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Society needs less religion, not more

I AGREE with Ken Oxley’s article criticising calls for a greater role for religion in society from clerics with a vested interest in extending their power base.Read

Clearing up facts over the split

THE article you carried last week headlined “Taking God out of the Shoebox”, made it seem as though I had left Samaritan’s Purse in anger, which isn’t the case and has not benefited the children I aim to help at all.Read

No religious row in split

I WAS surprised to learn about a story in the Sunday Sun last week about one of my former colleagues, Steve Whaley, claiming that he had left Samaritan’s Purse because of “a religious row”.Read

Listeners losing out

I’M writing in response to Robert Weatherall’s article about BBC presenter Mark Turnbull.Read

Sad to lose DJ Mark Turnbull

FOLLOWING Robert Weatherall’s article on Mark Turnbull leaving BBC Tees, I would just like to say I think it is absolutely disgusting that he has been finished and I could have cried my eyes out when I heard.Read

Fostering fears

AS MPs debate the Children and Young Persons Bill in Parliament, foster carers across England will be asking them to make a commitment to young people in care by allowing them to stay with foster families until they are 21.Read

Aden wreath-laying ceremony

WE are ex-Royal Northumberland Fusiliers who served in Crater, Aden, Saudi Arabia 1966-67.Read

Great North Run places

HAVE you missed out on a place to run in the Great North Run on Sunday, October 5? Well, Henshaws Society For Blind People can help you. We have secured more places and one of them could be yours.Read

MS is chronic, not fatal

THE weekend before last our Newcastle and Gateshead Branch held a fundraising event involving a zipslide from the Tyne bridge.Read

Jury still out on MMR jab

I WAS very pleased indeed to read Phil Doherty’s excellent report last Sunday on the statement by Dr Bernadine Healy, the former head of the US National Institute of Health.Read

Another side to George Reynolds

I WRITE with reference to the article by Ken Oxley last week, which said of George Reynolds: “It’s hard to be positive, George”.Read

Headbutt boy's family's views should be heard

I HAVE read with interest your recent articles about the headbutting incident in a Jarrow school.Read

Could you be a BHF volunteer?

I AM writing to appeal to your readers to help the British Heart Foundation by volunteering at their local BHF shop.Read

No excuses for butt boy return

THE saga of the North schoolkid who has now gone back to school after headbutting a teacher continues to generate interest on the “What Do You Think” forum on our website at www.sundaysun.co.uk. Some comments are serious, some not so . . .Read

Sometimes, mum is not the word

HAVING read the Sunday Sun, I have to say that it drives me round the twist when I read the word “mum”.Read

Give us our St George’s Day

AFTER reading Coreena Ford’s piece on Stephen Hepburn last Sunday, I had to respond after myself receiving a letter back from him.Read

Probe into MMR plea

I WAS extremely pleased that Phil Doherty reported the comments of Paul Shattock in last week’s paper.Read

Tick risk increase

I WAS interested to read the article about Ellie Marshall and Lyme disease in last Sunday’s paper, as this ties in with research commissioned by ProMeris, who make tick and flea treatment for cats and dogs.Read

‘Old bag’ is no insult

I HAVE been reading Pauline Holt’s excellent article on Sainsbury’s recyclable bag campaign.Read

Join fight for justice

HAVING finally received a letter from Gordon Brown’s office in Downing Street, I can now go ahead with the plan of delivering the Enough is Enough petition regarding Life to mean Life for those that murder.Read