‘Trump’s solution to Gaza’s humanitarian crisis is gross hypocrisy’

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Trump doesn’t scare me

‘To add a bit of balance’
To add a bit of balance to what Kevin Russell wrote (MetroTalk, Tue). As an autistic man, I am not scared by anything Trump says or does. Michael, Erith

Reprimanded teachers

‘Discipline now in the hands of the teenage thugs’
As a teacher who twice simply picked up a teen who was violently beating a smaller teen on the floor only to be reprimanded for doing so, one can only suppose that discipline is now in the hands of the teenage thugs. Robby, Kent

Why is Sir Keir Starmer the one to hand back Chagos Islands

‘Surely this is a matter for the King?’
I can’t believe it comes under the remit of Sir Keir Starmer to hand back the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in a deal that could reportedly now cost us £18billion to lease them back over 99 years, instead of the original £9billion. This, even though Starmer is still bleating about the so-called ‘£22billion black hole’ in the public finances inherited from the Tory government.

This must surely be a matter for the King – Charlie should have a say. Martin Lawrence, South Croydon

This reader wakes up and smell the Metro

‘There’s nothing quite like a cheeky sniff of the newsprint’
There is nothing quite like opening a copy of a fresh, morning Metro and having a cheeky sniff of the newsprint. Lovely. Rob Russell, East Barnet

Hope for our rivers and waterways

‘Our citizens should feel proud’
In an atmosphere
of doom and gloom, British people should take heart from two developments this week.

Jane Pearce’s team at Rockwood Operations in Somerset has pioneered a product that enables phosphates to be extracted from rivers and lakes and be reused on farmland.

This has the potential to protect waterways from contamination while conserving the precious global reserves of phosphate that we need for food production. Second, Swansea University has developed a road surface that heals when it cracks, preventing potholes.

These demonstrate that the private and public sectors in Britain remain at the forefront of scientific innovation, a fact our citizens should feel proud about. Philip Duval, Stretford