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Letters: Can you help in tracing sibling? - 11/12/07
I AM writing to see if anyone can help me track down my brother, George Gilbert Burrage.
I AM writing to see if anyone can help me track down my brother, George Gilbert Burrage.He lived in the Peterborough area for many years, before moving to Derby, but I now believe he is back in Peterborough working for Royal Mail.
If anyone knows of his whereabouts, I would love to hear from them, or from my brother himself.
Barry Burrage
Maple Drive,
Huntingdon
Sign petition to protect animals
Like many members of the public, the RSPCA is deeply concerned about the suffering of animals used in research and testing.
The current review of the European law governing animal experiments presents a vital opportunity to benefit millions of animals.
We have launched a petition to demonstrate how strongly the public wants the new law to ensure tighter controls on animal use in experiments throughout Europe.
You can add your support by visiting www.rspca.org.uk/ directive86609, or going to your local RSPCA branch or shop.
The RSPCA believes the new law should cover all animals used in basic research, as well as education and training.
They account for 35 per cent of animals used for scientific purposes, and are not currently protected by the law.
An immediate ban on the use of great apes and wild-caught primates, and a co-ordinated strategy to replace all other primate use should also be included.
The housing and care standards for all species should be improved, which is the very least these animals deserve.
For more information about how the society wants the law changed for the better, visit www.rspca.org. uk/directive86609
The society has a long history of achieving positive change for laboratory animals.
We are grateful for the strong support we have received from the public, and we are asking for your help once more.
We hope that your name will be on the petition when we present it to the Government at the end of the year.
Suzie Graham
RSPCA regional manager,
East region
More than your job is worth?
Interesting to note how the dubiously named "research" organisation allthetopbananas.com claimed this week that the "average wage for jobs advertised in the city was 28,051" – some 3,500 lower than the national average.
The phrase "utter tosh" springs to mind.
A quick examination of the Evening Telegraph's jobs pages this Thursday revealed just six of the hundreds of jobs on offer are paying more than that figure.
The vast majority are paying more than 10,000 less, and there is no way the average is anywhere close to their wild claim.
Maybe somebody ought to ask Mister Banana and his friends if they just made the figure up to try to get some cheap publicity, or if they saw lots of job adverts that nobody else actually noticed anywhere.
Johanna Potter
Helpston Road,
Glinton,
near Peterborough
Spend money on helping homeless
RE: Paupers' graves story, there are plenty of people who were not considered homeless who are without headstones.
I don't see why this should be considered undignified.as far as I'm aware, homeless people are given respect in death, probably more than they had while alive.
The money should be spent on the homeless people who are living.
The portuguese man should have been repatriated on his death, rather than buried in Peterborough
jammond
Families would appreciate stone
Well, I knew Michael, and think it will be very sad that he will be without a headstone, or some kind of memorial.
Some homeless people actually had what you would call normal lives, before their circumstances changed and they turned to drink or drugs.
They may have lost contact with their families, who may never know they have died.
However, should they discover where they are, they would be happy to know someone did care about them, giving them a lasting memorial.
EmmaB
Not all of us can afford memorial
i do hope that this man does get the memorial that his friends want him to have.
having said that, i won't be getting a headstone, and neither will my husband. my dad hasn't got one either.
We are on disability benefit in receipt of income support and that doesn't cover a headstone.
I am sure there are many others whom, having to work hard for a roof over our heads and provide for two children, then to have work ended over 20 years too soon due to ill health
annclark
Peterborough
Fine example of community spirit
RE: Fruit and veg sellers' support, well done Whittlesey folk.
Nice to see some community spirit in peterborough.
canoe
Peterborough
Lucky to have been able to keep trading
I'm glad it's running again, but I think, to be fair, they have been lucky to trade the months they have, because it must be completely illegal to trade through a fire exit.
but it is sad for all this to happen before christmas, and is good to see whittlesey has good community spirit.
yasmobile
saffron Walden
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