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I HAVE some old newspaper cuttings from August and September 1925 and July 1927 of my Father s (TB Jenkins) seven-mile swim in the river Nene. He was at that time the captain of the Wisbech swimming club The second attempt in Sept 1925 was a record - on... Full Letter »
I READ with disgust your front page article about how the police failed to respond to four 999 calls after a local locksmith caught a shoplifter. How dare the police meekly claim that this fiasco was a mere error of judgement . However, it does highligh... Full Letter »
I SEE from last Friday s Wisbech Standard that our refuse vehicles are to be fitted with new in-cab technology and I would like to know exactly what this is intended to prove. In our own case (the Collier household that is) the green and brown bins wil... Full Letter »
FIRSTLY may I offer my condolences to Mr Ashton for the tragic loss of his wife Sadet. It is my belief that certain parties are looking at the A1101 issue from the wrong angle. I have driven the stretch of the A1101 from Long Sutton to Wisbech, on and of... Full Letter »
I REFER to the letter from John Smithee regarding the subject of the BBC and Jonathan Ross. This topic has been discussed ad nauseam in the national media, and while I agree with Mr Smithee s comments, I cannot see that the matter has any special signif... Full Letter »
I READ with a mixture of sadness and anger your front page article this week about slowing down . There are two speed limit signs on that road, they both say 50mph. This is the limit set by the Highways Department and Government, and backed up by the po... Full Letter »
I AM not sure what the slow down, don t drown campaign is actually asking drivers to do. Is the aim to get speeding drivers to obey the statutory speed limits, or is it asking all drivers to drive at under the speed limit? If the latter, then the messag... Full Letter »
I READ, with disdain, the article regarding recycling; that the district council is spending money to enable them to find who is and who is not, putting their re-cycling bins out and what they are actually putting in the said bins. As we are only two pe... Full Letter »
THIS National Anti-Bullying Week (November 17 - 21), the Peterborough & District branch of the National Autistic Society would like to highlight the shocking fact that more than 40per cent of children with autism are bullied at school. I urge your reader... Full Letter »
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