it just struck me that i never changed the following code in index as those images were deleted during customisation.
would this be causing the problem?
Around line 298
Find
<td align="right"><?php echo tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . $image, HEADING_TITLE, HEADING_IMAGE_WIDTH, HEADING_IMAGE_HEIGHT); ?></td>
</tr>
REPLACE with
<td align="right"><?php echo tep_image(DIR_WS_IMAGES . $image, $category['categories_htc_title_tag'], HEADING_IMAGE_WIDTH, HEADING_IMAGE_HEIGHT); ?></td>
</tr>
<?php if (tep_not_null($htc['htc_description'])) { ?>
<tr>
<td><?php echo tep_draw_separator('pixel_trans.gif', '100%', '10'); ?></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><h2><?php echo $htc['htc_description']; ?></h2></td>
</tr>
<?php } ?>