Straight to the POINT

THE correct place for a mobile telephone at the dining table (Letters) is in the water jug.

SANDRA CARTER, Loughton, Essex.

THE Goddard Inquiry into abuse is forecast to take at least five years. Any chance of the Chilcot report being published first?

MICHAEL TARRANT, Welling, Kent.

IT’S annoying how the BBC TV news is preceded by a recording of half a dozen scrap-iron lorries backing up to a dump and discharging their load. Can’t the BBC find something better in its huge music library?

LEO HOPKINS, Wokingham, Berks.

NEVER mind the French Champagne district (Mail) — why isn’t West Yorkshire’s rhubarb triangle a United Nations World Heritage site?

HARRY SANTIUSTE, Doncaster.

PERHAPS cars could have not only airbags but a balloon that comes out of the roof to show there’s been an accident. This might prevent another tragedy when a fatally injured woman was trapped in a car with the dead driver for three days before being discovered (Mail).

AUBREY REED, Ebbw Vale, Gwent.

AFTER being on hold for 45 minutes trying to get through to HSBC Life, the thought crossed my mind that it wasn’t only six members of staff who got the sack.

ROSALIE DAUBNEY, Evesham, Worcs.

WHEN watching TV gardening experts in their perfect gardens, why do we never see a washing line? Do they all use dry cleaners?

MALCOLM LIGHTFOOT, St Bees, Cumbria.

PEOPLE are worried about the shrinking shape of Cheryl Fernandez-Versini (Mail). Is the infamous rose wilting?

DAVID JOHNS, Bridgnorth, Shropshire.