May I express my thanks to the Brighton and Hove Bus and Coach Company for assisting me in my New Year's resolution to become healthier?

Because the inner-city area bus fares have risen by ten times the rate of inflation, I will now be walking whenever possible.

Incidentally, this atrocious price-hike, which leaves people from the less well-off part of the city subsiding those from the predominantly better off areas, would seem to have gone totally unchallenged by councillors, politicians and, yes, even newspaper editors.

All three categories are in specific danger of losing my future support.

-David Cole, Queens Park Road, Brighton