Straight to the POINT

I HAD a phone call offering me anti-mugging insurance. When I asked if this covered insurance companies, they hung up. ERNIE SPURR, St Leonards-on-Sea, E. Sussex. IF ANY ‘ghastly and unhappy’ rich people (Mail) fancy a bit of philanthropy, my community hall needs a few quid spent on it. DENNIS ABBOTT, Stone, Staffs. WHY shouldn’t I set up a 118 number and, using my broadband, charge 50p a time? It appears directory inquiries was deregulated to allow sharks to abuse the elderly by charging up to £9 a call (Mail). JOHN BECKETT, Crondall, Hants. NOW Ukip has achieved its objective of getting us out of the EU, would it make the same effort with the Eurovision Song Contest? BARRY SIMMONS, Thetford, Norfolk. CARE costs may be capped at £85,000 — but not retrospectively. My brother-in-law, who has been in care since 2010, has paid £249,000. PETER STEVENS, Faversham, Kent. WHY are celebrity big bottoms celebrated, while those of us lesser mortals are used by TV to portray obesity? ELIZABETH TOWNSEND, Bristol. IF THINGS go badly for Corbyn and Abbott, they could try their luck as Laurel and Hardy. STEPHEN R. PORCAS, Loughton, Essex. WITH the forecast of rising prices for vegetables owing to the water shortage, may we have a donation from the overseas aid budget to help relieve the situation? Mrs PATRICIA SUMMERS, Derby. For permission to copy cuttings for internal management and information purposes, please contact the Newspaper Licensing Agency (NLA), PO Box 101, Tunbridge Wells TN1 1WX. Tel: 01892 525273. e-mail: copy@nla.co.uk