Tweet of the day

Match of the Day’s Gary Lineker sums up the beautiful game... @GaryLineker – However much our sport is used and occasionally abused, the game of football itself is truly joyous.

■ It’s horrible to see the photos of dead birds of prey (Mirror, Nov 21) knowing that these beautiful creatures are being persecuted because they are on land managed for game bird shooting.

Killing animals for fun shouldn’t be allowed. The deaths of these beautiful raptors are heartbreaking. Owen Hollifield Gilfach, Caerphilly