"Looking backwards - looking forwards" headlines the City News, wherein lies the triumphant claim of a good rating awarded by the National Watchdog Audit Commission to Brighton and Hove City Council.

Residents of this "energetic and sparkling city" are still being sold short of toilet facilities at the now abandoned Pool Valley coach station.

This bus terminal supports, among others, Jet Link to three airports, the Shuttle Express - 15 daily - and National Coaches all over the country.

Visitors without the convenience of either of John Prescott's two limousines must be traumatised on their arrival to this city rated "good" to find "relief" consists of a further ten minutes but, this time, on foot.

Complaints are answered courteously but the byword is "pass the buck".

-Rhoda Maling, Millyard Crescent, Woodingdean