Sarah Payne's death shocked the nation to its core.

Thousands of people grieved for a schoolgirl they knew only in their hearts, whose life had been cut short by a brutal murderer.

Over the last weeks, we have watched Sarah's brave family cope with their terrible loss with incredible dignity.

We have watched her mother Sara when she appealed for help to find her missing daughter; we have watched her brothers and sisters, Charlotte, Luke and Lee, adjust to life without Sarah; and we have watched the family react to news of their little princess's death.

Sarah's funeral was a chance for hundreds of people from across the country to express how they felt.

Many of them wept when Sara Payne told the world: "As a daughter, darling, you were perfect. We loved you. You were a joy that made our lives full."

Sarah's death has touched all our lives. Now she has been laid to rest and we must all try to put her murder behind us.

But one thing has been left unfinished. The savage killer who cut this little girl's life short should be put behind bars.

The one thing we can do now to help the Payne family is to catch whoever killed their daughter - and make sure he or she pays the price of being a murderer.

Not really graphic Marks and Spencer has caused controversy by putting up posters for women's clothes showing a naked woman running away into the distance.

A woman living opposite one of the posters in Portslade says she is appalled and that it's not nice for children.

But this is the year 2000 and a distant view of a woman's bottom is hardly likely to upset most children who will see far more graphic images most days in magazines or on videos.

Like most posters, it's designed to catch the eye and sell products. So far it's doing the job and it if makes poor old M&S shake off its rather staid image, so much the better.

One for top flight A couple expected to take over their new home next year will enjoy some of the best views in Sussex.

Bird lovers have set up a nesting box on the chimney of Shoreham's new power station in the hope that peregrine falcons will breed there.

It's 77ft high and a perilous climb to get there so this room with a view is strictly for the birds.