Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy is to visit Sussex to bolster support for his party in one of the UK's most marginal seats.

Mr Kennedy is expected to spend a large part of April 26 in Eastbourne to back the party's parliamentary hopeful Stephen Lloyd.

Mr Lloyd is hoping to oust Eastbourne's sitting Conservative MP Nigel Waterson in the May 5 General Election in what is expected to be a close fight.

Mr Waterson holds a slender majority of just over 2,000.

An Eastbourne Lib Dem spokesman said: "We only need a swing of two per cent to get the result we need."

Friday, April 15