Straight to the POINT

■ WHAT a joy to see the photographs of the royal children (Mail). A real uplift in these difficult times.

DAVID BOYLE, Liverpool.

■ HOW will the Government stop super trawlers stealing UK fish when they can’t stop rubber dinghies crossing the Channel?

JAMES MOORE, Market Drayton, Shropshire.

■ AS CLEANERS are now allowed, if my son turns up on my doorstep brandishing a feather duster, can I let him in?

STEPHEN BUSH, Hornchurch, Essex.

■ WHAT a pity that the same resolve to ban menthol cigarettes hasn’t been applied to flavoured alcoholic drinks.

MARTIN WAINSCOTT, Bagshot, Surrey.

■ A NURSE who lives in Kent and works in a London hospital will have to pay an extra £195 per year thanks to the congestion charge increase. A nice way to thank the NHS.

TERRY CALDON, Thanet, Kent.

■ I GAVE my husband an emergency haircut using the dog-grooming clippers. It worked a treat and he offered to return the favour, but I swiftly declined.

LESLEY LEWIS, Aberaeron, Ceredigion.

■ LET’S not go back to A&E departments filled with stab victims.

D. DORRER, Sevenoaks, Kent.

■ THE councils urging the public not to visit beauty spots are only too happy to take our money in normal times.

MICHAEL RYAN, Newark, Notts.

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