QUESTIONS

Q : Why do Atlantic hurricanes head north-west towards the West Indies and southern U.S. and not in any other direction? Keith Sandars, Medbourne, Leics. Q : Was there once an attempt to strip Dr Martin Luther King of his doctorate? Peter Smith, Durham. Q : In 1970, British Rail took out a patent for a ‘flying saucer’. What was the purpose of this device? John Turner, London E11.