Straight to the POINT

÷ IT’S not the number of obese children, but the number of fatheads in places of influence and power that worries me. Brian SYKES, Sudbury, Suffolk. ÷ AN OVEN still going strong at 60 (Mail)? My MP3 didn’t make ten years because Sony no longer provides the batteries for it. Graham Wicks, Attleborough, Norfolk. ÷ IN HIS new TV show, Michael Portillo is travelling in empty trains and strolling along deserted platforms. How do American railroads make any profit? Keith ELLEL, rishton, Lancs. ÷ YET another baby on the way in Corrie. It should be called Impregnation Street. DAVE Freeman, Enfield, middlesex. ÷ I AM pleased there are so many gluten-free foods (Mail). When my son was diagnosed with coeliac disease, I made a special loaf so he could enjoy bread like other children. I cried when it came out of the oven just 1 in thick. Mollie Wheeldon, London SW15. ÷ AS A vegetarian, I am alarmed that Lidl is selling sweet potato piggies and unicorn carrots. Are they delivered by celery storks? W. George Tyson, Crowborough, E. Sussex. ÷ IN HIS new film The Commuter, ageing actor Liam Neeson may not be able to outrun the Fat Controller, according to Amanda Platell, but he would do well compared to Great Western or Southern trains. F. Harvey, Bristol. ÷ YIPPEE! Princess Eugenie is to marry — will we get a Bank Holiday?

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