Straight to the POINT

÷ THE proposed anti-pollution charge for town centre driving is the perfect way to kill off the High Street. J. M. HURRELL, Kennington, Kent. ÷ THE best way to make tulips last (Inspire) is to push a needle through the stem at the base of the flower. Mine last up to a fortnight. MARGARET RUMSEY, Hereford. ÷ PUT a couple of 1p or 2p coins in the vase and you’ll have poker-straight tulips for days. CAROLE MAXEY, Cobham, Surrey. ÷ FOR Paul McCartney, it’s Live And Don’t Dye! DON ANDREWS, Redbourn, Herts. ÷ I AGREE with historian David Olusoga that Churchill had two sides (Mail). As did Nelson Mandela, which many people conveniently forget. TREVOR GOODWIN, Rothwell, Northants. ÷ MEGHAN MARKLE might well be a natural with a gun in her hand (Mail), but her instructor should have told her never to aim at anyone unless you’re required to shoot them. ANGUS GAFRAIDH, London E11. ÷ WHY is my BBC licence fee used to pay huge fees to John McEnroe and only a tenth of this to Martina Navratilova? This biased approach needs reform. Privatisation is the answer. BRIAN G. RODGERS, Lincoln. ÷ WILL the person with their hand on the global warming button please switch it on because I’m freezing. R. MARTIN, Worthing, W. Sussex. ÷ YOU know the pavements haven’t been gritted when the cyclists start using the roads. JOHN DALEY, Banbury, Oxon. FOR permission to copy cuttings for internal management and information purposes, please contact the Newspaper Licensing Agency (NLA), PO Box 101, Tunbridge Wells TN1 1WX. Tel: 01892 525273. e-mail: copy@nla.co.uk