People should care for others

WHY is it today people rush about so much? They never look what is going on around them.

It is unbelievable that when I sit in a cafe in Burnley town centre, that so many people just don’t even notice a street lady sat on the bench.

I call her the bag lady. She sits there huddled in her sleeping bag with all her worldly goods in bags.

When I order my tea and cake I always make a point of taking her a drink and something to eat.

It is so upsetting to me to see every one just passing her by. Okay some people cannot afford to get her a drink, but just stop and say how are you, it makes all the difference to someone who should not be on the streets.

People rushing about with lots of shopping bags. I said to someone ‘Do you know the old saying “there for the grace of God go I”’. They did not know the saying. I was taught this when I was a child.

So please people of Burnley have a bit more compassion to people less fortunate than us.

Carole Roberts, Burnley

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Time to think about MS

MY dad was diagnosed with progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) when I was six.

At the time, I had no idea how life-changing it would be for our family.

Fortunately, my little brother and I had our mum. She took us to rugby and held down two jobs to support us. More than 100,000 people live with MS in the UK.

It’s often painful and exhausting, and can cause problems with how you walk, move, see, think and feel. And it can be just as tough for friends and family, who have to watch their loved ones battle often debilitating symptoms.

But no matter your connection to MS, the MS Society is here for you through the highs, lows and everything in between.

That’s why I’m supporting Cake Break – a delicious way to fundraise this month.

It’s the perfect opportunity to come together with friends and family and indulge in some tasty treats while supporting everyone affected by MS.

Tom Kerridge, Michelin star chef and restauranteur

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NHS may not be too safe

AS I get older I have become increasingly concerned about the state of our NHS.

Especially as recently on January 6 the chief executive of the British Red Cross Mike Adamson revealed the humanitarian and charity has deployed staff in hospitals and ambulance trusts across the country as accident and emergency departments were forced to close doors.

Our Prime Minister denied there was a humanitarian criss. British Medical Association chairman Dr Mark Porter contradicted this by warning that problems in the NHS were reaching dangerous levels.

On February 22 in a House of Commons exchange Jeremy Corbyn cited British Medical Association figures that 15,000 NHS beds have been cut in the last six years, the equivalent of 24 hospitals.

Why are one in six A&Es set for closure or downgrading? She failed to answer.

Coming up to 73 years of age I do not consider myself a burden on the NHS.

I do not by any measure consider our NHS safe in the hands of this conservative government. Others may differ.

Jim Dryer, Blackburn

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Get off the web

PUPILS are reading books that are “too easy” according to recent reports.

Is it because there is so much technology that the young spend so much time on their iPhones etc that reading books is just not of any importance any more?

I learned to love books when very young.

My older sister would read to us from Charles Dickens and other authors of his kind.

By the time I was 13 I was not just reading the popular books and magazines for that age group, but also had the Bronte books and a Jane Austin book on my shelf.

There is nothing better than having a good book to read.

And it’s far better than Facebook, Twitter and all that kind of internet stuff.

Maureen Robinson, Burnley

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