Straight to the POINT

IN LAST Wednesday’s Lottery draw, six tickets matched five numbers plus the bonus ball, but won only £10,016 each. The jackpot rolled on to £28.2 million. What better evidence of how hopelessly skewed the draw has become?

HENRY PAGE, Newhaven, East Sussex. WITH the nation in the grip of an obesity epidemic, prime-time TV presents celebrity dog walking so viewers can sit back with a takeaway and watch someone else going for a walk.

GRAEME JEFFERSON, Fareham, Hants. I WITNESSED a rare event the other day. I saw a couple of teenagers talking to each other.

R. MYERS, Doncaster. IF WE vote to stay in the EU, the Queen will be rushed off her feet handing out OBEs, knighthoods and other honours to those who backed Cameron’s Remain stance — yet another reason to vote Leave.

MICHAEL HUGHES, Harborne, West Mids. ÷ SO DONALD Trump is advising people in the U.S. not to come to Europe. With its lax gun laws, am I to believe that walking around in America is safe?

B. ROURkE, Glasgow. NOW Eddie Izzard has run 27 marathons in 27 days, can we see no more football managers saying it’s impossible for their little darlings to run around for 90 minutes more than twice a week.

A. PETERS, Chatham, kent. SHOULD the Labour Party need a new leader to replace Jeremy Corbyn, may I suggest a sure winner? Mr Boaty McBoatface seems very popular.

ALAN JONES, Lowton, Lancs. SOME of us, including pensioners like me, have been paying for years to have our garden rubbish taken away (Letters). And yes, we do have a sticker to attach to our bins.

Miss F. M. LATTY, East Bridgford, Notts.