Campaigning for next May's local elections has clearly begun early.

David Smart, Nevill ward chairman of the Hove and Portslade Conservative Association, complains about a picture story on Thursday, November 28, about a new crossing in Olive Road, Hove, which could have given the impression that Brian Fitch is a councillor for the area.

In fact, he is a Labour councillor for Hollingbury, Brighton, but a member of Labour's self-styled "ward action team" for Nevill ward where the three sitting councillors - Stephen Wade, Peter Lewis and Mark Worgan - are all Conservatives.

We will take more care between now and next May.

In this column three weeks ago, Tony Gunn, membership secretary of the Hove branch of the Royal British Legion, attacked our coverage of the Hove Remembrance Day parade.

Now he exposes my excuse that the poor quality picture we published could be forgiven because of the bad weather on the day by supplying a clear picture taken by an amateur.

"I do not think the weather had anything to do with the quality of your picture," says Mr Gunn.

"Maybe if your photographer had spent a little more time composing the picture and used the available light, the picture would have turned out better." Ouch!

Someone calling him or herself A Reader helpfully points out a spelling error in Vanora Leigh's interview with Dr Jan de Winter in Weekend the Saturday before last.

"Ah," says anon, "If only complementary medicine could be complimentary - or at least a lot cheaper than it is.

"Anyway, now we know more about the good doctor, I suspect even now many native Brightonians associate him with 'Rebecca' rather than with medicine."

I presume this a reference to Daphne De Maurier's novel Rebecca in which the hero is called Maxim de Winter and is written from the viewpoint of his second wife about his first, deceased wife, Rebecca.

Another Rebecca (Burgess), of Southern Water, points out that Tim Parker's column in The Argus Business on Tuesday last week incorrectly said Southern Water was owned by a French company.

In fact, the company is owned by First Aqua and is awaiting the outcome of negotiations with potential buyer Vivendi, which is a French company.

And finally, another Spicer (courtesy of Gerald Spicer, from Portslade), who points out that our report last Friday about pilot John Penfold's emergency landing at Beachy Head involved a Christen Eagle 11, not a Christian England as we said.