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Wa
tts
ha
ve
verified
that
for
the
six
months
to
June
2007
on
av
era
ge
an
additional
1,939
copies
were
distributed
to
passengers
at
MK
Central
railway
sta
tion.Nasty
niffs
SIR
8211I
noted
with
inter
est
the
letter
concer
ning
takeaways
at
Ne
ther
field.
The
same
situation
has
star
ted
to
happen
in
We
st
Bl
etchley
(W
haddon
Wa
y),
the
last
application
on
the
most
re
cent
takeaway
was
vigorous-
ly
fought
against
by
the
re
sidents
and
those
affected,
was
gr
anted
anyway
but
with
limited
opening
times
,b
ut
these
times
ar
eb
eing
flouted
occasionally
.
Allegedly
al
ot
of
money
was
spent
on
af
iltr
ation
system
which
doesn
8217t
seem
to
be
wor
king.
The
ow
ner
,w
hen
appr
oached
as
ther
ew
er
eb
ad
odours
fr
om
the
establishment,
said
he
would
change
the
filters
.A
re
the
filters
only
changed
when
you
complai
n?
He
stated
that
the
smell
fr
om
another
takeaway
was
worse
,d
oes
this
mean
they
re
cognise
ther
ei
sa
pr
oblem
with
smells?
So
me
of
the
local
re
sidents
ar
e
unable
to
open
their
doors
and
win-
do
ws
due
to
the
bad
odours
that
ar
e
ar
ound.
Ther
ea
re
lots
of
elderly
pensioners
that
live
in
close
pr
ox
imity
to
these
takeawa
ys
,i
st
his
the
payment
we
give
them
for
working
and
ser
ving
this
coun
tr
y?
The
loca
lg
ro
cer
ys
tor
eh
as
been
appr
oach
ed
re
gar
ding
the
noise
fr
om
early
mor
ning
deliv
er
ies
and
asked
re
spectfully
if
they
could
have
mor
ec
ar
ea
nd
thought
on
noise
sur-
ro
unding
this
.
The
re
ply
re
ceiv
ed
was
not
good
and
could
be
defined
as
8216t
ough
8217.
Does
Cllr
Ga
llo
way
have
nothing
else
to
do
other
than
suppor
ta
ppli-
cations
for
takeawa
ys
in
re
sidential
ar
eas?
We
appr
oached
Ir
ene
He
nderson
in
person
and
by
letter
for
help
and
advice
on
this
issue
8211t
wo
ye
ars
later
we
ar
es
till
waiting
for
her
re
sponse
.
On
another
issue
,r
esidents
ar
e
wonder
ing
what
will
happen
to
the
Na
vy
Club
no
wi
th
as
changed
hands
8211t
hey
fear
it
could
change
into
ye
ta
nother
take-away
.Bl
et
ch
le
yr
esident
Name
and
addr
ess
suppliedFare
play
SIR
8211M
ay
Ib
et
he
first
to
thank
Ro
n
Pa
rsons
for
ra
ising
the
ser
ious
issue
mentioned
in
his
letter
.
Ih
ave
contact
ed
the
council
on
numer
ous
occasions
about
taxis
re
gister
ed
in
So
uth
No
rt
hamptonshir
eo
per
ating
in
MK
and
hav
eb
een
told
the
same
as
you
re
gar
ding
jour
neys
or
iginating
and/or
ending
in
So
uth
No
rt
hamptonshir
e.
How
ever
the
evidence
says
other-
wise
.
Over
the
past
few
we
eks
my
wife
has
taken
numer
ous
cabs
from
We
st
MK
to
East
MK
(both
no
wher
en
ear
So
uth
No
rt
hamptonshir
e)
and
on
each
occasion
the
cab
that
tr
ans-
por
ted
her
was
NO
Tr
egister
ed
with
MK
Co
uncil.
It
is
high
time
the
council
did
something
about
this
issue
and
not
just
shake
their
heads
and
tut-tut
about
complaining
re
sidents
.
What
Iw
ant
to
kno
wi
sw
ho
re
gu-
lates
cabs
re
gister
ed
in
another
county
but
oper
ating
in
MK?
