I hope the person who stole my grandson’s shopping bag is pleased with the contents.

My grandson is a student at the University of Dundee and had saved for a four-day trip to Brighton.

I explained to him before he went out that Brighton is no longer the beautiful place of my youth but is now full of opportunist thieves and unsavoury areas and that he must be constantly on his guard.

Sadly, I was proved correct: in the seconds it took for him to check if a bus was coming, a bag containing a vinyl record, postcards and other items was stolen. Sickening.

Marie Tribe, Surrenden Holt, Brighton