With the fox-hunting debate still raging, Martin Fellows, from Brighton, writes following last Thursday's letters extra page.

He asks: "Is it any wonder that country people feel alienated by an urban media when the picture letter was accompanied by a photograph of a wolf?"

The animal did indeed look lupine but in fact the picture was of a North American fox, which we somewhat rashly chose to illustrate the letter.

Incidentally, Mr Fellows may alienate some readers with his other comment: "Never mind banning hunting with dogs - it's hunting by cats that does more harm. Cats that have no need to kill because they are well fed still do so in the shape of song birds and small mammals." Don't write to me ...

Horse racing fan James Collyer was confused by our selections last Thursday when the same runners and riders appeared to be running at both Redcar and Ascot the following day. We had inserted the wrong card and so carried the Redcar runners and riders twice. Sorry.

A letter from Mary Dyson, from Brighton, on Wednesday last week was edited so that it made it look like she didn't believe the proposed development of the King Alfred centre in Hove would go ahead.

While she would be delighted if it didn't, what the letter should have said was that she didn't believe four out of five people had voted in favour of the plan. Again, sorry.

Can you believe it? Our Numberwords compiler Fred Ellis has done it again! Last Saturday, the blank grid gave letter 10 (Q) but the solution letter 20 (G).

Thanks to Mrs J Heath and Patricia Sprinthall, both from Brighton, and Dorothy Hobden, from Eastbourne, to whom Mr Ellis should be eternally grateful since she has saved his job with her additional plea: "Numberwords is the first part of Saturday's paper I turn to, so I'm not complaining. Keep it going ... "

Fine, but once more and Mr Ellis will have to go.

Our story on September 13 on the availability of same-sex "marriage" ceremonies in Brighton and Hove did not make it clear that no register of them will be kept and that they have no legal status for couples who subsequently split up.

I am grateful to the city council's superintendent registrar Sandra Jaquet for the clarification. The register office can be contacted on 01273 292016.

Mike Donovan's feature last Wednesday on David Beckham's professional debut against Brighton and Hove Albion was enjoyed by Tim Hodges, who says he is from Preston Park, Brighton, but formally (sic) of Hove (the relevance of which will become obvious).

"Most articles and features by Mike are really most interesting," says Tim. "Well done."

However, he objected to the page one promotion of the article saying "Becks' birth in Brighton".

He said: "That was wholly incorrect. David Beckham made his professional debut for Manchester United at the Goldstone Ground in HOVE. Although we now live in a united city, surely it is of paramount importance Hove and its cultural and sporting history remains unique.

"It is my understanding that no professional, League or Association Football matches took place in Brighton between 1898 and August 6, 1999."

Quite right, Tim, but don't blame poor Mike - the error was by yours truly. (PS: it's spelt formerly).

Nick Baxter writes to complain about our picture story on the front page of earlier editions of Wednesday's paper about a police car crash at the Hammerpot junction of the A27.

"The officers were not driving instructors (as you said) but members of the staff safety training unit - self-defence instructors - on their way to a meeting," he says. "The vehicle did not roll on to its roof either."

How does Mr Baxter know this? He was the officer in the front passenger seat. My apologies to all those involved for the errors, which were corrected for later editions.