Following major sewage breaches by Thames Water, Ofwat imposed a massive fine on it, the only effect being to make it still further unable to perform its legal responsibilities, instead of obtaining authority to prosecute the responsible executives of the company. Then the powers that be announced the imminence of a drought, yet the public has not been urged to cut water use. Can any of your readers enlighten me as to the thought process of our water regulators?
Prof Roy Goode
Oxford
• I have not enjoyed a double-yolk egg for more than 30 years until last week, when all six in a box of free-range eggs had double yolks. Rachel Reeves would have no worries if we could all raise our productivity by the same amount.
Dennis Johnson
Bedford
• I was delighted by the excellent review of Beaumaris’s launderette (Letters, 17 August). However, the Blue Bay Launderette in Llangollen is even more marvellous. Just in case anyone camping in north Wales needs one, the Welsh word for launderette is golchfa.
Fiona Collins
Carrog, Denbighshire
• To an atheist like me, this dispute over Good Friday (Letters, 14 August) is like two bald men fighting over a comb.
David Joss Buckley
London
• On reflection, I find the planting of a potato tuber or seed into the ground on Good Friday deeply symbolic. I commend Christians and non-Christians to do so next spring, on 3 April 2026.
Rev Canon John Longuet-Higgins
Hartpury, Gloucestershire
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