Margaret Sterling, of Hove, says she was sick to the stomach by our picture in last Thursday's Village News of able-bodied charity workers sitting in wheelchairs.

They were marking the opening of a new branch of the Red Cross in Lewes.

She explains: "For many years I helped with disabled folk, including my wheelchair-bound father. I was often asked to sit in a chair and be pushed for fun. I refused.

To pretend that I might be disabled enough to use a wheelchair was the most abhorrent thing.

The day may come, God forbid, when I may need such an item but there is no way I could ever sit in one to satisfy other people or to advertise a product."

I can reveal the blame lies not with the Red Cross staff, but with a trainee photographer who was simply trying to make the picture more interesting. He clearly failed - but has learnt an important lesson thanks to Miss Sterling.

Hans Lobstein, of Marine Parade, Brighton, rubbishes Chris Baker's report last Thursday that Lewes Labour Party was opposing the proposed incinerator at Newhaven and calling instead for an anaerobic digestion system to deal with waste.

He says an anaerobic (without oxygen) silo would create a putrefied semi-liquid slush and not, as Chris claimed, compost. That would need aerobic (with oxygen) bacterial fermentation.

Lynn Turner, of Queen's Park Terrace, Brighton, was among the 100-plus people who took part in the Great Hip and Knee Walk last Sunday in aid of Sprint, a charity which funds training and research programmes for nurses, physiotherapists, theatre technicians, occupational therapists and trainee doctors.

It was a great success, she says, with a charity organ, the Brighton Morrismen, souvenirs, a raffle and a visit by Lord Bassam and deputy mayor Gill Mitchell. Even the sun shone.

"The only disappointment," she concludes, "was the failure of the Argus to attend and report on this very worthwhile local charity."

Sorry, Lynn. Our reporters and photographers were, as usual, very busy last weekend covering a number of events, including the Breeze 2000 Rally and the John Lennon memorial party in Kemp Town.

I hope your report of the Sprint event above makes up for the disappointment.

Our report in last Tuesday's evolution section about IT training was misleading, according to Aidan Pettitt, Lifelong Learning Development Manager at Brighton and Hove Council.

He says the Information, Advice and Guidance Network does not receive funds to compile databases but does so anyway in partnership with Sussex Enterprise and others as a short-term measure while LearnDirect is established.

The information collected will summarise the learning opportunities available through all the major providers of education and training in Brighton and Hove.

Other IT training projects run by the council have been done in partnership with others, including Portslade Community College, Sussex Community Internet project, the Clarion Development Trust, Brighton Unemployed Families Centre, Varndean College and the Anchor Trust.

Our errors were "a shame", says Mr Pettitt, "considering the journalist spent much of the article bemoaning the absence of decent and reliable information". Ouch!