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Sir: I have been reading with ever increasing incredulity your reporting on the topic of women who are victims of violent men.

Monday

Deborah Orr `While sectarian and race hate is campaigned against... the hate which prompts a man to beat his wife remains private'

THE EX-WIFE of Paul Gascoigne, the former England footballer known as Gazza, helped to launch a campaign against domestic violence yesterday by speaking of the injuries she suffered at his hands.

John Walsh

IT WAS once put to Bill Shankly that qualities reminiscent of his hero, Tom Finney, could be found in the style and application of a lauded young winger. "Don't you see a bit of Finney in him?" an unwary reporter asked. "Aye, but Tommy Finney is 53," Shankly retorted.

IF YOU see Chris Evans this morning, be gentle. He may be nursing a multi-million pound hangover. The most famous redhead in the country was recently found slumped in a Soho doorway, to the delight of the national press but to nobody's great surprise.

JIMMY GARDNER, the best friend of the footballer Paul Gasgoigne, was released from Durham Prison yesterday less than 72 hours after he was jailed for a firearms offence.

BRYAN ROBSON, the Middlesbrough manager, has come to the defence of Paul Gascoigne after newspaper reports of a drinking binge following Tuesday night's 3-2 victory at Wimbledon.

ARSENAL'S PROFITS fell by pounds 5m last year, increasing the urgency either to build an extension to their Highbury ground (capacity 38,500) or relocate to a new stadium.

`Five Bellies' Gardner faces jail

KEVIN KEEGAN admitted last night that some England players wanted to find out if they were going to be selected before being prepared to join the squad for internationals. Keegan, who was one of those payers who would walk over the proverbial broken glass to play for his country, agreed that such attitudes went against his whole philosophy but that it was a natural consequence of the rise of the club game.