Horizontal menu bar is playing up

Please can someone help?
I have a horizontal Spry menu bar on my website (http://www.stmarysrickmansworth.org.uk) which was working absolutely fine until quite recently.
The drop down element is fine, displaying the submenu. However, when you click on the menu choice, the text leaps to the right and invariably the link does not work. There's a small graphic on the submenus - if you click this, it seems to work but clicking the actual text can be a hit and miss affair.
I haven't made any changes to the menu or CSS in ages so I'm at a loss to know what's happened.
I've tried several different browsers and each gives the same problem.

When I look at the first line in your modified SpryMenuBarHorizontal.css I morph into a tantrum mode and do not bother reading the rest. Have a look for yourself
/* The outermost container of the Menu Bar, an auto width box with no margin or padding */
ul.MenuBarHorizontal
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    list-style-type: none;
    font-size: 1em;
    cursor: default;
    font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
    background-color: #FFFFFF;
I suggest that you revive the original CSS and then have a look here http://www.dwcourse.com/dreamweaver/ten-commandments-spry-menubars.php#one (the format should be familiar) before attempting to make adjustments to suit personal tastes.
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Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 19:00:03 -0700
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Subject: I am having problems with my spry horizontal menu bar defaulting to the top of page in IE
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