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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

Losing focus

OUR story that familiar faces could disappear from our TV screens if merger plans go ahead generated concern . . .Read

Fury over penalties

WHEN cancer sufferer Ernie Fallon, who has a disabled sticker, was fined for parking in a disabled bay after his blue badge slipped onto the floor of his vehicle, he was outraged at Excel Parking, which manages the site.Read

Medium heat over new psychics law

AS many of you will have foreseen, a story by Ken Oxley in his column last week about pyschics and new laws to protect people from rogue mediums attracted considerable comment.Read

Crying foul on competitions

I BUY the Sunday Sun every week but I’m disappointed that you’ve put nearly all competitions on the internet — BRENDA STOREY, Trimdon Village, County Durham.Read

Dog fights fury

OUR forum question last week about whether people like Gary Adamson — filmed at an illegal dog fight — should be banned from keeping a pet attracted a lot of interest on our website, www.sundaysun.co.uk. Our readers were unanimous in their response. Here are just a couple of them . . .Read

Mmm-memories

I LIKED Catherine Welford’s recipe for pan haggerty. My nana used to make it, and myself. We used to fry the bacon for a while, sometimes my nana added sausages as well. Read

Classifying dope is easy as A B C

REGARDING the “Let’s not be dopes” article in Ken Oxley’s column last week, educating people about the danger of weed is a good idea.Read

Thanks to Mr Justice

I JUST want to say how much I appreciate your Mr Justice in handling my case with the Ultimate Window & Doors Co. Ltd of Whitley Bay.Read

Footy cash goal

WHEN reading through YourSp@ce last week I was particularly interested in John Kirk’s letter concerning Sir Bobby Robson’s cancer appeal, and his thoughts on Premiership footballers donating £1000 a year to charities.Read

Credit where it’s due

I READ with interest — pardon the pun — Mike Kelly’s article on the loan offer he received through his door and wanted to let him know that there is a better option available to the poorest of the community, and that is a credit union.Read

Complaint about the Red Lion, Plawsworth, County Durham

I LIKE to read Eddy Eats’s comments on pubs just in case I am in the vicinity of one of them.Read

Hadrian’s Wall walk for British Heart Foundation

ON Sunday, 27 September, the British Heart Foundation, BHF, is holding its annual Hadrian’s Wall Discovery Challenge Hike, which raises vital funds to support those whose hearts need a helping hand.Read

Status Quo memories wanted for charity book

TWO years ago, with my husband, I managed to go to every Status Quo concert on the UK winter tour . . . a total of 31 concerts in six weeks.Read

City message did for Rock

THE FSA — set up when Gordon Brown was Chancellor and Ed Balls his sidekick — seems to have trashed Northern Rock.Read

War-time humour wanted

I AM researching wartime humour from World War one to the present. I am looking for cartoons, stories or speeches that are funny, satirical, ironic, anecdotal, “pithy” sayings, etc for my research and possible publication in a book. I would appreciate any help — GEORGE KORANKYE, 6 Steele Avenue, Mayfield, Midlothian, Scotland, EH22 5LR. Telephone 0131-660 4583Read

Embryo research is wrong

THERE is no scientific evidence to suggest that the Human Fertilization and Embryology Bill will lead to major advances in medicine and the treatment of fatal diseases.Read

King’s village fate

I REFER to the Reverend Geoff Lowson’s article in the Sunday Sun on March 23, and writer Pauline Holt’s request for information about Oswy’s village.Read