Iw
onder
if
MK
Co
uncil
will
say
that
it
is
So
uth
No
rt
hamptonshir
e
because
that
is
wher
et
hey
ar
e
licenced
or
will
So
uth
No
rt
hamptonshir
es
ay
it
is
MK
Co
uncil
because
that
is
wher
et
he
cab
is
oper
ating?
On
ce
Ih
ave
ar
esponse
fr
om
our
belo
ved
council
Iw
ill
ask
MK
NEWS
to
publish
it.
Ke
ep
an
ey
eo
ut.Ja
mes
Beck
er
Deacon
Place,
Middleton9632
SI
R8211M
rP
arsons
has
misunder-
stood
the
law
re
lating
to
8216o
utside
8217
oper
ators
wor
king
in
Mi
lton
Ke
ynes
.
Ther
ei
sn
othing
illegal
about
pr
i-
va
te
hir
e,
or
8216p
re
-booked
8217c
abs
oper-
ating
outside
of
their
ar
ea
and
a
So
uth
No
rt
hants
pr
ivate
hir
eo
per
a-
tor
can
legitim
ately
take
booking
s
for
aj
our
ney
star
ting
and
ending
in
Mi
lton
Ke
ynes
.
Pr
operly
licensed
vehicles
display
ac
ouncil
licence
plate
exhibit
ed
on
the
re
ar
.T
his
plate
identifies
the
ve
hicle
re
gistr
ation,
make
and
model.
It
also
incorpor
ates
al
icence
number
and
8216e
xpir
yd
ate
8217.
Ac
ouncil
8216logo
8217i
dentifies
the
ar
ea
wher
ei
ti
s
license
d.
The
dr
ivers
should
also
be
licensed
and
be
we
ar
ing/exhibiting
al
icence
badge
.
How
ever
,t
he
number
of
8216u
nli-
cens
ed
8217v
ehicles
oper
ating
within
our
ar
ea
is
actually
minimal.
Ou
r
biggest
pr
oblem
comes
from
pr
iv
ate
hir
ed
ri
vers
illegally
picking
up
far
es
off
the
str
eet.
We
ar
ec
onstantly
str
essing
to
peo-
ple
the
dangers
of
climbing
into
unbooke
dp
ri
va
te
hir
ev
ehicle
so
ff
the
str
eet.
If
yo
ud
os
o,
not
only
is
the
dr
i-
ve
r/oper
ator
acting
illegally
,b
ut
they
will
not
be
insur
ed
in
the
event
of
an
accident.
Bu
tM
ilton
Ke
ynes
Co
uncil
8217s
Ta
xi
Licensing
De
par
tment
has
av
er
y
active
enfor
cement
team,
which
wor
ks
closely
with
Thames
Va
lley
Po
lice
.
Ic
an
assur
eM
rP
arsons
that
we
cer
tainly
do
not
ignor
ei
llegal
activi-
ty
and
re
gularly
prosecute
.
If
any
one
has
ag
enuine
complaint
or
concer
n,
they
should
contact
the
Ta
xi
Licensing
De
par
tment
on
(01908
)2
52860
.Te
rry
Shulv
er
Ta
xi
Licensing
Manager
MK
CouncilOn
the
ball
SIR
8211Iw
ould
like
to
thank
all
the
fir
ms
that
took
par
ti
nt
he
kor
fball
char
ity
event
or
ganised
by
the
thr
ee
MK
clubs
at
Ta
ttenhoe
Pa
vilion
on
Ju
ne
25.
Iw
ould
also
like
to
thank
your
paper
for
pr
omoting
the
event.
The
tour
nament
was
won
by
Sp
or
ts
Leaders
UK.
The
event
ra
ised
163320
for
the
MK
Ne
oN
atal
Ba
by
Un
it.
The
char
ity
is
a
favour
ite
char
ity
of
MK
City
Ko
rf
ball
Club
but
became
an
even
mor
es
ig-
nificant
good
cause
for
us
as
one
of
our
players
gav
eb
ir
th
to
ap
re
ma-
tur
eb
ab
yb
oy
two
days
befor
et
he
event.
