Bosses at a crime-blighted lido are celebrating a sharp drop in break-ins and acts of vandalism.

Earlier this month it seemed vandalism and robberies would force Saltdean Lido out of business.

Manager Tony Sarin pleaded with parents to keep an eye on their children and since then there have been hardly any break-ins.

Mr Sarin said: "The police have been very involved and we have strengthened the area where they kept breaking in.

"The only trouble we have had was two weeks ago when we had people in the pool overnight. The police came and took names and addresses but it was just kids."