'Are they really serious or is this a wind up?' Your Letters: April 11

Well we had the Brit Awards recently and I think the government missed out receiving one for the most ridiculous suggestion so far. The fuel allowance to pensioners was stopped and some dear folks really suffering, but now the government are going to spend £11 million at schools teaching children to clean their teeth, are they really serious or is this a “wind up”? Teachers go to university or college to get a degree to teach children to read and write and do their sums etc not to show children how to clean their teeth and change nappies. Surely this is a total embarrassment for teachers who have spent years studying, this is a job for parents. I was under the impression the government were short of money

Kathleen Owen, Meole Brace

LEAVE WOOLLY MAMMOTH BE

The phrase most often used since human started gabbling has been, "What is the world coming to?" now it's my turn.

What is the world coming to when alleged scientists produce woolly mice (news of 4/3) as a step towards recreating a Woolly Mammoth?

Mucking around with genes to produce drought resistant food crops is one thing, or even cloning past England football players to give the team a world class backbone again of Gordon Banks in goal, Bobby Moore in defence and Bobby Charlton in midfield would be alright with Uncle Norbert and I, but not Woolly Mammoths.

So please leave the elephants alone and treat them with the respect they deserve as this old two Ronnies news item demonstrates.

"An elephant has done a ton on the M1, police are urging motorists to treat it as a roundabout."

Peter Steggles, Rusbury

WHAT HOPE FOR AMBULANCES?

Helen Morgan MP ('Residents dangerously exposed', March 11) is absolutely right to raise Shropshire's 999 wait times at Westminster. But I'd go further. With such a big county, with so many narrow country lanes - many near impassable with potholes just now - it's surely just impossible to meet those response targets. From Shrewsbury hospital to say Church Stretton is 15 miles (or 27 minutes, says Google). You'd have to drive down the A49 at 120mph to get anywhere close to the official 7 minute target. Please let's have our community ambulance stations back! It's the only way.

Chris Naylor, All Stretton

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