“There was not a cigarette paper between the parties.”
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The reduction in grant by central government to local authorities for all expenditure is being used by Highways Departments as a weapon.
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“I now know that the world has gone completely mad”
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"Upon learning of the forthcoming closure of the NatWest in Christchurch in August, I emailed my local MP"
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"The public was entitled to assume that town centre car parks would be free"
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"Local initiatives to promote sustainability can only be realised if the national infrastructure to implement and support them exists"
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"It is about time we started looking inwardly."
"There is something badly wrong in Lymington."
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Sir – I can’t be the only person who’s received a letter from the NatWest bank announcing the Christchurch branch closure.
Sir – I write with some dismay that roadworks have reappeared in connection with fibre optic installation.
Sir – Many hundreds of new houses are being built in the New Forest and many of these developments are being constructed on greenbelt land.
Sir – At last the public seem to have woken up to how banks have manipulated us all.
"It’s about time banks stopped treating their customers with contempt."
Sir – What on earth has New Forest District Council let happen to our community leisure centres?
Readers debate the merits of cows on the open Forest.
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Sir – The new parking meters on the high street in Lymington are less of an eyesore than predicted
Sir – Watching a new drama serial, The Consultant, I noted the now-customary line of cautionary warnings appear before the opening credits.
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Sir – I have been wondering if I am the only local resident concerned about the quality of the monitoring of temporary traffic light systems.
"Aside from it seeming like a Lymington takeover of Hurst, visitors will be familiar with the feature as an above-high-water extension of the spit."
"I am amazed that Pennyfarthing is resisting demands to keep to their promise."
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