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Anzeige „Die Verlegung des Radfahrverkehrs vom Gehweg zurück auf die Fahrbahn der Karl-Heine-Straße hat eine bedeutende Aufwertung des öffentlichen Raums erwirkt“, sagt Bertram Weisshaar, der die Ortsgruppe Leipzig des Fachverbandes Fußverkehr Deutschland (FUSS e.V.) vertritt. „Diese Maßnahme war dabei schon lange dringend geboten, hat sich doch diese Straße zu einer der am stärksten frequentierten Flaniermeilen Leipzigs entwickelt.“ Die Karl-Heine-Stra...

Readers Letters: Gaelic won’t help Scotland in modern world Why can the Scottish Government not get its head around the obvious? It should be promoting the teaching and learning of modern European languages not Gaelic, which is not suitable for formal communication in the present age.

Readers Letters: Rush to back diversity is a threat to freedom Although I took issue with Sir Geoff Palmer in the controversy over the symbolism of the Melville Monument in St Andrew Square, I must applaud his stance over James Gillespies High School curriculum move on To Kill a Mockingbird (your report, 8 July). Friday, 9th July 2021, 12:00 am Harper Lees Pulitzer Prize winning novel To Kill A Mockingbird is now verboten at one Scottish school (Picture: Tim Boyle/Getty Images)

Leserbriefe zur Bundestagswahl: Eine Frau, einige Männer, viele Fehler Leserbriefe zur Bundestagswahl : Eine Frau, einige Männer, viele Fehler Annalena Baerbock (v. l. n. r.), Armin Laschet und Olaf Scholz möchten die Nachfolge von Angela Merkel antreten. Foto: dpa/Oliver Ziebe Meinung Berlin In dieser Ausgabe der Leserbriefe geht es um die Bundestagswahl und die Kandidatinnen und Kandidaten, die zur Wahl st...

Readers Letters: Enough woolliness over cost of Independence One thing most will agree on is that Scottish Independence should be decided by the Scottish people. I voted for Independence in 2014, the majority voted for the continuation of the Union, that is democracy. Similarly, on Brexit I voted to Remain but the majority across the Union voted to leave, again, democracy. However, politicians believe in democracy and the outcome of a vote when it suits their own cause, if not, let’s have ano...

I travelled before VisitScotland named the NC500 in order to encourage visitors. VisitScotland is to blame for the plethora of campervans because they committed a serious error – no infrastructure, namely van aires. "Please visit and boost our economy but we havent provided you enough places for you to stay in your van and we dont want you in the car parks or lay-bys and if there are any problems, well penalise you all instead of punishing those culpable. "Yes, some ignorant idiots leave litt...

It began with the 1986 Big Bang that did away with banking regulation, giving for-profit banks control over the UK financial system. This cartel of privately owned banks was gifted the privilege of owning the national currency and lending it back to the state as debt, leading to the now familiar cycle of boom and bust. They do this by issuing credit and because they are risk-averse, driven by shareholders’ interest and quick profits, they direct the vast majority of their lending towards low-...

Everything that women have striven to achieve during the last 120 years or so – the vote, equal recognition, pay, status; all the “glass ceilings” they have broken through in the spheres of politics, industry, commerce, the forces, police, medicine, academic achievement, etc; all the fights they still have on their hands world-wide against harassment, abuse, FGM – all this is in danger of being undermined, if not destroyed, by the hysterics and aggression of the “Trans” lobby, and b...

Mar 16, 2021 Subscribe to our daily newsletter! Sign Up A generic stock photo of a woman working from home. With children going back to school on March 8, people working from home can consider going back to work in the office or workplace. It’s not good for your mental health and it’s also not efficient working from home. You need interaction with other people to succeed in business. John Brown, Shrewsbury Send us your letters for publication: Email us at starmail@shropshirestar.co.uk or w...

Readers Letters: Time to step away from social media It feels like every other day brings a new story about online abuse being dished out to those on social media. Im sure the comments being directed to prominent people from politics and sport is just the tip of the iceberg.