Mike Mitchell, from Hove, questions whether he should be reading a paper which employs a W Ankers (our cartoonist).

While Bert Mitchener, from Southwick, claims the name is "a likely story".

Well, gentlemen, I can assure you Wayne Ankers is a real person, even if it's difficult to understand his parents' choice of first name!

Mr Mitchener also says he enjoys having a go at our daily nonagram but asks us to check the scoring because he feels a failure if he doesn't get up to at least "very good".

"On Tuesday last week for instance," he says, "the figure for excellent was 28 whereas the next day you gave 42 possibilities. Having reached 34, I considered myself to be something of a genius. I also find it strange that you always manage to avoid any rude words which may be in the dictionary."

I can assure Mr Mitchener and other nonagrammers the scores are correct and we avoid rude words to avoid causing offence.

We did make a mistake with the nonagram on March 11 when the nine letters were T, H, I, O, S, N, U, L and (the centre square letter) U. We gave the answer the next day as GLUTINOUS. Of course, this was only possible if you replaced the H with a G, thereby revealing our original clue was incorrect.

I am indebted to Mrs GS Lane, from Telscombe Cliffs, for that one.

June Paul says she felt compelled to write to a newspaper for the first time after noticing the error in our article on Wednesday last week about a new breed of rhododendron which thrives in the chalky soil found on the coast in Sussex.

It said the soil was acidic when, of course, it should have said alkaline.

Sorry and thanks to June.

Sacha Mansuran, from Brighton, loved The Food Guide, the magazine that came free inside The Argus last Friday, but complains: "It's no use to me other than to flick through the pages wistfully simply because it didn't tell me which restaurants have disabled access. Couldn't you have included that information?"

She is quite right. We will remember next time and for our restaurant guides, which appear in the GUIDE each Friday.

In our story last Friday about the plan for a new tower block in Portslade we failed to mention the names of the Brighton-based architect and the solicitor. They are Peter Southgate, of PS Architects, and David Barling, of Dean, Wilson Laing.

We reported on Wednesday last week how jailed paedophile Keith Hartle had taught children at Pagham Yacht Club after his release from prison.

However, he is no longer an officer of the Nautical Training Corps, as we said, having resigned in 1999 when he was dismissed after the discovery of his abuse of two boys.

Mrs J Hopping, the chairwoman of the corps' national council, says that following Hartle's dismissal, the corps immediately reviewed its child protection policy and rules and upgraded the training given to all adults working within the corps.

They are also now checked against the Criminal Records Bureau upon joining. I am happy to put the record straight.

And finally, Malcolm Dixon's shop in Whitley Road, Eastbourne, which was pictured on yesterday's centre spread of 50 post offices which have or are being closed, is not to shut.

In fact, the Whitley Road post office which closed was on the corner of Clarence Road and Stanley Road where it moved to from Whitley Road in the Forties but retained its name.

It has now been converted into a house.

Mr Dixon's shop has never had a post office in it and is still trading. I am happy to clarify our error.