Many of us have probably referred to the outside lane of a motorway as the fast lane.

Well, so did we in our report of two accidents on the A23 in our edition of January 31.

However, it is correctly called the outside lane as an anonymous reader tells me, adding: "By using the term 'fast lane' you are just encouraging boy racers to act irresponsibly. You should be more accurate, particularly as you are involved in road safety matters with your anti drink-drive campaign."

Anon's right, of course, and we will be.

We reported on February 1 of an award made to two Hove street cleaners for doing a good job - unlike our reporter who referred to the "town centre" when, of course, Hove is now part of our newly-created city, as Mr FW Parkhouse, of Brighton, spotted.

Still, I can think of a few Hove residents who wish we'd actually been right!

Proud dad Ken Hollingdale writes to correct our report of February 5 on the Mid Sussex Schools Cross Country event.

He says Emily Anscombe won the girls' race, as we said, but Harlands did not win the team race, for which there were four prizes - large schools girls' and small schools girls' and the two equivalents for boys.

"This upset my daughter and school friends as they were in the team from Manor Field School, Burgess Hill, which won the large schools girls title for the second year running.

Harlands won the boys' equivalent. St Augustine's School, Scaynes Hill, won both the small schools prizes.

I am happy to set the record straight and offer my congratulations to all.

Sarah Harden, a hearing therapist with Brighton Health Care NHS Trust, thanks us for our publicity for the new volunteer service at Hove Polyclinic which provides advice, support, retubing and battery exchange.

But she asks can I point out that the service is on Tuesdays only from 10am to noon, although batteries are available from reception at all other times. She adds there is plenty of parking, a caf and that the 5a and 13 buses go there.

My good friend Tony Booker, who is something of an aviation and accuracy expert, says our story last Thursday about the Shoreham Tiger Moth reported the plane had a top of speed of 85mph but, according to the makers De Havilland, it was 109mph, with a cruising speed of 93mph, and had a service ceiling of 13,600ft and not 12,000ft, as we said.

"Perhaps your reporter meant the plane was restricted these days in view of its age (58 years old)," adds Tony, who also points out that in our report of an inquest into the deaths of two men in a Spitfire in the same edition, we referred to duel controls.

"What are these duel controls?" he asks. "A special wartime version of dual controls? However, it brought a chuckle on a grey day." Thanks as ever, Tony.

Our report of January 29 should have said Brett McLean was the youngest-ever member of Hastings Borough Council and not East Sussex County Council, as the latter's Jan Wright was kind enough to point out.

Cathy Henderson, the sister-in-law of Jay Abatan, who died in an incident outside a Brighton nightclub, points outs that the Voice of the Argus column of February 3-4 said the official report on his death was released by the family when in fact it was Sussex Police, who also referred the case to the Police Complaints Authority.