A man has been arrested in connection with the Beachy Head death of a Sussex woman.

Paula Ramsden, 32, from Ash Close, Crawley Down, was discovered at the foot of the 500ft cliffs near Eastbourne on Sunday after going out for a walk.

The man arrested, aged 36 and from Sussex, is being questioned at Eastbourne police station.

Police scoured both the top and the foot of the cliffs after her death and a team of detectives from Eastbourne are working on the inquiry, Operation Stock.

Mrs Ramsden was a mother-of-two. She had an 11-year-old son and five-year-old daughter.

A Sussex Police spokesman said the investigation had now become a "major investigation".

He added: "We are treating her death as suspicious."

The investigation is being headed by Det Insp Tim Guyton.

Police are appealing for

witnesses, or anyone with information about Mrs Ramsden's death, to contact them at Eastbourne on 0845 60 70 999.

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