Straight to the POINT

÷ THE police don’t normally bother to attend a burglary — they just issue a crime number for insurance purposes.

I.R. FULLER, Banbury, Oxon.

÷ HOW dare a male voice choir exclude women. They must change this sexist stance so any woman with a tenor, baritone or bass voice can join immediately.

PAT ELLISON-REED, Glossop, Derbys.

÷ WHAT brand of cornflakes does Abbey Clancy eat? They don’t look very filling.

E. FIFIELD, Westgate-on-Sea, Kent.

÷ I AM 73, work with special needs pupils and think it’s a good idea for older workers to contribute more to the NHS for social care.

Mrs FREDA LYNCH, Romford, Essex.

÷ I, TOO, am blighted by bright lights (Good Health). I have to wear sunglasses in shopping centres and dread driving at night because of other cars’ headlights. Dim things down a bit!

HELEN DUFFY, address supplied.

÷ CHILDREN turning up at school hungry and in dirty uniforms? What kind of parent is not capable of making a pan of porridge or washing clothes in the sink?

ELIZABETH ROBERTS, Southport, Merseyside.

÷ HOW daft! A packet of M&S lemon sole labelled: ‘Contains fish.’

Mrs VIVIEN MITCHELL, Lichfield, Staffs.

÷ YOU don’t have to be a Welsh nationalist to object to renaming the Severn Bridge. Its name is already known worldwide.

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