The city of Brighton and Hove is losing valuable and treasured facilities and icons, apparently through a collective apathy.

Currently, the West Pier market is under threat of closure.

It provides an active attraction on the seafront and a living for traders.

It is not only self-funding, but also a significant income stream for the West Pier Trust.

I understand the market needs to move to facilitate the building of the i360 but couldn’t the West Pier Trust and Brighton and Hove City Council agree on another site nearby?

The other loss I have noticed is the chalk outline of the White Hawk, above the Whitehawk housing estate, on the Sheepcote hillside of East Brighton.

Two years ago, I was one of a group of volunteers – many of whom were pensioners or disabled – who weeded and cleared the area.

Allegedly, the slope meant the work was too dangerous for the community payback team.

The hawk is now almost invisible, when it should be viewable from almost any distance.

Would it not be possible for the parks and gardens department of the council, South Downs Rangers and a community payback team to work together once a year to maintain this beautiful work of art?

Both of these issues could be solved without much expenditure, just with a little talking and co-operation.

Who cares? It surely cannot only be me.

Marian Cullwick, Hartington Road, Brighton