A teenager was taken to hospital with a badly cut head after being attacked by a man brandishing a bottle.

Police were called to reports of a fight in Stoneham Road, Hove, at about 10.40pm yesterday.

The teenager was taken by ambulance to the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton, where he was treated for head wounds and kept in overnight for observation.

Police closed off the road for about an hour while investigations took place. Residents said the wall of a house in the street was left covered in blood.

A man has been arrested in connection with the incident, and was today being questioned by detectives.