Straight to the POINT

WALKING In The Air, Aled Jones? More like staying off the air this Christmas. F. Harvey, Bristol.

BECAUSE NHS admin staff are not seen on wards (Letters) doesn’t make them any less hardworking. It’s the senior managers who need looking at. FIONa eWeNS, Fordingbridge, Hants.

THE put-upon grandparents (Letters) should open their front door and acquaint their freeloading grandson with the other side of it. Terry COaTeS, Birmingham.

THANK you to all the readers who helped me identify the mystery apple tree in my garden (Letters): it’s a Spartan. LIZ SOMerFIeLD, alsager, Cheshire.

MICHAEL GOVE orders CCTV in abattoirs to stop animal cruelty yet the Government rejects calls for cameras in care homes. KIM CLIFF, Wem, Shropshire. I’VE already got a clever gadget to measure portions (Good Health): kitchen scales. CarOL BerG, London N2. WITH Angela Merkel on the ropes, now is not the time to give in to EU demands. JOHN PIBWOrTH, Newport, Shropshire. THERESA MAY needs shoes with springs on them so she can jump as high as the EU demands. F. L. aPPLeyarD, Huddersfield, W. yorks.

IT’S wonderful that a replica of Nelson’s stolen diamond plume is on show (Mail). At Greenwich, I saw the original and his stockings, which were too small even for me, a gawky 12-year-old. DaPHNe CarSLaKe, Chard, Somerset.