Mutaru works tirelessly to create better world
WE live in very worrying times, in a world becoming more divided and intolerant, with prejudice and hatred becoming the norm.
Suspicion and resentment provides fertile ground for racism and prejudice to grow. But together we can make a better world – as Mutaru Mumuni Muqthar has recently shown.
Mutaru, as reported in last week’s paper (Jan 6) has been named African of the Year 2017.
Mutaru has worked tirelessly to steer young men away from terrorism and radicalisation.
Mutaru left his native Ghana to study in the UK in 2012. Since then he has formed WACCE, which stands for West African Centre for Counter Extremism. His group has done so much in stopping the spread of terrorism and helping to make the world a safer place. Compare this to President Trump who is obsessed with creating conflict and division. His latest attack on Pakistan speaks volumes about his intentions. Phyllis N Bembridge Ball Hill
WW1 memories needed for TV
WERE you, or someone you know, born before or during the First World War? Testimony Films, an award-winning TV documentary company, is keen to speak to men and women in Britain who have memories of the First World War for a new BBC4 documentary series, ‘Britain’s Great War: The People’s Story’. The series will feature the childhood stories of centenarians and supercentenarians who still vividly remember family life at the time, alongside archive footage and testimonies from those who fought. We are especially interested in talking to those who may have lost a loved one at the front, or who remember the air raids, the food shortages and the patriotic spirit of the time.
If you – or someone you know – have childhood stories of the Great War, we’d love to hear from you.
Please email Emily Sivyer at mail@testimonyfilms.com, call 0117 925 8589, or write to Testimony Films, 12 Great George Street, Bristol, BS1 5RH Emily Sivyer Assistant Producer Testimony Films
NHS is being run down by the greedy
THIS Government has deliberately caused the running down of the NHS over the past seven years.
If this government gets its way then by 2022 we have no NHS service.
It will be in the hands of private insurances companies and then you will see what I saw in the years before 1948.
Young babies being brought out of their homes in white coffins, the elderly bed-ridden due to lack of treatment because the insurance you had was not enough to cover it.
I would not like to see those days come back but these Tories? They would, they are very greedy people.
When they do introduce privatisation into the health service, you will see the old type of complaints start to reappear.
All of this blocking of beds has been caused by cutbacks and scrapping the annexes we had years ago to overcome the winter problems in the main hospitals.
Just look at how parking charges have gone up under private companies; the money goes into shareholders’ pockets.
Mrs May seems to enjoy laughing at the working class, like most Tories. They think they are the bees knees to everything – but the EU have them over a barrel with the negotations.
You should always have a plan of action ready but they’ve gone in without any pre-planned method. We will pay dearly in the end.
Are they really educated people? They may have a certificate or diploma but there seems to be no common sense. John Bevan Binley
Huge increase for people on breadline
I FIND it hard to stomach the extra charge on our council tax bill for the Mayor for the West Midlands – which we didn’t really want anyway (Jan 6).
He then has the affront to say its a small amount to pay in the context of the wider council tax bill.
Maybe it is to someone on a bloated salary but to the citizens of Coventry, many on the breadline and pensioners struggling to make ends meet, it is more like the straw which breaks the camel’s back.
When will this council get real? K J Clarke Wyken