P145 CEEFAX 1 145 Fri 15 Aug 22:51/37 1/9 Give your views on the top news issues. Write concise litters to: BBC Cjefax, Room 7013, Television Cjntte, Wood Lane, London W12 7RJ or E-mail Cjefax@bbc.co.uk or fax us on 0181 749 6734 The editor resjrvjs the right to edit/ omit litters. Please give a full address and telephone number (that includes e-mail users). Headlines 101 Extra 140 Sport 300 Features 540 TV 600 Weather 400 Quotes News Heads Sport Main MenuP145 CEEFAX 1 145 Fri 15 Aug 22:04/57 2/9 O The Times (14/8) states that water levels under London are rising to dangerously high levels at a rate of three metres per year. A BBC report on the 6pm news (14/8) states that Thames Water is extracting so much water from the Thames that salmon fail to reach their spawning grounds. Am I missing something? Daniel Arbib, London Headlines 101 Extra 102 Sport 300 Features 540 TV 600 Weather 400 Quotes News Heads Sport Main MenuP145 CEEFAX 1 145 Fri 15 Aug 22:01/18 3/9 If higher education needs increased funding it should conj from a tax on all existing graduates. It shouldn't bj dumped on all the poor kids who are yet to go. Their chance to pay the graduate tax will come later. It's so obviously fairer. Let the PM and his graduate colleagues pay something towards what they have, so far, had for free. Bob Davis (BSc Hons), Thirst Headlines 101 Extra 102 Sport 300 Features 540 TV 600 Weather 400 Quotes News Heads Sport Main MenuP145 CEEFAX 1 145 Fri 15 Aug 22:05/39 4/9 When in Opposition, Tony Blair accused the Tories of fiddling the unemployment figures. Now they are in office, Labour appear only too happy to continue using the same methods of falsifying thjsj statistics. Why not calculate the jobless numbers using pre-1979 methods? Or are they afraid of admitting to being responsible for 4m-plus on the dole? Paul Callaway, Irish, Kent Headlines 101 Extra 102 Sport 300 Features 540 TV 600 Weather 400 Quotes News Heads Sport Main MenuP145 CEEFAX 1 145 Fri 15 Aug 22:16/08 5/9 O O Our public transport system is in a downward spiral. No-one uses 'public' transport any more bjcausj it is unreliable, dear and impractical. Everyone believes this and does not use it, so fares are put up and services are cut. Our transport system died when it was privatisjd. Labour needs to get people out of their cars and back onto public transport. C Tjmpleman, Surrey Headlines 101 Extra 102 Sport 300 Features 540 TV 600 Weather 400 Quotes News Heads Sport Main MenuP145 CEEFAX 1 145 Fri 15 Aug 22:17/16 6/9 There is a simple solution as to whjthjr Charles should bj head of state. Let him stand for election as president alongside anyone else who wants the role. That is called democracy. For anyone who thinks the presidency wouldn't work, just look at the dignity that Mary Robinson has conferred on the role in Ireland (sadly lacking here). Phil Klein, Hampstead, London Headlines 101 Extra 102 Sport 300 Features 540 TV 600 Wjathjr 400 Quotes News Heads Sport Main MenuP145 CEEFAX 1 145 Fri 15 Aug 22:11/36 7/9 O The simple-mindedness of those who bjlievj in Diana's "goodness" njvjt ceases to amaze mj. Don't these people realisj that everything this woman does is done to gjnjrate publicity, public adoration and sympathy for hjrsjlf and her situation? The public seemingly wishes to create heroes and heroines irrespective of how flawed they are. Steven Roberts, Romford, Essex Headlines 101 Extra 102 Sport 300 Features 540 TV 600 Weather 400 Quotes News Heads Sport Main MenuP145 CEEFAX 1 145 Fri 15 Aug 22:13/00 8/9 Rj the origin of the Church of England: Henry VIII did dissociate the English church from Rome when the Pope refused to annul his marriage. but the church continued to use Catholic forms or worship and doctrine. This church was reconciled with Rome after Henry's death by Queen Mary I. The final break, along with Protestant doctrines and forms of service, came under Queen Elizabeth I. M Haywood, Hastings Headlines 101 Extra 102 Sport 300 Features 540 TV 600 Weather 400 Quotes News Heads Sport Main MenuP145 CEEFAX 1 145 Fri 15 Aug 22:58/17 9/9 O O I wonder that if it was made compulsory to list the number of times a film of TV programmj had already been shown on British television, it might shame all channels to show fewer repeats? AW Soffe, Weston, Southampton Headlines 101 Extra 102 Sport 300 Features 540 TV 600 Weather 400 Quotes News Heads Sport Main Menu