He
rh
usband
also
plays
for
our
team.
The
little
bo
yi
ss
till
being
looked
after
in
the
unit
and
we
ar
ed
elight-
ed
he
is
doing
ver
yw
ell
and
is
in
such
ex
cellent
car
e.
We
no
wt
ur
no
ur
attentions
to
Ko
rf
stock
again
at
Ta
ttenhoe
Pa
vilion
on
Ju
ly
12.
Be
sides
40
kor
f-
ball
ing
team
sw
eh
av
el
ive
musi
c,
dodgeball,
cheerleading,
ru
gb
y,
giant
inflatables
,a
rt
sa
nd
cr
afts
,f
ace
painting
and
much
mor
e.
All
activities
ar
ef
re
eb
ut
we
do
have
af
ew
stalls
ra
ising
money
for
mor
eg
ood
causes
.
All
ar
ew
elcome
at
Ko
rf
stock.
De
tails
can
be
found
at
www
.kor
f-
ballinmk.co
.ukDa
rr
en
Gr
ayInteraction
welcomed
SIR
8211Iw
ri
te
in
re
sponse
to
the
let-
ter
which
appear
ed
in
the
MK
news
25th
Ju
ne
headlined
8216M
uslim
money
target
8217a
nd
would
like
to
make
af
ew
points
and
clar
ifica-
tions
.
All
re
ligious
gr
oups
ar
ee
xc
lusive
by
their
ver
yn
atur
es
ince
they
ar
e
only
for
people
who
believe
in
and
follo
wt
hat
re
ligion.
So
gr
oups
like
the
BNP
,t
he
Na
tional
Se
cular
So
ciety
and
Chr
istian
gr
oups
do
not
allo
w
Mu
slims
to
join
since
our
beliefs
contr
adict
with
their
membership
polic
ies
,b
ut
Ih
ave
never
hear
do
f
any
Mu
slim
complaining.
Mu
slims
pr
efer
to
live
in
ar
eas
which
have
the
ser
vices
and
facili-
ties
we
have
need
for
,s
uch
as
mosque
sa
nd
halal
shops
,j
ust
like
Chr
istians
and
others
pr
efer
to
live
in
ar
eas
wher
et
her
ea
re
chur
ches
,
pubs
,n
ightc
lubs
and
other
ser
vices
which
they
need.
Also
the
ar
eas
quoted
in
the
letter
8211W
olver
ton
and
Bl
etchley
8211a
re
major
ity
non-M
uslim
ar
eas
and
ar
e
har
dly
the
segr
egated
ghetto
es
to
which
the
wr
iter
allude
s.
The
accusation
that
mosques
ar
e
br
eeding
places
for
ra
dical
Is
lam
is
false
and
without
any
evidence
.
Ther
ea
re
four
mosques
in
Mi
lton
Ke
ynes
wher
et
housands
of
Mu
slims
attend
pr
ay
ers
re
gularly
and,
to
date
,t
her
eh
as
not
been
a
single
arr
est
of
aM
uslim
in
Mi
lton
Ke
ynes
for
any
extr
emist
activities
as
we
have
seen
elsewher
ei
nt
he
countr
y8211a
nd
in
all
the
cases
the
ra
dicalisation
was
blamed
on
for-
eign
policy
and
not
what
is
taught
in
the
mosque
.
It
seems
the
anonymous
wr
iter
has
major
issues
with
Is
lam
and
even
linked
the
re
cent
pr
oblems
between
two
gr
oups
of
people
with
Is
lamic
extr
emism,
when
ever
yo
ne
in
Wo
lv
er
ton
kno
ws
that
they
wer
e,
and
ar
e,
disputes
betw
een
two
groups
of
people
and
nothin
gt
od
o
with
the
re
ligion
of
Is
lam,
which
forbids
violence
as
am
eans
to
re
solve
disputes
.
As
for
Mu
slims
having
no
contact
with
the
local
population,
the
wr
iter
contr
adicts
himself
by
later
on
saying:
8216a
high
per
centage
of
yo
ung
Mu
slims
end
up
as
taxi
dr
i-
vers
or
re
staur
ant
ow
ners
8217.
