Weather

Sussex was battered by heavy winds yesterday, tearing up trees, whipping the sea into a frenzy and flinging furniture around.

Fallen trees and high winds are causing severe disruption on the rail network today.

Strong winds are forecast throughout today – here's what it looked like this morning on the coast in Brighton.

Here is a list of events we know have been cancelled this Saturday (August 10) due to the bad weather predicted by the Met Office and the events that will be going ahead as planned.

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for wind across Sussex.

The Met Office has warned of strong winds for East Sussex for later this week.

Calls for additional air quality monitoring in Hailsham have been made.

The train timetable across Sussex will be reduced due to the current heatwave, which is so hot it could warp the tracks.

The Met Office has confirmed East Sussex will experience a heatwave during the new few days.

The week is set to start off with sunshine on Monday and temperatures reaching a maximum of 23 degrees.

It is set to be a largely sunny day in Sussex today with temperatures reaching as high as 26 degrees, according to the Met Office.

The coastguard helicopter and emergency services were called into action on Sunday evening when a wind surfer got into trouble off the coast of Norman’s Bay.

With the heat on, as tempting as it may seem to cool off in Arlington Reservoir, the message is to stay safe and keep out.

Advice on how to stay safe in hot weather has been issued as temperatures are set to rise over the next few days in Sussex.

HM Coastguard is appealing for anyone who might know the whereabouts of a man who took a Zapcat boat out from a Sussex location on Friday morning and hasn’t been seen since.