Make Lime Bikes Free For Teenagers | Brief Letters

I person a solution to nan problem of stolen Lime bikes (Hackney birdsong? Stolen Lime bikes nan caller sound of summertime successful nan city, 20 July): make them free for 14- to 18-year-olds, and connection rewards for parking them decently – possibly points adding up to free accelerated food. No much beeping, nary much bikes crossed pavements, and an inducement for teenagers to exercise.
Corin Ashwell
London

Aged nine, I wrote to Queen Elizabeth II and John Major, past premier minister, suggesting that weapons factories beryllium utilized to make toys (My four-year-old has invited King Charles complete for ice-cream. Can personification please make it happen?, 16 July). I was astounded to get a affirmative reply from Buckingham Palace. At slightest they had publication nan letter; Downing Street gave maine proposal on becoming premier minister.
Frances Willmott
Liverpool

I americium not judge whether to bless Owen Wells for his robust cognition to germs – which I stock – aliases curse him for making maine alert that sterilising ray switches was moreover a point (Letters, 20 July).
Pamela Guyatt
Gunnislake, Cornwall

Can we please ditch nan word “vaccine hesitancy” (Letters, 20 July)? What we’re talking astir present is vaccine refusal. If a edifice worker refused to lavation their hands aft utilizing nan toilet, would they beryllium “hygiene hesitant”?
Roger Fisken
Chair, HealthSense

One time everyone will person been against nan Gaza genocide, conscionable for illustration everyone was ever against apartheid and everyone was successful the French resistance.
Phil Brand
London