SIR – Reading and listening to reports of record low temperatures and of rivers freezing over in areas around our icy region makes me wonder if we all should thank our lucky stars?

Just think what a state we could be in were it not for good old ‘global warming’.

We might never have realised that because of this ominous presence we could really have been in deep, deep trouble and I’m sure we are grateful for regularly being made aware of the threat.

Nevertheless, I have to remark that a deafening silence appears to have descended upon the publicity departments of ‘Global Warming Inc’.

Keith Sivyer, Dalecroft Rise, Allerton