I SUGGESTED a few days ago that, if we ever decide to scrap God Save the Queen, the Suffragette song, March of the Women, suitably re-worded, would make a fine new National Anthem. On closer inspection, maybe not.
DID you notice that on the very day an official review claimed that MI5 could have prevented the Manchester Arena bombing, MI5 announced it had foiled a plot to assassinate Theresa May. Pure coincidence or burying bad news?
PETER RHODES on a baroness at bay, the BBC's use of words and the missing chapter from Swallows and Amazons.
Two teenage boys have been quizzed by police investigating racist Twitter abuse aimed at footballer Stan Collymore.
My admiration goes out to all Olympians and volunteers involved in the 2012 London Olympics and Paralympics.
Letter: We must be soft in the head in Wales. While North Powys had 103 wind turbines about 150 feet in height at Llandinam in the mid-90s, Shropshire, just across Offa's Dyke did not have a single wind turbine.
Letter: The pathetic underperformance of our politicians in protecting British manufacturing is illustrated yet again by the award of the Thameslink railway carriage contract to the Germans.
Letter: The hypocrisy of the Prime Minister's announcement that the government intends to clamp down on immigration is breathtaking.
LETTER - I see that Councillor Nutting's anti-ParkRight bandwagon in Shrewsbury (Shropshire Star, September 13) has been active again.
There can be no justification for closing rural schools when they are supporting the communities around them, says Shropshire Star blogger Emma Suddaby.
Every time I open a local newspaper I am faced with a photograph of Cllr Adrian Andrew looking suitably devastated at the remains of Shannon Mill and quotes from both him and Cllr Louise Harrison about the loss of the building to Walsall's heritage.
I write in reply to Andrew Finch (Starmail, July 5) who waxed lyrical about this Government's intervention to promote healthy lifestyles by banning smoking in public places.
The authors of European Union regulations must be extremely thick skinned or totally stupid. John Tiner, chief executive of the Financial Services Authority, wonders if the legislators in Brussels properly think out the market it is seeking to address, the costs it will impose on businesses and customers, and the broader market impact.
