A woman has been charged after a man needed emergency surgery for knife wounds.

Mary Walker, 44, of Finsbury Road, Brighton, was due to appear before Brighton and Hove magistrates charged with causing grievous harm.

A 42-year-old man was on a life-support machine at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, today. His condition was critical but stable.

He was found on Wednesday afternoon at an address in Upper Park Place, Queens Park, Brighton.