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Clare Kelly enjoys an overnight stay at an elegant boutique hotel set in East Lancashire

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$'Dont move quake goalposts for frackers' says a correspondent$

'Don’t move quake goalposts for frackers'

Calls by the fracking industry to be allowed to trigger larger earthquakes before they have to down tools should be ignored.

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Do you agree with our correspondent about the M6?

'Spend UK’s foreign aid money on our roads'

Over the last weekend, I made a 450-mile return journey to Buckinghamshire and I was appalled at the conditions that greeted me on the M6.

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The Duchess of Sussex, pictured, has been targeted by internet trolls

'Name and shame abusive web trolls'

My first reaction to hearing about the rivalry between ‘fans’ of the Duchesses of Cambridge and Sussex was that some people really need to get a life.

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'Banks should remember their elderly customers'

The disclosure that Santander is closing even more branches is appalling.

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Does more need to be done about harmful content on social media?

'Harmful content must be removed'

The dangers of the addiction to social media by, in particular, the young have been obvious for a decade.

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Don't make prison too easy for criminals says a correspondent

'Don’t make prison easy for criminals'

The latest prison pipedream is to have homely cells without bars in the belief it will make prisoners desist from causing trouble.

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A correspondent is concerned about the loss of wildlife habitat

'Not just the rainforests - we’re destroying habitats here too'

I mourn the loss of my hedgehog, who lived peacefully in the garden for three or four years.

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Should parents be allowed to drive in the bus lane during the school run?

'Don’t allow parents to drive in bus lanes during school runs'

Following a recent report that busy parents should be allowed in bus lanes, I suggest the thought is bordering on the ridiculous and subject to potential widespread abuse by many motorists, especially as there will be little, or no, policing due to staff availability and financial resources.

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A correspondent is concerned about Brexit's effect on the car industry

'Keep jobs in British motor industry safe - stay in the EU'

This country has a vibrant and extensive automotive industry.

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'Elvis changed music forever - how can he be ignored?'

I have never had much time for the BBC with its own biased agenda and waste of our licence money.

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The Duke of Edinburgh, who was involved in a road accident recently

'Prince Philip’s accident raises safety concerns'

Surely the road accident involving HRH Prince Philip at the wheel of his Land Rover Freelander, at the age of 97, focuses all our minds on the elderly motorist and should concern us from a safety point of view.

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Are wood burners to blame for air pollution? What do you think?

'Shocked at attempt to blame fires for pollution'

I was shocked to hear a spokesman for Defra give a biased justification for its proposed attack on wood burning stoves.

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'Support for public libraries long overdue'

Libraries are a valuable resource for all of us, valuable for our communities for education, entertainment and enlightenment.

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Readers are asked to join in the Big Garden Birdwatch Picture: Matthew Armett

Take part in RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch this weekend

The RSPB is celebrating a special anniversary of its world famous Big Garden Birdwatch this weekend (January 26-28) and is inviting people across Lancashire to get involved.

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Do libraries need more support? See letter

'Support for our public libraries is long overdue'

Libraries are a valuable resource for all of us, valuable for our communities for education, entertainment and enlightenment.

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Highest recruiters in the country for innovative cancer trial

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has recruited the highest number of patients in the UK into an innovative kidney cancer trial - and is also the sixth highest site globally for recruitment into this trial.

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What were your schooldays like? See letter

'School education back then was a very different world'

I started school during the Second World War and, until I passed the 11-plus, was taught through the infant and primary stages in classes of well over 40 pupils by single female teachers.

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A correspondent praises violinist and conductor Andre Rieu

'Is Andre Rieu’s orchestra the key to a peaceful world?'

Regrettably, 2019 seems to be starting off with so many disputes, wars, disagreements, famine, divisions and anger which politicians and others appear incapable of solving.

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