Straight to the POINT

÷ OUR local Morrisons marked St George’s Day by giving every female customer a single long-stemmed red rose.

GORDON KINGHORN, Newcastle upon Tyne.

÷ IF THE prisoners who took part in Les Mis (Mail) experienced success in their lives, possibly for the first time, there is hope for their future.

Mrs M. J. BOUTELL, St Leonards-on-Sea, E. Sussex.

÷ IS PIPPA bringing out a book of baby tips?

BILL NAYLOR, Wilsford, Lincs.

÷ POOR Meghan. When my daughter was marrying, an aunt expected an invite, though she had never sent the bride a Christmas or birthday card nor knew where she lived.

PATRICIA SCHOFIELD, address supplied.

÷ HOW can we justify charging youngsters 6.3 per cent interest on student loans when banks pay savers only 1 per cent on cash Isas?

JOHN LOWARCH, Oswestry, Shropshire.

÷ IF EVER the police feel the need to arrest me, could they send round poster girl police sergeant Leanne Carr (Mail) to do it?

P. D. MITCHELL, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset.

÷ HOW amusing that Jan Moir’s article about police officer Leanne Carr, who posed on holiday with tropical fruit to spare her blushes, appeared beside an advert for pineapples.

TOM MUIR, Christchurch, Dorset.

÷ THE Queen has done a wonderful job as head of the Commonwealth. However, what amounted to a plea for Prince Charles to take over the position was undemocratic.

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