Most people in this country now have access to mobile phones but masts are needed to give good coverage.

Those same people do not want the masts to be anywhere near where they live or work, or where their children go to school.

No case has been proved that radiation from masts causes health problems. But while doubts exist, it is best to exercise caution.

The trouble is, in Brighton and Hove, there has been no way for people to know where all the masts are and the location of applications for new ones.

Now the city council says it is willing and able to produce a computer list containing this information.

It has so far refused to produce a map. But it sounds as if this could now quite easily be done.

The Argus has campaigned for months for maps to be produced in Brighton and Hove and elsewhere in Sussex. It is slow work but we're getting there.

Providing a map, no matter how rudimentary, will help both the council and the people it serves campaign to get masts in the best possible places.

There's real concern about this issue in Brighton and Hove and in much of Britain. Many masts are going outside homes and near schools when they could easily be placed elsewhere.