Brainwork for footballers

WHAT a nice little item in your “Briefly” column (Yorkshire Post, February 28).

Under the headline “Heading the ball may damage your brain”, you reported a US study 
showing evidence of “mild traumatic brain injury of the frontal lobes” which may be causing brain damage by repeatedly heading a 
football.

I would respectfully suggest that most of the Premiership footballers on £100k plus a week would say there’s nothing wrong with their brains!

Convoy honour

From: Mark Andrew, Manor Heath Road, Halifax.

WHAT good news (Yorkshire Post, February 28) that our local Russian Convoy veterans will be honoured with a new award for their courage and bravery. There are, however, a number of men eligible where living next of kin can apply for the Star. From Calderdale, those who served in the RMs and RN on HMS Glorious, HMS Acasta and HMS Ardent, sunk off Norway June 8 1940, would be due this award. I am aware of other Yorkshire names. I personally will apply for my late brother Sgt Pilot Stanley Andrew of Swanland.He was eligible having flown his Hurricane from the carrier Glorious to land in Norway with 46 Squadron RAF.

Church action

From: Iain Morris, Caroline Street, Saltaire.

WHEN a student from the West Riding at the City of Kingston Upon Hull Regional College of 
Art from 1966 to 1970 studying Fine Art, I thought Holy Trinity Church and the surrounding area would form an attractive part of any city centre (Yorkshire Post, February 23).

The Reverend Matt Woodcock, pioneer minister at Holy Trinity Church to those who would complain, quotes Dr John Sentamu who we are so lucky 
to have with us here in the 
North of England, “If we want 
to see real transformation we need to stop moaning and 
start doing.”