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Christian duty to help all those in need

THE season of goodwill soon ended as Margaret Perrins’ heartless letter proves.Read

Islam extremists should be deported

I RECENTLY read two reports about Islamic terrorists in the Sunday Mercury. The first was headlined ‘Muslim Fanatics to March in War Hero Repatriation Town’ and the second was ‘Jet Bomb Cleric Link to Brum’.Read

Leave Children's Hospital cash alone

TO expect Birmingham Children’s Hospital to lump together monies collected by lots of kind people into one big pot is just not on.Read

Foxhunting was too cruel even for the Nazis

WHEN the National Socialists gained power in Germany in 1932, one of the first laws they passed was to ban foxhunting.Read

New Labour pandering to terror suspects

Labour panders to terrorRead

No Yuletide tidings for the animals on your plate

No Yuletide tidings for poor animalsRead

I’ve no time for Fat Baz

ON Remembrance Sunday was is it absolutely necessary to have the Barry Austin story emblazoned across the front page?Read

Posties don't deserve a mediator like Mandelson

IT IS unbelievable that a lout caught urinating on a war memorial is still at large for a month.Read

Made to pay for charity donation

SOME years ago I sent a small amount of money to a charity.Read

Vera Lynn didn't resort to Cheryl Cole-style provocative dressing

MANY Sunday Mercury readers will have found the snide jibes from Lorne Jackson an offensive attack on the late Stephen Gately.Read

Threat to cheap post if Royal Mail bosses win over striking workers

I THINK all sane people should get behind the postal workers in what I think is a very noble cause in trying to safeguard their jobs, and thus striving to keep Royal Mail out of the greedy palms of people like Peter Mandelson and Adam Crozier.Read

Hospital boss Sarah-Jane Marsh backed

JOANNA DAVIS, ChairmanRead

Reader's ode to Brummie rock legend Roy Wood

I THOUGHT I would drop you a line with reference to your Roy Wood campaign.Read

Political correctness gone mad over unmentionable words

WHAT on earth is all the fuss about on Strictly Come Dancing?Read

Shame so much stigma still attached to mental illlness

PERHAPS we should whisper it that the past week was Mental Health Week.Read

Lorne's wrong to laugh at Alcoholics Anonymous

YOUR columnist Lorne Jackson makes the flippant comment “Now my legs are getting better support than a wino receives from his buddies during an AA meeting”. This attitude does nothing to improve society’s perception of alcoholism and the AA fellowship.Read

Strong deterrents for yobs needed to stop repeat of the Pilkington tragedy

FIONA Pilkington and her daughter Francesca were so desperate for help from the police and the council.Read

Police were heavy-handed against anti-fascists during protests

l I WAS in Birmingham on Saturday afternoon, and it was a total mess.Read

Police were heavy-handed against anti-fascists during protests

l I WAS in Birmingham on Saturday afternoon, and it was a total mess.Read

All retired teachers are not 'loaded'

I SEE George Tyndale is having a go at teachers again.Read

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