Straight to the POINT

I HAD to laugh that 2018 is the year of the female — tell that to women born in the Fifties who have been robbed of their pension. COLLEEN GRAY-TAYLOR, Canary Islands.

I CAN’T argue with the two out of three drivers who say cycling dangerously should be a crime. But may I suggest a poll of cyclists regarding feeble penalties for texting drivers. A. SHAW, Colne, Lancs.

IN THE celebrity couple age race (Mail), why expect Michael Douglas, a man of 73 who has had throat cancer, to look as good as his 48-year-old wife Catherine Zeta-Jones, who has made the most of beauty treatments? SANDRA PARSONS, Keston, Kent.

I WAS surprised to see the warning ‘the next programme may contain mildly offensive language’ before The Two Ronnies. MIKE ORCHARD, Ashington, W. Sussex.

WHY do we have to wait until next winter for a flu vaccine used in Europe for 20 years? MIKE CATTERALL, Accrington, Lancs.

CHEMICAL fragrances for your laundry (Letters)? Nothing smells better than fresh air. L. WILKINS, Broadstairs, Kent.

SINGER Rihanna is campaigning against gun ownership after her cousin was shot dead. Will she have the tattoo of a handgun on her ribcage removed? PHIL NORTH, Brigg, Lincs.

AM I the only person to be sickened by the millions spent on New Year fireworks around the world when we still have starving people?

ROLAND GRIFFITHS, Wrenbury, Cheshire.

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