These
jobs
involv
ev
er
yh
igh
levels
of
int
er
act
ion
wit
ha
ll
mem
ber
so
f
soc
iet
y,
so
Iw
ould
like
to
ask
what
the
wr
iter
means
by
8216local
popula-
tion
8217?
Who
ar
et
hey
and
wher
ea
re
they
to
be
found?
Also
the
question
that
Mu
slims
don
8217t
inter
act
with
the
indigenous
population
needs
also
to
be
asked
of
the
indigenous
population.
How
many
of
them
inter
act
with
Mu
slims
and
discuss
as
opposed
to
believing
ever
ything
they
re
ad
and
see
on
the
media
about
Is
lam
and
Mu
slims?
In
ter
action
and
integr
ation
is
a
two-wa
yp
roces
sa
nd
not
just
limit-
ed
to
one
group
of
people
.
Ia
gr
ee
that
money
should
be
given
to
all
sectors
of
society
equally
and
spent
on
better
health
ser
vices
,r
oad
infr
astr
uctur
e,
schools
,h
ousing,
or
ganisations
dealing
with
dr
ug
and
alcohol
misuse
,a
bused
women
and
childr
en,
single
par
ent
families
and
anti-social
behaviour
by
delinquent
yo
uths
which
have
made
society
danger
ous
for
all
of
us
.
Ye
s,
Ia
mi
nf
avour
of
Mu
slims
inter
actin
gm
or
ew
ith
wider
socie
ty
and
dispe
lling
the
myths
which
exist
about
us
and
Ii
nvit
et
he
wr
iter
of
the
lette
ra
nd
other
non-
Mu
slims
to
visit
our
places
of
wor-
ship
in
Bl
etchley
,W
olv
er
ton,
Gr
anb
ya
nd
Ne
wB
ra
dw
ell
and
the
Fr
iday
ser
mons
we
hold
in
Fi
sher
mead,
Ne
ther
field,
Bu
ckingham
Un
iv
ersity
and
Cr
anfield
Un
iversity
,a
nd
find
out
mor
ea
bout
Is
lam
and
what
is
being
taught
in
the
mosques
.
Ia
ssur
et
hem
that
they
will
be
pleasantly
surpr
ised.Mukith
Hussai
n
Chai
rman,
Bang
lade
shi
Mana
geme
nt
Com
mit
tee
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Ke
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letters@mk-news.co.ukLETTERS
POLICYFire
fighters
right
to
be
alarmed
over
new
shiftsINTERNET
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8211R
egar
ding
8216F
ir
efighters
alar
med
by
pr
oposed
shift
changes
8217-
last
we
ek).
As
ap
ro
fessional
fir
ef
ighter
wo
rk
ing
in
another
br
igade
cur-
re
ntly
wo
rk
ing
the
12-hour
shifts,
Ic
an
tell
you
they
ar
e
detr
imental
to
family
life
and
the
we
llbeing
of
fir
ef
ighters.
The
curr
ent
high
wo
rk
load
of
equipment
training
and
home
fir
er
isk
inspections
and
also
all
the
emerge
ncy
calls
attend
ed
leav
es
the
cr
ews
exhausted.
It
has
been
noted
that
the
fatigue
suffer
ed
by
cr
ews
has
led
to
minor
accidents
in
fir
e
engines
and
while
training.
Some
ser
vices
hav
eu
sed
the
wo
rk
ing
time
dir
ectiv
ea
nd
fam-
ily
-fr
iendly
issues
as
aw
ay
of
pushing
these
changes
thr
ough.
Also
,s
ome
br
igades
8211h
aving
for
ced
shift
changes
on
their
wo
rk
for
ce
8211h
av
er
ealised
their
detr
imental
impact
on
the
wo
rk
for
ce
and
ar
el
ooking
at
ways
of
saving
face
and
chang-
ing
shift
times
by
15
to
30
min-
utes
or
ev
en
allo
wing
some
for
m
of
self-r
oster
ing
as
practiced
in
the
ambulance
ser
vice.Llo
yd
Stanle
y
via
we
bsite
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uly
9,
2008
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