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READERsays nobodyG Roundingdrags people into the bookies. What does he think the saturation advertising and all sorts of so-called free inducements are aimed to do?

J, Renfrewshire

THANKS to STV for their Children’s Appeal, which helps children living in poverty in Scotland. But our politicians should hang their heads in shame that fundraising events like this are still needed in the 21st century.

Lyn, Polmont, Stirlingshire

I WAS disgusted to read that Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby get £600,000 a year to present This Morning. I’m a lollipop man who is out three times a day in all sorts of weather to make sure that children get across the road safely – for the pitiful sum of £4850 a year. I wonder how they’d cope doing my job for that amount of money?

Jim, Airdrie

HAS anyone else noticed the striking resemblance between the cartoon character Harold Hutchins, above, from the movie Captain Underpants and Celtic’s Stuart Armstrong?

Michael MacCrimmon, Uddingston, near Glasgow