http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/opinions/letters/ The Oxford Times /news/opinions/letters/ en-gb Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:13:09 +0000 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:13:09 +0000 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/999282/?type=rsslogo http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/opinions/letters/ http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/opinions/letters/5065552.Enforce_20mph_limits/?ref=rss Sir – Your 20mph speed survey (Report, March 4) came to an odd conclusion. Despite finding that more drivers are obeying the law, it starts, “Driving experts questioned the need for Oxford’s 20mph limits after it emerged motorists are still ignoring the restrictions.” Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:50:00 +0000 d48d08aa0e7082ab01a168a2b17bbd17 http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/opinions/letters/5065457.Preventable_abuse/?ref=rss Sir – I was deeply saddened to read PJ Cresswell’s letter about school bullying in Oxford (March 11). As a student at two of Oxford’s schools about 20 years ago I experienced and also witnessed some horrendous bullying. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:50:00 +0000 434ac2360085f7549e8cc1c2afc3c963 http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/opinions/letters/5065462.Urgent_action_needed/?ref=rss Sir – Councillor Louise Chapman must be very naive to believe that . . . ‘If (young people) appear to be under the influence of alcohol, then they should be banned from the centre.’ This is the perfect pantomime scenario: You’re drunk!’ Oh no I’m not’. Oh yes you are!’ The whole point of breathalysing is that an objective measure is taken of the state of the young person; if s/he is over the known limit, s/he is not allowed in. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:50:00 +0000 5f9b2da75f5eda58eaffcc0aea27f1f6 http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/opinions/letters/5065464.Fragile_area_of_land/?ref=rss Sir – Last week’s headline and editorial highlighted the complex planning issues which face the site at Water Eaton where Chiltern Railways hope to build a major new Parkway station to serve Oxford. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:50:00 +0000 a68525de85c88f2647a170cd437b5fe0 http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/opinions/letters/5065466.Britain_can_break_it/?ref=rss Sir – As a pendant to the account of the formal opening of the New Bodleian Library by King George VI, (Feature, March 4) my father, who became Bodley’s librarian in 1948, recorded in his memoirs that after the key broke “the situation was only saved by the Bedel of Arts whose normal duties are confined to carrying the University Mace before the vice chancellor in procession. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:50:00 +0000 3de55f8c228c205d2d6eb1dc9927196b http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/opinions/letters/5065474.Plague_of_coaches/?ref=rss Sir – A plague of monster foreign-registered coaches has descended on Iffley Turn, in the evident belief that this is the city’s free coach park. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:50:00 +0000 3d90419b8d1475761bc5b101919da430 http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/opinions/letters/5065477.Register_to_vote/?ref=rss Sir – According to the Electoral Commission, 3.5 million people in the UK are entitled, but not registered, to vote. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:50:00 +0000 8dbf35856ee0ab27b8a47eba4ede5b29 http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/opinions/letters/5065482.Concerns_surface/?ref=rss Sir – While Janet Beer was posing against the neatly manicured lawns of Headington Hill Hall and extolling the benefits which Brookes University brings to Oxford (Report, March 4), Brookes’s other contributions to the community were surfacing below. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0000 d450848c2411030fa92af31395ad9179 http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/opinions/letters/5065484.Soundest_investment/?ref=rss Sir – I write to second Alan Alcock’s question “Do we need more shops?” (Letters, February 18). I hope that the Crown Estate will look at the development of the Westgate area and see it in the context of a city centre already blighted by boarded-up shops which no one can afford to rent. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0000 f1abbd687877118094d585a7b998a9ee http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/opinions/letters/5065485.Brilliant_service/?ref=rss Sir – I have read with interest letters published in The Oxford Times recently regarding transport to the major airports from Witney being very difficult. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:00:00 +0000 6aa7fad7d8eeacf20500091cb5b6fdd9