ITV hypocrisy

Whilst the suicide of one of the many thousands of participants who have voluntarily taken par t in the Jeremy Kyle Show over the 14 years it has entertained millions is regret table, I TV’ s knee jerk decision to cancel it is somewhat strange when they continue to air such sports as boxing and motor racing where death sand injury are no strangers.

Clearly the lives of sp or tspeople are considered less valuable than the feckless and often dysfunctional souls who inhabited the now cancelled programme.

JOHN EOIN DOUGLAS Spey Terrace, Edinburgh