I am indebted to Chris Howe, from Hove, who informs me that Brighton's West Pier is not the only Grade One-listed pier in Britain as we stated in Monday's report.

In fact, Clevedon Pier in Somerset was granted the same status in January 2002 and, to add insult to injury, was restored after decades of dereliction and a partial collapse. Thanks, Chris.

Monday's story also incorrectly referred to Lib Dem leader Paul Elgood as "councillor for the area". In fact, the West Pier is in Regency ward and none of the three sitting councillors is a Lib Dem but Labour - as one of them, John Warmington, points out.

He carps: "You recently undertook to take more care when making these references in future (Feedback, December 13). I hope your intention to watch such statements in future is genuine."

Of course it is and readers may be interested to know Councillor Warmington has not been selected to fight for Regency at the forthcoming local elections but instead will challenge for Brunswick - Councillor Elgood's ward.

Trevor Butler questions our report on December 21 about a burglar caught four years after his offence thanks to a DNA test which said that DNA samples were automatically taken from people arrested on suspicion of committing a crime.

He says that under the Police and Criminal Evidence code of practice, samples are only be taken when a person is charged with an offence and this is a practice followed by Sussex Police.

Sorry, Trevor, we're right. All people arrested have DNA taken but the samples are destroyed if the police investigation comes to nothing.

Steve Bishop was upset when he read on our front page on December 17 that Norman Cook was not to hold another beach party next year - but not because of the news.

He explains: "Yet another plug for Fatboy Slim. Not a week goes by without him being mentioned. Even Zoe Ball was mentioned. Zoe who exactly?

"Yet there was no mention - let alone a review - of the Christmas ska party at Concorde 2.

I missed Aces Crew but there was, as always, excellent support from Brighton's premier ska band Too Many Crooks, who banged out classics old and new.

"Buster Bloodvessel (lead singer with Bad Manners) gave a performance worthy of mention in any newspaper, not only for his performance but also because he had been very ill yet didn't cancel the gig.

"He came back on stage after a short break and announced he was to do the second half in Val Doonican style, even the Can Can."

Steve adds: "Give the ska scene the plug it rightly deserves instead of plugging someone for no reason other than they are well-known."

Author Guy Voice thanks us for the article last Saturday about a Second World War bomber crew with Sussex connections.

But he wishes to clarify that Flight Sergeant Hatton was not from Burgess Hill and that he and Harold Simmonds, who was brought up in the town, were part of the crew and friends.

"I would be grateful if you could include a correction to ensure accuracy is maintained and that offence or confusion is not caused to those families involved." 'Tis done, Guy.

And finally, another author, Andrew Melrose, writes to thank us for the Christmas Eve story revealing a religious cartoon he had written was to be shown on television over the festive period.

"Best write up I have ever received," he says of reporter Lilly Peel's article. "As a writer, I envy her clarity and economy of style which lost nothing in content and made me more interesting than I thought I had been." High praise indeed.