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Your Letters
Our brilliant volunteers
I WOULD like to take this opportunity to thank local businesses and members of the community for all their support and generosity.
Thanks for snow help
On Saturday February 4 I went to collect my 12-year-old daughter from the Showcase cinema in Birstall and got caught out in the snow.
Giving thanks
I JUST wanted to say a big thank you to the guys in Taylor Street, Batley, for so kindly in the morning putting salt on the very icy road last Monday.
Students did great job
February 20 to 26 is Student Volunteering Week 2012, an annual event to celebrate the contribution that thousands of student volunteers make across the UK.
Snowballs not a matter for police
I RECALL a number of years ago a snowball fight between adults in the car park where I worked in Leeds, it was all harmless fun and no-one got sacked!
Aren’t lights bad luck?
With reference to the article ‘Christmas in Focus for 2012’ (News, February 2).
Race night was success
THIS is a letter of thanks to all the people who supported the Birstall in Bloom race night, held recently at the Birstall Irish Democratic League Club.
MP saved school trip
ON Thursday February 2 a small group of students from Batley Girls’ High School and Batley Business and Enterprise College set off on a charitable visit to India.
Give a lead for dogs
IN Cyprus there aren’t any laws to protect the welfare of dogs, resulting in mass ‘cleansings’ where dogs are thrown into cages stacked five or six high and 15 to 20 wide, in 40 to minus 12 degrees temperatures.
Don’t turn lights out!
I READ with interest your article on the proposed turning off of street lighting at certain hours.
What about local corner shops?
RE: ‘Tough times for Tesco’, Reporter Series, January 19/20.
2 commentsI can’t praise the NHS enough
I RECENTLY had the misfortune to suffer a heart attack and I would like to take the opportunity to thank the medical staff for the outstanding care I received.
1 commentLooking for your memories
I AM engaged in researching the history of Holy Trinity Church, Upper Road, Batley Carr, Batley, from the year of its conception in 1839 up and till the present day.
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Weather for Batley
Thursday 23 February 2012
Today
Sunny spells
Temperature: 11 C to 16 C
Wind Speed: 20 mph
Wind direction: South west
Tomorrow
Cloudy
Temperature: 4 C to 12 C
Wind Speed: 17 mph
Wind direction: West
