Mark Parsons, from Henfield, questions a couple of Brighton locations referred to in The Argus of Monday, July 12.

He says: "The report about the rapid transport system mentioned one of the locations that might be served was the Palace Pier.

"Where is that then? I know Brighton Pier but not the Palace Pier.

"Perhaps The Argus has a campaign against the pier's name change as I have noticed the pier is frequently referenced by its old name?

"Another report mentioned Sussex University. Where is that then? I know where the University of Sussex is but not Sussex University which I don't think has had a name change.

"Does accuracy in reporting not matter any more? I am sure most people do know what was intended in these reports but where is the line drawn in accuracy if, as appears in The Argus, names and locations don't really matter?"

With reference to the pier, Mr Parsons, we refer to the old name because that was what our readers told us at the time of the name change they would like us to do.

As far as they are concerned, there are two piers in Brighton - even if there's not much left of the other one!

As to the university, our reference was hardly inaccurate and it's surely double standards to attack us for refusing to adopt a new name for the pier while criticising our use of what is now a commonly-used term for the University of Sussex (where, I notice, you have an email address)?

Two readers have complained about our picture last Friday of a horse from the Spirit of the Horse show which visited Brighton last week apparently emptying a bottle of diet Coke down its throat.

Julie Hosier, from Saltdean, not only found the picture "distasteful" but realised it was a repeat offence!

She featured in Feedback in July 2002 when she complained about this same show on the basis it was cruel to animals and said The Argus was wrong to offer to win tickets to it.

She won an assurance we wouldn't run the offer again.

"Is this a case of memory loss by The Argus or blatant hypocrisy?" she asks.

The answer is, of course, on this occasion the picture was not an offer but a news item.

Or at least I thought it was until I heard from Richard Symonds, from Ifield, near Crawley, who says: "Shouldn't the item have been dubbed an advertising feature?"

Ouch!

And finally, Michael Holden, from East Chiltington, near Lewes, says our article about the village's parish council on Thursday last week was "excellent" but contained one inaccuracy.

The story said the council planned to meet in the village pub because this was a "traditional venue". Not so.

"It is in fact 13 years since the council met at the Jolly Sportsman," says Mr Holden, "In the intervening period, it has met in Chailey School or in the church and more recently in the new parish room at Westmeston.

"There has never been a complaint that any of these meeting places was unsuitable."