My wife and I returned recently from a tour taking in all the Scandinavian capitals which are so clean and put to shame large parts of Brighton and Hove where the streets range from dirty to disgusting.

However, those in the centre of Brighton will no doubt be cleaned up and, maybe, washed in time for the Labour Party Conference next month. The Deputy Prime Minister will then lavish praise on the town and comment upon the excellent transport system, with its "bus station" in the centre of one of the busiest streets, the cause of frequent traffic jams, added to by the "park anywhere for as long as you like" scheme for motorists.

-J.Ferns, Hove