Our reports of the anti-war demonstration in Brighton and Hove last Thursday have provoked a number of complaints.

The first is from Graham Dawson, a senior lecturer at Brighton University, who joined the protest and takes us to task for introducing the front page report on our night final edition last Friday with details of Brighton Town Hall being ransacked.

"Your report was typically sensationalist and gave a completely misleading account of the principled day of protest. You defined the story of a peaceful protest involving several thousand people as a story of 'mindless violence.'

"I did not witness a single act of violence or aggression by anyone. Despite the depth of feeling among those taking part, the mood throughout was good humoured and indeed had a carnival-like atmosphere.

"While a few motorists expressed their irritation at being inconvenienced, many motorists honked their horns for peace as demonstrators invited them to do.

"A majority of people in Brighton and Hove oppose this war. Your readers have a right to accurate accounts of these protests, which will continue as long as the war does. You insult your readers' intelligence and the seriousness of the issues by your distorting emphasis."

Rob Calcutt, from Brighton, agreed, saying our report was biased and the "real story" was that the majority of the 5,000 who protested were peaceful.

Get real, gentlemen! There was a full report "Marching for peace", with pictures, over two pages of the previous day's evening edition and on the inside of Friday's paper was a full two-page report, again with pictures, headlined "Stop the city, stop the war".

The evening edition led on the town hall damage because that was the most up-to-date information. I call that serving our readers.

I presume, too, Dr Dawson and Mr Calcutt didn't see the protesters who tried to get into the American Express building in Edward Street, ripped down three flags and shredded the American one.

I have to confess, however, that in Friday's morning edition we incorrectly stated the demonstrators "stormed" the Amex building (only two managed to get in) and in all editions we said the flag poles were brought down, when it was just the flags.

My apologies and thanks to Atalia Da Silva, Amex's director of public affairs, Europe, and G Migeod, from Worthing, who both complain this reporting was sensationalist and exaggerated.

Finally on the subject of war, "disgusted" C Grounsell calls us "irresponsible" for publishing, last Thursday, the Home Office's advice on how to prepare for war because it encouraged panic-buying, as he or she found out when trying unsuccessfully to buy some bottled water!

My apologies to Anthony Andrews, from Brighton, whose letter published on Thursday last week said the Van Alen building on the city's seafront was "modern origin" when it should have said modern original. He's worried readers might think he was daft.

The in brief item in earlier editions of last Friday about An Evening With Dora Bryan at St George's Church in Kemp Town, Brighton, on Saturday, April 5, said tickets were £5 and all proceeds would go to the church. In fact, tickets are £10 (concessions £6) and the proceeds will be split with the Alzheimer's Society.

The Weekend feature on Nicky Rohl last Saturday was spoiled by part of the text appearing to be missing. This was caused by a technical fault for which I apologise.

And finally, this week's Spicer. Gerald (from Portslade) says on Monday we printed two number 28s from Sunday's News Of The World bingo. Sorry.