Straight to the POINT

÷ WELL done to the Bullers, who clocked 133,000 speeding drivers in a week (Mail). The name of my village should be changed to Brands Hatch, as that’s where the drivers who hurtle through seem to think they are. DAVID F. H. LEADER, Sissinghurst, Kent. ÷ THE ladies in M&S boiler suits (Femail) reminded me of what I wore when I made radiators for Army lorries in 1944. JOYCE THOMSON, Welwyn Garden City, Herts. ÷ ZOE BALL is doing a brilliant job on Radio 2’s Breakfast Show. I could listen to her all day. CLAIRE GOODER, Bournemouth, Dorset. ÷ I ADMIRE Zoe Ball on Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two, but not on the Breakfast Show. She is too excitable and talks too quickly. I prefer Chris Evans, which is saying something. K. WALKER, Hove, E. Sussex. ÷ WHY not merge Radios 1 and 2, then give us a radio station that plays popular old tunes introduced with class and decorum? RALPH FORD, Axminster, Devon. ÷ FILL BBC1 and BBC2 with documentaries and drama, and then stream the cooking, antiques and other dreary, cheap, mind-numbing rubbish. Who would pay for the drivel we are forced to finance through the licence fee? GEORGE MANN, Nottingham. ÷ WHOSE idea was it to have smart motorways? The Germans have a word for it —

Verschlimmbesserung: an improvement that

makes things worse!

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