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I AM writing to say thank you to everyone from Yorkshire who supported the Meningitis Trust during 2008. It’s only with the help of local communities that we are able to continue our vital work helping to rebuild lives shattered by meningitis.Read

Time to praise exploits of our youngsters

ON a daily basis, we are exposed to an unrelenting stream of negativity in the media.Read

Rise to the challenge and help cancer care

AS a world, Commonwealth, and Olympic gold medallist, I know all about setting goals and taking on challenges, even when they might seem impossible to achieve.Read

Jewels for diabetes

I AM calling on your readers to help a most worthy cause and to donate their unwanted or broken jewellery to Diabetes UK, a leading health charity.Read

Bleak future for local law firms

AFTER recent articles highlighting the fact that many consumers are looking to sue over unfair loans, and with the recent revelation that 375 local high street law firms closed in September 2008, the future looks bleak for the consumer wanting legal advice about their loans from local solicitors.Read

Get a march on

THIS is a recall for all ex-servicemen to “get fell in” again and spend a nostalgic weekend with hundreds of other ex-servicemen next June.Read

Social work needs more funds

HAVING read your article in the Sunday Sun in relation to social workers and the recent bad press, I felt compelled to write to thank you for sticking up for a profession which is constantly targeted in a negative way.Read

How to take cruelty out of Christmas

IN this festive season full of celebration, Animal Aid is asking people to spare a thought for the millions of animals for whom Christmas is a time of fear, exploitation, suffering and death.Read

In defence of social workers

IN the aftermath of the tragic death of Baby P in Haringey, how refreshing to see Ken Oxley having the courage to speak in defence of our social workers.Read

Undefined Headline

YOU can see this train carriage from the road. Are you on the right track? Do you know Where in the North it is?Read

Expert can smell a rat over ‘facts’

IN your article on rats, published November 23, you are in error over three of the facts you included.Read

North groups say thanks for charity cash

I WOULD like to say a big thank you to you all for the wonderful cheque we received earlier this week.Read

Cops shouldn't get tasers

SO Chief Constable Mike Craik is ready to let non-firearms unit officers carry Taser stun guns in our region.Read

Spurred on by my BNP ‘outing’

I AM on the BNP list, my knees are not knocking. I was just an average member who had never attended a meeting or been active other than the odd small donation.Read

Kids cig ban plea

AS many as one in six school children who are regular smokers usually buy their cigarettes from vending machines and the British Heart Foundation estimates that in 2006 more than 46,000 children got their cigarettes through vending machines in England and Wales.Read

Animal charity offers gift ideas

WITH Christmas fast approaching I’m sure you’re asking the same question I am . . . what should I buy friends and family?Read

Award offer

TIME is running out for young campaigners to “grab a grant” for their school from the UK’s biggest volunteering charity, Community Service Volunteers, CSV.Read

Direct response

I READ the article in last week’s Sunday Sun (Anger at Measles Outbreak Claim) and have noted a number of incorrect entries.Read

Footy team amazed by Active campaign

I WOULD like to thank everyone at the Sunday Sun for running the Active campaign.Read

Sharing memories of lost ship

IT was with interest and sadness that I read Pauline Holt’s article Last Post For Hood vet about Ted Briggs from Teesside who was a survivor of HMS Hood.Read

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