Straight to the POINT

÷ SEEN in my local card shop: ‘Happy Valentine’s Day to my son!’

SUE MARSDEN, Wimborne, Dorset.

÷ FAREWELL to Gordon Banks. Despite being our greatest goalkeeper, why was he not knighted for the 1966 World Cup win?

PETER NUGENT, Bootle, Merseyside.

÷ AS A schoolboy I bumped into Gordon Banks as he walked through crowds of supporters on his way to Leicester City’s old Filbert Street ground. No flash car for him. How times have changed for footballers.

ALAN SHARPE, Melton Mowbray, Leics.

÷ CLASS will out. The beautiful Duchess of Cambridge has it all. Lucky William!

JOHN McBAIN, Witney, Oxon.

÷ CIVIL servants are to be offered advice on how to deal with the emotional consequences of Brexit. Here’s my advice: Man up!

MIKE GILLSON, York.

÷ NO DOUBT it was a ‘wacky racer’ (Mail) who ploughed into my 14-year-old grandson on his bike and didn’t stop. Thank goodness he only had cuts, bruises and shock.

M. HAYES, Plymouth, Devon.

÷ NATIONWIDE refused to allow me to deposit £7 worth of change in my daughter’s account because of money laundering rules!

RALPH BAILEY, Wolverhampton.

÷ THANKS to the ENT team at Northwick Park Hospital, after three years of deafness, I can hear again. The only problem is I had forgotten just how noisy modern life is!

PETE WILLIAMS, Hayes, Middlesex.

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