Emergency service crews called to incident on Brighton Pier

An eye-witness said Sussex Police, South East Coast Ambulance Service and the coastguard were called to the incident at around 7.45pm.

HM Coastguard said it responded to reports of a person in water near Brighton Pier.

A coastguard spokesperson added: “Shoreham and Newhaven Coastguard rescue teams, the inshore lifeboats from Shoreham and Brighton RNLI and the coastguard helicopter from Lee-on-the-Solent were sent to the scene. The person self-recovered.”

UPDATE: Brighton Pier incident: Boy 'jumped into the water' to escape police; Coastguard helicopter called-out

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