Your Letters
15:35 UK time, Monday, 23 July 2007
Paper Monitor's derision for the hyperbole around Britain's slightly soggy state seems a little unnecessary. I agree that we have a tendency to see our 'disasters' as a lot worse than they are, but that is because we don't normally need to be prepared for the worst. So even "over-zealous thunderstorms" lead to fatalities, wrecked homes and a huge amount of inconvenience. One just suspects that, were it Television Centre surrounded by a lake of brown water instead of that country church, PM's tone might have been a little less scathing.
Susannah, Derby
Note to PM: Tewkesbury has an abbey, not a cathedral. Never mind querying PM's gnder - on the subect of where he/she/they/it hails from -it certainly isn't west of Chiswick
Christina, Bath
Please can I point out to Paper Monitor (and the rest of the ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳) that Humberside does not exist and hasn't for a long time!! Hull is in East Yorkshire!! Thank you, I feel much better for that!
Emma, Hull, EAST YORKSHIRE
I see that a guide has been issued on how to deal with outbreaks aboard cruise ships. Might I suggest the first page states, in large bold text - "First check the wind direction"
Paul, Manchester, UK
Is it just a coincidence or is there something spooky about being at number 1 with umbrella for 10 weeks when it has also been raining that long too? Even spookier is that the last song to be at number 1 for 10 weeks was Wet Wet Wet . . . Let's start a campaign to knock her off the number one spot please then we might get some sunshine this summer!
Katy, Kent, UK
Given the current abnormal weather we're experiencing, imagine my disappointment when I realised this story (' dust storms threaten rovers ') wasn't about a weird chocolate cloud near Tranmere football club.
Lee Pike, Cardiff, UK
Regarding the story about the researchers that investigated the game of over two decades with the use of computers. I have only one question. Why?
Owen, Stevenage, Herts, UK
Re today's - what is the difference between a building and a structure ? I would say that a structure is not designed to be occupied by people (eg. chimneys, radio masts etc), and on those grounds, surely the CN Tower qualifies as a building? - it has an observation deck, restaurant and meeting rooms, even if it was originally built as a communications tower. Certainly its own website calls itself the world's tallest building.
Paul Greggor, London, UK
Re 10 things: "School children in England and Wales have the shortest summer holidays in Europe." Not true. I have much shorter summer holidays than any school children.
Adam, London, UK
The 
