Straight to the POINT

÷ ROBOTS to take over from doctors (Mail)? When I was a theatre nurse, one surgeon would say he could teach a monkey to carry out operations. But if things didn’t go to plan, the monkey wouldn’t know what to do. NORMAN BACKHOUSE, Liversedge, W. Yorks.

÷ THE next storm to hit us will be Caroline. Will she be tropical and tempestuous, thunderous or wintry? I do hope she’s not just a damp squib. CAROLINE DAVIS, Bristol.

÷ WHO would pay £8,000 an eye for private cataract surgery in Harley Street (Mail) when my local Nuffield Hospital charged my wife £2,125? ROBERT W. PHILIP, Newcastle upon Tyne.

÷ IN MARCH 2019, when Britain leaves the EU, we should celebrate with a second Festival of Britain to showcase all this country has to offer to the rest of the world. MAURICE BLIGH, Sittingbourne, Kent.

÷ HOW much was the Oxford professor paid to tell us green levies mean families are paying too much for their energy? EDWARD HARRISON, Holmleigh, Suffolk.

÷ NOT everyone in Stevenage excoriates the Fifties town centre (Mail). Some of us have been calling for Grade I listing — as a warning to others! HUGH MADGIN, Stevenage, Herts.

÷ FIRST, it was a lot of fuss about Mary Berry, now it’s Prue Leith hogging the limelight. Too many cooks...

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