Raising standards

6:57am Friday 16th May 2008

Sir - Your article Schools under pressure to improve results (May 2) draws attention to a summit to which local authorities will be invited to tackle poor GCSE results.

Pushing boundaries

6:59am Friday 16th May 2008

Sir - I think councillor Michael Gotch (Letters, May 9) is being slightly disingenuous in suggesting I am dodging the issue of where the extra 50,000 houses are to go.

Dereliction of duty

7:01am Friday 16th May 2008

Sir - The city council's leisure services department plans to lease Alexandra Tennis Courts to Wildwood Leisure because the courts 'are making a loss.'

Territorial exhibition

6:05am Friday 16th May 2008

Sir - Your report on the ceremony to mark the centenary of the Territorial Army (May 2) very rightly concentrated on the young men and women serving today.

Unfair system

6:07am Friday 16th May 2008

Sir - Having, like many other pensioners, voted in the city council election on May 1, I was keen to know the results especially in my own ward where the contest was close, we were told.

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Nasty turn

7:10am Friday 16th May 2008

Sir - In the hard-fought election in Charlbury a disturbing seam in local politics was revealed.

Helpful bunch

6:23am Friday 16th May 2008

Sir - I lost a bunch of keys in Oxford city centre (probably Broad Street) on Saturday. Fortunately I was able to retrieve them from St Aldate's police station on Monday, but I should like to thank several people.

Dodgy arguments

6:21am Friday 16th May 2008

Sir - Michael Tyce (Letters, May 9) may or may not be right about wind turbines - and I suspect that he is right - but his usual rant about climate change is based on very dodgy arguments and even worse maths.

Criminal negligence

6:20am Friday 16th May 2008

Sir - May I take your editorial (May 2) about the new Westgate Centre bringing new blood to Oxford a little further?

Proud involvement

6:19am Friday 16th May 2008

Sir - While it is good to know that Martin Thomas has sent his last letter on the subject of the re-organisation of the city's schools in 2001, given his most recent comments (May 9), he cannot be allowed to have the last word.

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