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	7/7 victims have waited too long for compensation THREE years ago, the biggest peacetime atrocity ever unleashed on the city of London arrived in the form of indiscriminate suicide bomb attacks on trains and buses during the morning rush hour. On that dreadful day 52 people were murdered and close to 1,0... » MORE

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While you read this, another new mother will die

WE often take for granted the much maligned but ultimately indispensable service the NHS has provided for the United Kingdom. To mark the 60th anniversary of the NHS, Oxfam and parenting website mumsnet.com have launched a new initiative to document memor... » MORE

Motorcyslists are their own worst enemies

Ed Wolf (H&H letters, July 3) may have more than 60 years of cycle and motor cycle experience, but his arguments on road safety are confused, and his conclusions anything but simple common sense . Cyclists and motor cyclists are users of very different... » MORE

Enhancing safety of cyclists must be a top priority

The recent incident of a woman cyclist suffering serious injuries after a collision with a truck in Royal College Street, Camden Town, is another in a series of terrible and often fatal accidents in London over the last year. All our sympathies are with... » MORE

Patient is full of praise for Royal Free standards

I am writing to tell you about my recent experience at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead. I was booked in to have a cataract operation in my left eye. Astonishingly I was in and out in three-and-a-half hours. The consultant surgeon Mr Little and his w... » MORE

My opposition to health privatisation is in the blood

I WAS pleased that Health Secretary Alan Johnson and others have stated that no imposition of polyclinics, or the compulsory transfer of NHS assets, will be involved under Lord Darzi s plans. May I expect a refund of the value of the privatised elements (... » MORE

Problems at the heart of hospital privatisation plans

I WAS pleased to note that Alan Johnson, the Health Secretary, and others have stated that no imposition of polyclinics, or the compulsory transfer of NHS assets, will be involved under Lord Darzi s plans. May I expect a refund of the value of the privati... » MORE

Facts prove that bikers and accidents do go together

Tory Councillor Chris Knight, self-styled uber-biker suggests I have biker-phobia, after my comments on the use of bus lanes by motorcyclists (H&H Letters, 12 June). I don t, I was simply referring to the basic facts: motorcyclists suffer and cause th... » MORE

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