http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/opinions/letters/ The Oxford Times /news/opinions/letters/ en-gb Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:59:07 +0100 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:59:07 +0100 http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/opinions/letters/rssterms/ M6 nvincent@newsquest.co.uk (Nigel Vincent) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/resources/images/727338/?type=rsslogo http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/opinions/letters/ http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/opinions/letters/4470919.People_in_blindfolds_are_looking_for_new_probation_offices/?ref=rss Sir – Regarding the leader (June 25) in which you stated that Thames Valley Probation (TVP) should be able to find a more suitable place than Mill St for their large probation centre. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:21:30 +0100 06f0c540ced15e0adce4c9e63bd3433f http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/opinions/letters/4470849.Pedestrianisation_will_put_city_out_of_bounds/?ref=rss Sir – It is not very many years since the great campaigns to get better accessibility for the disabled won several triumphs — public places (including restaurants, pubs, etc) have now established accessible toilet facilities; lifts and other aids are much more frequent. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:14:13 +0100 6135e8e4ad2b288b18536aebf99f01b7 http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/opinions/letters/4470855.It_isn_t_an_either_or/?ref=rss It isn’t an either/or Sir – Tom Burns (letter, June 25) is very precise in his judgement of exactly what is right and wrong in Margaret Coombs’s defence of Warneford Meadow. I should like to point out a fundamental error in what Professor Burns has to say on the matter. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:14:53 +0100 d74b71dafcb95aa7d43aac77b6d048b4 http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/opinions/letters/4470860.Need_for_green_space/?ref=rss Sir – How ill informed is Tom Burns (letter, June 25) to state that NHS managers understand the vital need for green spaces, and in the same letter, want to sell Warneford Meadow for housing development. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:15:24 +0100 dce3889200b75f4a0627874a0666da01 http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/opinions/letters/4470866.Fresh_air_important/?ref=rss Sir – The problem confronting Professor Tom Burns CBE and his colleagues at Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health NHS Trust (letter, June 25) is that they will need new buildings and the upgrading of wards every ten or 15 years or so. We must all continue to campaign for much more adequate funding for the care of people with mental health needs. It is the Government’s responsibility. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:15:58 +0100 3d84c4acfb2f06091e1007398563b3c7 http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/opinions/letters/4470872.Green_space_protects/?ref=rss Sir – Tom Burns rightly points out that those admitted to psychiatric wards today are too ill to benefit from strolls on Warneford Meadow. But it’s a shame he thinks the public need for green spaces is at odds with providing decent inpatient facilities and that, without the sale of land bought in 1918 (‘speculative’ only with hindsight), the NHS can’t fulfil its duties. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:16:35 +0100 3fe3c2f98a4b13f3f25bbba4afebbeed http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/opinions/letters/4470874.No_satisfactory_answer/?ref=rss Sir – John Tanner (letter, June 25) is right to criticise the Conservative-controlled county council’s high-handed imposition of controlled parking zones on Oxford, where it has absolutely no electoral mandate. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:17:07 +0100 4b8654f843ddc18c67b489f21807b724 http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/opinions/letters/4470880.Heavy_price_to_pay/?ref=rss Sir – We have until July 9 to oppose the county council’s plans for controlled parking zones in East Oxford. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:17:44 +0100 d3ead0110dd13361b44dbdbb989b262b http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/opinions/letters/4470883.Is_it_art_/?ref=rss Sir – Much as I endorse Julian le Vay's commendation of the improved towpath north of Osney Bridge off Botley road, (letter, June 25) as well as Christopher Gray’s recent coverage, however: Eyes to the left, the sun is setting in the West — tranquillity Eyes to the right — graffitti! Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:18:12 +0100 145e2f152d2407988c1e2dab9566b7cd http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/opinions/letters/4470890.Costs_and_benefits/?ref=rss Sir – Is it not time that both the Oxfordshire county and the Oxford city councils conducted a thorough, impartial survey of the costs, as well as the benefits, of Oxford Brookes’ University’s presence in the city? It could start by looking at the projected huge expansion of the Gipsy Lane site which current amendments leave largely unchanged in terms of overall scope and ‘massing’ and potentialities for congestion and noise pollution. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:18:40 +0100 c144cb42957684f401489c76dbd492e0