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Since the French have obviously lost control of Calais (Report, 25 July), isn’t it time they handed it back to the British?Jeffrey ButcherMorecambe, LancashireSince the French have obviously lost control of Calais (Report, 25 July), isn’t it time they handed it back to the British?Jeffrey ButcherMorecambe, Lancashire
• Please check a bird book before you write about these non-existent birds ( The mystery of the poisoned seagull, 25 July; Report, 21 July). You will not find them in any index. They’re collectively known as gulls, and there are six species normally found in the UK. Three are large – the great black-backed, lesser black-backed and herring gulls, which are usually the troublemakers; the others are the black-headed, the common and the beautiful kittiwake, but none of them are seagulls.Jan JefferyCowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan • Please check a bird book before you write about these non-existent birds ( The mystery of the poisoned seagull, 25 July; Report, 21 July). You will not find them in any index. They’re collectively known as gulls, and there are six species normally found in the UK. Three are large – the great black-backed, lesser black-backed and herring gulls, which are usually the troublemakers; the others are the black-headed, the common and the beautiful kittiwake, but none of them are seagulls.Jan JefferyCowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan
• Oxford seems to prefer personalised road signs (Letters, 25 July). The “diverted cyclist” is currently seen around the eastern bypass roadworks. I do wonder where the rest of the cyclists are heading.Hilary GrimeOxford• Oxford seems to prefer personalised road signs (Letters, 25 July). The “diverted cyclist” is currently seen around the eastern bypass roadworks. I do wonder where the rest of the cyclists are heading.Hilary GrimeOxford
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• My elder sister, brother and I were duly bundled off to afternoon Sunday school every week during the 50s and 60s (Letters, 24 July). But our dad was the Sunday school superintendent. Mum was very content with the arrangement, I now recall.Fr Alec MitchellManchester• My elder sister, brother and I were duly bundled off to afternoon Sunday school every week during the 50s and 60s (Letters, 24 July). But our dad was the Sunday school superintendent. Mum was very content with the arrangement, I now recall.Fr Alec MitchellManchester
• Not only were my brother and I sent to Sunday school, we were also sent off to the Saturday matinee at the local cinema. I’m surprised I only have one sibling.Helen KeatsShorwell, Isle of Wight• Not only were my brother and I sent to Sunday school, we were also sent off to the Saturday matinee at the local cinema. I’m surprised I only have one sibling.Helen KeatsShorwell, Isle of Wight
• I see a secretary of state has crumbled under a union’s pressure (UK suspends ban on crop spray thought to harm bees, 24 July). Has anyone told Sajid Javid?Mathew FrithLondon• I see a secretary of state has crumbled under a union’s pressure (UK suspends ban on crop spray thought to harm bees, 24 July). Has anyone told Sajid Javid?Mathew FrithLondon