Cold, low-key game kicked off ‘87 glory

YOUR Remember When picture (Jan 10) of Coventry City playing Bolton Wanderers in the third round of the FA Cup brought back memories of a bitterly cold day stood on the kop.

The game itself was pretty low-key and I’m sure most people there that day would only have had thoughts of getting home to thaw out.

Who would have thought that this was to be Sky Blues’ first step towards a trip to Wembley? R Goodfellow Coventry

NHS crisis not just down to the Tories

I SEE Andy McDonald is at it again, blaming all the problems with our NHS on the Tory party (Jan 10). Whilst I agree the Conservatives have been useless in fixing the problems, most of the damage to our once fantastic NHS has been caused by allowing far too many people into our small country. For which Tony Blair must take the blame, for his vote-catching methods. Allowing people from all over the world to come here and use our NHS for free, and the Tory party have done nothing stop it either; they are all useless. The terms for our NHS should be very simple, if you have not paid in, you should not be allowed to take out. Problem solved. Bill Kirby Lime Tree Park

Medical issue of flashy toys

IN reply to Mr Smith (Jan 5), when I was youngster I was in two pantomimes and have followed productions ever since. My concerns were as to the problems caused by flashing lights, which can cause medical problems.

I do not mind the £6 toys in question but not during the whole production of a decent show – after all, that is what people pay for, to sit enjoy and have a laugh, not have those toys directly going round in front of your face for the whole duration of the performance.

Perhaps Mr Smith does not heed warnings of flashing images as given out on TV to warn people? These flashing images are on our screens, and there is a good sound medical reason for my concerns. Sandra Camwell Keresley

Let’s see an exposé on unpaid taxes

FOLLOWING your expose of alleged benefit fraud costing the country over £2 billion a year, this fades into insignificance when we consider that the rich owe over £120 billion in unpaid taxes.

The government might easily make up the missing £2 billion if media barons such as Rupert Murdoch (The Times, Sunday Times and The Sun) and Viscount Harmsworth (Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday) addressed their tax affairs.

If Chancellor Philip Hammond abolished the disgraceful ‘non dom’ tax fiddle, whereby the very rich pay no income tax because they or their father lived abroad for over a year – that would immediately raise £8 billion.

Then there are the billions being laundered through the City of London via hedge funds, brass plate companies and limited liability partnerships by international criminals that should also be taxed or returned to those they were stolen from. We could quickly end up with Swiss living standards. Chris Youett Earlsdon

Free diet advice for those with diabetes

IN the New Year, newspapers and TV programmes are full of information about getting back in shape after Christmas – eating more healthily and taking more exercise.

Many of your readers will have diabetes, so this is particularly important for them even though to stay well, they have to manage their medications, diet and exercise all the time.

We know that getting back on track can be difficult, especially in cold winter weather when salads are less appetising and we feel we need something more substantial.

We have some tips to help and our booklet, Diabetes – Everyday Eating, will help people to get back on track with their meals and provides inexpensive menus for breakfast, lunch and evening meals. There are 28 days of menus which help people to know what they can eat, rather than what they can’t.

We also have a booklet, Diabetes and Exercise, to help people with diabetes. We hope these booklets will make living with diabetes a little easier for people with diabetes and their families.

We are happy to send your readers a copy of Diabetes – Everyday Eating and Diabetes and Exercise free of charge. They can contact us on 01604 622837, email jenny@iddtinternational.org or write to IDDT, PO Box 294, Northampton NN1 4XS Jenny Hirst InDependent Diabetes Trust [IDDT]