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Not fair to Toon

IN all my years, I have never read such a one-sided report in the Sunday Sun. I have always purchased the Sunday Sun newspaper, but after the derby day match report on October 26 by Coreena Ford, I will not be purchasing it again.Read

Achieving harmony between Muslims and non-Muslims

ONLY people who are privy to Labour politicians’ thinking can understand why the Government is devoting millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money to create harmony between Muslims and non- Muslims.Read

Wor Jackie goes walkabout

OUR thanks to eagle-eyed reader George Shepherd who spotted an inaccuracy in our two-page feature about Jackie Milburn a few weeks back.Read

Integration cash a joke

SO Labour thinks Middlesbrough council needs to spend almost £400,000 helping Muslims integrate, and the ruling Labour Group on the council fully agree.Read

Have a say on justice

THE Howard League for Penal Reform has set up an independent commission to investigate the best way of dealing with criminals and how we can all work to make our communities safer.Read

Put faith in mattress

IT seems the Government’s guarantee scheme for bank deposits only applies to individuals and not businesses. Accordingly, I have just removed the funds from my company’s bank account for safekeeping in case of further banking collapse. No doubt, were others to follow my example, those involved in the recent management buyout of MFI would do well from the vastly increased sale of mattresses — JOHN EOIN DOUGLAS, by email.Read

Shining light on MMR madness

I FOUND the article about Andrew Wakefield by Phil Doherty to be incredibly well-researched and balanced.Read

RNIB fights for sight

PLAYING a blind character in a current BBC TV series has given me an insight into what it might be like to live with blindness.Read

Guns report under fire

AS the press officer for the largest organisation representing shooting sports in the UK, I am often sent newspaper articles from our members concerning reporting about firearms.Read

More awareness of meningitis crucial

I AM writing on behalf of Meningitis Research Foundation to thank everyone from the North East who participated in our Meningitis B Aware Campaign from September 15 to 21.Read

Shopping without cruelty

AS the public becomes more interested in ethical products — from organic clothing to cruelty- free foods — it becomes increasingly important to find a large range of high quality, environmentally-friendly goods in one place.Read

Do your bit for farmers

I LOVE food, and think it’s important that we think about what we eat . . . where it comes from and how it is produced.Read

Keegan is part of the family

LET me say how much I love the idea of the King Kev petition. After all, he is our precious Messiah. And anyone of us wonderful Geordies would gladly open our front doors to let in Wor Kev. I believe wholeheartedly that, if bonny lad Kev is backed and left to manage, then we will become a successful team. Kevin loves us like family. And we love him too and see him as part of wor Geordie family.Read

A better life for all ill kids

I WOULD like ask your readers for help with a new charity campaign called Better at Home which is being run by national children’s charity WellChild, along with the Royal College of Nursing.Read

Newcastle’s luck must change

I’M not a football supporter but have noticed that Newcastle United has had nothing but bad luck, and in my book when something or someone has so much bad luck there has to be a bad penny.Read

Ken, what a prat you are

SUNDAY SUN columnist Ken Oxley’s comments last week about what he saw as the over-reaction to Kevin Keegan’s acrimonious departure from Newcastle United certainly got Toon fans shirty, as these responses showRead

Portrayal of teens is unfair

YOUR article “Hundreds of assaults on North teachers” last week once again shows an unfair, unhelpful and unsatisfactory view of young people.Read

£5k language lessons row

A QUESTION on our website about Middlesbrough council giving more than £5000 to a scheme that helps Bengali children speak their family’s language (it goes against Government advice that ethnic groups be taught English to help them integrate into local communities and improve their jobs prospects) generated some debate.Read

Many thanks for Marie Curie Cancer Care cards

I WOULD like to say an enormous thank you to everyone who has so generously spent time designing and making unique cards in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care this year.Read

Maintain focus on Palestinian ‘ghetto’

THE barbarity of keeping people in a ghetto, and “throwing the key away”, as the UN middle east envoy said, is only allowed to continue because not enough people hear about it.Read