Brighton hospital put into lockdown: Staff member stabbed at Royal Sussex County Hospital

A man has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a member of staff was stabbed in a hospital.

The Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton was put into lockdown after the incident this morning.

Sussex Police said the "apparently isolated and unexplained incident" is not being treated as a terror attack.

"There is currently nothing to suggest that any other person has been involved or that anyone else is at risk," the force added in a statement.

Officers have been working with security staff to make sure that staff and patients are safe.