Letter: Sponge ball for school games? Whatever next?

Letter: I nearly choked with disbelief when I read that a school has banned leather footballs in case a child gets hurt by one. They now have to play football with a sponge ball!

Just prior to that I watched that excellent series Human Planet in which a Tibetan father was taking his children to school.

The daughter was 11 and the brother a bit older. The school was 60 miles away and the only way there was to follow a frozen river.

It took six days and they slept in a cave at night.The father had to carry everything. At one stage the ice had melted and they had to crawl along a narrow ledge.

Having delivered them safely the father then had to make the journey back. The children's pleasure at going to school was written all over their faces.

If Joanna Lumley starts a petition to try and restore some sanity, I will be the first there. Where are we heading?

T W Hillier

Llanymynech