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'Feeling blue about a badge? Online applications raise alarms about exclusion' - Your Letters and a burst watermain in 1969 that caused chaos in a rural village - a picture from the archives

Concerns over Sandwell Council’s online-only Blue Badge application system, a Dudley church in need of volunteers, and celebrating autumn. Here are today's readers' letters.

Supporting image for story: 'Feeling blue about a badge? Online applications raise alarms about exclusion' - Your Letters and a burst watermain in 1969 that caused chaos in a rural village - a picture from the archives

Supporting image for story: Dan Morris: Panic at the disco as Dadfest takes to the floor

Dan Morris: Panic at the disco as Dadfest takes to the floor

Supporting image for story: Mark Andrews: A new career for Prince Andrew, generous cities, and why this 'benefits influencer' makes my blood boil

Mark Andrews: A new career for Prince Andrew, generous cities, and why this 'benefits influencer' makes my blood boil

Supporting image for story: 'All this in one of the richest countries in the world - lives are at risk in doing nothing!' - Your Letters plus a daring fire performer in our Picture from the Past series

'All this in one of the richest countries in the world - lives are at risk in doing nothing!' - Your Letters plus a daring fire performer in our Picture from the Past series

Supporting image for story: ‘Not who we are’: Birmingham charities urge Home Secretary to scrap ‘heartbreaking’ asylum policies

‘Not who we are’: Birmingham charities urge Home Secretary to scrap ‘heartbreaking’ asylum policies

Supporting image for story: BMF committed to skills for the future in West Midlands during challenging times

BMF committed to skills for the future in West Midlands during challenging times

Supporting image for story: 'As I predicted - those who make "these" decisions are far too focused on making money' - Your Letters and a picture of a historic toll house from 1930, eventually destroyed by a careless driver

'As I predicted - those who make "these" decisions are far too focused on making money' - Your Letters and a picture of a historic toll house from 1930, eventually destroyed by a careless driver

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Supporting image for story: Review: Newton Faulkner with support from NATi. and Marie Naffah at O2 Academy 3 Birmingham

Review: Newton Faulkner with support from NATi. and Marie Naffah at O2 Academy 3 Birmingham

Supporting image for story: Grand Theatre review: 'Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is a bonza job!'

Grand Theatre review: 'Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is a bonza job!'

Supporting image for story: 'A community that lacks responsibilities to others – both present and future – fails to deserve the title of community' - Your Letters plus a Picture from the Past from 1979

'A community that lacks responsibilities to others – both present and future – fails to deserve the title of community' - Your Letters plus a Picture from the Past from 1979

Supporting image for story: Review: Battle Beast + Dominum + Majestica at O2 Institute, Birmingham

Review: Battle Beast + Dominum + Majestica at O2 Institute, Birmingham

Supporting image for story: Money Matters: Avoid overspending on Black Friday 2025 with these tips

Money Matters: Avoid overspending on Black Friday 2025 with these tips

Supporting image for story: 'Did the people who cast the TV show lazily assume Brummies and Black Country folk are the same? We Ay!' - Your Letters plus a picture from the past from 1983

'Did the people who cast the TV show lazily assume Brummies and Black Country folk are the same? We Ay!' - Your Letters plus a picture from the past from 1983

Supporting image for story: Political opinion: Halesowen pupils to benefit from more specialist teachers in classrooms as Labour announces £31k tax free training incentives

Political opinion: Halesowen pupils to benefit from more specialist teachers in classrooms as Labour announces £31k tax free training incentives

Supporting image for story: Political opinion: Wolverhampton MP welcomes Labour’s historic plan to create 15,000 clean energy jobs in the West Midlands

Political opinion: Wolverhampton MP welcomes Labour’s historic plan to create 15,000 clean energy jobs in the West Midlands

Supporting image for story: 'This is an unacceptable situation and the general public is being ripped off' - Your Letters and a picture from the past reminding us of how we kept fit in the 1960s

'This is an unacceptable situation and the general public is being ripped off' - Your Letters and a picture from the past reminding us of how we kept fit in the 1960s

Supporting image for story: 'The trouble with politics is that the arena is populated exclusively by the middle classes' - Your Letters plus some happy young faces in a 1968 Picture from the Past

'The trouble with politics is that the arena is populated exclusively by the middle classes' - Your Letters plus some happy young faces in a 1968 Picture from the Past

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King to attend dedication of UK’s first memorial for LGBT armed forces personnel

Supporting image for story: Home Office has chance to end ‘failed’ asylum accommodation system, MPs say

Home Office has chance to end ‘failed’ asylum accommodation system, MPs say

Supporting image for story: Crackdown urged by family of mum who died after receiving illegal ‘skinny jab’

Crackdown urged by family of mum who died after receiving illegal ‘skinny jab’

Supporting image for story: Prosecution chief to be quizzed in Parliament over collapse of China spying case

Prosecution chief to be quizzed in Parliament over collapse of China spying case

Supporting image for story: Lammy to face questions after arrest of sex offender mistakenly freed from jail

Lammy to face questions after arrest of sex offender mistakenly freed from jail

Supporting image for story: Father’s 80th birthday visit to palace his ancestor was commissioned to paint

Father’s 80th birthday visit to palace his ancestor was commissioned to paint

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Wexford grandmother fills 1,000 shoebox gifts for charity drive

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Terrifying video shows spooky shape of 'ghost' roaming grounds of stately home

Supporting image for story: Charity quiz marks raising £2m for Marie Curie over 18 years

Charity quiz marks raising £2m for Marie Curie over 18 years

Supporting image for story: Playful polar bear joyfully rolls in the grass in super-sweet video from Peak Wildlife Park

Playful polar bear joyfully rolls in the grass in super-sweet video from Peak Wildlife Park

Supporting image for story: ‘I live by HMP Birmingham where bin strikes have left the prison cleaner than streets - it's beyond a joke’

‘I live by HMP Birmingham where bin strikes have left the prison cleaner than streets - it's beyond a joke’

Supporting image for story: Watch the moment a struggling dog gets rescued from sea by RNLI lifeboat volunteers

Watch the moment a struggling dog gets rescued from sea by RNLI lifeboat volunteers

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Milei emerges triumphant in high-stakes Argentina midterm elections

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Flooding threat in Jamaica and Haiti from Hurricane Melissa

Supporting image for story: US warship docks in Trinidad and Tobago, putting pressure on Venezuela

US warship docks in Trinidad and Tobago, putting pressure on Venezuela

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US and China say trade deal drawing closer as Trump and Xi prepare to meet

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Hamas expands search for bodies of Israeli hostages in Gaza

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Main wreckage recovered from sea after cargo plane crash