Straight to the POINT

YOU can check your car tax is due online by going to ‘DVLA vehicle check’ and typing in the registration and make. You can even check your neighbour’s car, if you wish.

REG BOUCHER, Leamington Spa, Warks. THE storm attacking Germany is named Egon. I’m waiting for storms Gordon, Jamie and Nigella — and Hollywood or Berry if it’s icy or soggy.

SEAN HOGAN, Llanelli, Carms. ARE the U.S. agencies complaining of Russian hacking those who hacked Angela Merkel’s email?

I. MACKAY, Ware, Herts. WITH all Britain’s grocery chains reporting excellent trading over the festive period (Mail), the nation’s fridges, freezers, larders and cupboards must be crammed with uneaten food.

GODFREY H. HOLMES, Withernsea, E. Riding. BRITAIN is full of old footballers who played for £20 a week in the past (Letters), but was there a Ronaldo, Cantona or Messi in their days?

B. DAVIES, Coventry, West Mids. WITH older actresses being cast in future series of The Crown, will the BBC follow suit in future Poldarks or will it be a case of eternal youth?

Ms B. MATHER, South Brent, Devon. IN THE Sixties and Seventies, every household in Sunderland and South Shields paid an extra levy for the Kielder reservoir. It was sold to the French, then the Germans and is now owned by Chinese.

Name and address supplied. ANOTHER of our supposed experts — Mark Carney — has fallen into his own credibility gap. These people will never be believed again.

J. M. HURRELL, Ashford, Kent. PEOPLE are being flooded out of their homes in this country — but at least it won’t affect foreign aid spending, so that’s a relief!

PHIL NORTH, Brigg, Lincs.