear Editor
Despite all the money the Neighbourhood Management Board have, it is not going to last forever. It is dwindling fast.The purple bus which a lot of people rely on has doubled its fare in the last few weeks. The estate is getting dirtier by the day. Who knows how long [...]
from John Miles
A FALSE IMPRESSION HAS BEEN CREATED!
Dear Editor
Like most people on Castle Vale, I support the establishment of a Parish Council. I am very disappointed at some of the false impressions that have been created, many of them deliberately, by those who ought to know better and be more professional. I attended the first [...]
from Grant Williams
DECEPTION CLAIM WRONG
Dear Sir, I am writing to correct the impression given by Mr George Hadley in his letter “Not informed of our rights” in the August 2007 edition of Vale Mail. The bill that Mr Hadley refers to is the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Bill, which began its Parliamentary progress in [...]
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