LAST week was a funny and at the same time tragic sort of week.

We started by welcoming home our largest navy vessel - an aircraft carrier, with no aircraft, well not until 2020 that is, but it seems the American and French have the aircraft and also have permission to use this valuable asset.

The letters to The Press were full of those defending Brexit and those opposed to leaving.

My hairdresser has now been made redundant as I, being bald as a coot, cannot trust her to changes the fuses.

The terrorists struck again using a crude weapon on innocent people and voices are again raised against Islam.

In the 70s if you had an Irish accent you were bound to be in the IRA, which was absolute rubbish, but history is repeating itself in this mad, mad world.

Hugh the news has not turned up in Barcelona yet, thereby adding to his air miles, and Donald nearly let me down until Friday night when he sacked another of his top team.

Given the rise in extremism in the States we appear to be tumbling towards more tragic weeks.

Keith Isaac, Byron Drive, York