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Breaking the cycle of young jobless

ONE in four children living in the capital (25 per cent) are growing up in a home where no one has a job.Read

Can you help with this family tree?

I WONDER if your readers could possibly help me?Read

Flushing away our council tax

I WAS livid and disgusted to read that nearly half a million pounds (£470,000) has been spent modernising public toilets in the Golbourne ward (Talbot Road).Read

What happened to 'all in it together?'

DO YOU remember that phrase 'we're all in this together', trotted out by the Conservatives to justify their massive and unnecessary cuts in public services?Read

A dedicated poet and churchgoer

RE: JOHN Heath-Stubbs (Chronicle, July 31). Besides being a dedicated poet, John Heath-Stubbs was also a devout Christian.Read

Sale of land has strings attached

I CAN clarify (letters, July 21) that The Crown Estate has not agreed a sale of its residential properties in Cumberland Market, Millbank, Victoria Park and Lee Green.Read

Too little, too late to act on bad drivers

IT IS regrettable that action is taken against nuisance drivers of high-performance cars only after a serious accident has taken place (report, page three, August 6). This is far too late.Read

We are proud of our service funding

I WAS surprised and disappointed by your latest article on the allocation of voluntary sector grants.Read

We'll watch you enjoying the cool

THE Mayor of London Boris Johnson has joined Tube passengers in welcoming the Tube's first new air conditioned train. The train, serving the Metropolitan line, is the first of a 191-strong fleet of walk-through trains that will serve 40 per cent of the Tube network.Read

Council does listen to its leaseholders

I AM writing following your imbalanced story about Aintree Court leaseholders on page three of last week's paper, which I was not offered the opportunity to comment on.Read

Crown Estate must clarify the situation

THE Crown Estate's chief executive, Roger Bright, in an Evening Standard business article that referred to a 'highly contentious sale of 1,300 rented homes in London', is reported as having said that a sale 'has been agreed.Read

How to avoid hot dogs this summer

SUMMER is here and while the public is hoping the spell of hot weather continues, the canine residents of Dogs Trust Harefield in West London might be thinking otherwise.Read

Leave us money to spread message

THE World Health Organisation (WHO) is predicting that this year, cancer will overtake heart disease as the world's biggest killer.Read

New Crown Estate can be resricted

BRYAN Latter's letter, (Residents can block estates sale, July 2), encourages residents and tenants of the Crown Estate to oppose the sale of social homes, but there is another approach.Read

1970s alumni are invited to buffet

ARE you a graduate of the University of Leicester from the 1970s with whom we have lost touch?Read

Charity exposes animal cruelty

ANIMAL Aid has released a shocking new factory farming film featuring grim scenes shot secretly in randomly-selected farms across the UK during the last three years.Read

Follow toddlers' worthy example

I AM writing on behalf of the Meningitis Trust to say thank you, and congratulations, to all the toddlers who took part in a Toddle Waddle event for us, helping to raise thousands of pounds for our work.Read

Fruity friday was a runaway success

WE WANT to thank schools, companies and everyone in the local area who took part in this year's Fruity Friday campaign.Read

Co-operation on affordable homes

WITH hundreds of millions of pounds of cuts in housing budgets already announced, an alleged £780million black hole in the social housing pledge and an emergency budget likely to signal further cuts, Londoners are almost certain to suffer another decade of housing pain.Read

Share your stories about The Who

WERE you a music fan in the early 1960s?Read