High winds hamper efforts to tackle fire at Royal Albion hotel in Brighton

Firefighters says nobody injured in blaze that broke out on Saturday afternoon

High winds hampered firefighters tackling a blaze at a hotel in Brighton, the East Sussex fire service has said.

Fifteen fire trucks went to the scene just before 5.30pm on Saturday. At 5am on Sunday, the fire service said it was scaling back operations" but six fire trucks and two aerial ladder platforms remained on the scene.