Parents of children attending the two Stanford Schools in Brighton have achieved a great deal in the last six months.

They have formed a crocodile in which they walk their children over two busy main roads on their way to and from the schools each day.

And they have also persuaded Brighton and Hove Council to put in a new crossing to help them in Dyke Road.

The campaigners have failed to get a second crossing over Old Shoreham Road because it doesn't meet national criteria.

But they have managed to get the council to put in a pedestrian refuge with flashing warning lights so that there can be a school crossing patrol there.

Eventually they may get their crossing. In the meantime they have already made going over these two roads much safer for the children.

Their best achievement has simply been in forming the crocodile. It means that dozens of cars do not now take part every day in the school run.

This in turn reduces congestion at peak times and makes life far more pleasant for all road users, not just the schoolchildren.

Other mums and dad at schools all over Sussex should follow the Stanford parents' examples and form walking crocodiles.

They will enjoy the journey much more and could help create more safe routes to schools.

Down and out Peacehaven Town Council is being churlish in complaining abseilers who scale cliffs for charity are causing damage to them.

If they were, the cliffs would start to crumble away, causing a great deal more damage to the abseilers.

The brave abseilers are if anything drawing attention to the fact these cliffs are a beautiful part of our natural Sussex heritage.

Charity organisers should tell town councillors to take a running jump without any of the safety precautions they have in place.

A special bond Daryl Burchmore from Eastbourne is one of the world's biggest fans of secret agent James Bond.

Not only has he collected a huge amount of memorabilia about the Bond films, which he has exhibited at times, Daryl has also made his own film to commemorate the series called From Eastbourne with Love.

Other Bond lovers who see it may find that compared with the real thing they are neither shaken nor stirred.