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Back the referees

WERE the FA right to ban Hall Green Colts? Yes, the Birmingham County FA have got it right and it’s about time – they do not back the referees enough. Read

FA ban to be applauded

I hope other county associations support and follow the lead taken by Birmingham and we might just start to rid the game of idiots like this. Read

Rules are to be adhered to

A LOT of fuss has been made about the schoolgirl being allowed to wear her Sikh bangle. It all seems to be about someone getting their own way no matter what. Read

TV just isn't the same anymore

WITH television being so dreadful at the moment I can understand A Brown's joy (Mail August 1) at finding an opportunity to see television's golden oldies and although I have no access to YouTube I have recently purchased DVDs of some brilliant television series from the 70s and 80s and have had hours of pleasure watching To Serve Them All My Days, Shine On Harvey Moon, Family at War and best of all the brilliant series Sam, written by John Finch and starring the late Mark McManus, well remembered for his Taggart days. Read

Winston Churchill's state funeral was richly deserved

AS one of many who fought in the last war from day one, I was delighted when Winston Churchill had the state funeral which he so richly deserved. Read

Great for sunflowers!

TALKING of human sewage (letters, August 3), in the 1940s my dad emptied our bucket toilet in a deep hole and planted a sunflower seed on top of it. The sunflower grew up to our bedroom window! Read

Shameful tribute

AS one of many who fought in the last war from day one, I was delighted when Winston Churchill had the state funeral which he so richly deserved. Read

Rules are rules

They are set by those in charge and we all have to adhere to them, like it or not. Read

Terrorist threat

MRS J PAINTER (Mercury, August 3) is right to be annoyed at luggage loss at Birmingham Airport, not just since it can spoil a holiday but is a serious threat to security. Read

Stop the litter louts

I AM quite aware that there is a £1,000 fine for letting one's dog foul a pavement or grass verge, and quite right as our streets are not lavatories for animals. Read

Just disgusting

HUMAN sewage should definitely not be used to grow our food – it’s disgusting. Read

Covered in slurry

READING about the slurry being sprayed on food crops took me back to the 70s and late 80s. Read

Nothing new!

HUMAN sewage was being used by farmers years ago. Read

Nothing wrong with sewage on crops

I wonder who started this nonsense and I am really surprised to see it on the front page of the Sunday Mercury. Read

Young speak out

HAVING read the hysterical writings of Paul Hemming on Christianity, we should remember that this sort of denial has been going on for more than 2,000 years. Read

Hang up on BT

REGARDING the letter in the Mercury from AD Levy about having to pay BT £4.50 for not paying by direct debit, I would advise him to do what I have done to beat these robbers. Read

Devious and evil

THERE are now real fears that sex abuse victims – children or adults who were abused as children – will not be believed by anyone due to university “bof`ns” researching to prove that False Memory Syndrome exists. Read

Insult to injury

THE way the 7/7 forgotten victims have been treated is shameful. Read

Time to come clean

IF Britain has been party to any rendition aights, then we want the names of the people involved, and of those responsible. Read

Brown’s tax gift

Perhaps some of us long-suffering taxpayers ought to do likewise. Read

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