A delivery van became stuck in a sinkhole just off Western Road today (Sunday 15 November).
And people living and working in the area lost their water supply after the Sainsbury’s van ended up stuck over a burst main in Farm Road, Hove.
The incident happened outside the Coopers Cask pub and Rogman Butchers, yards from the corner of the newly remade stretch of Western Road.
Southern Water sent staff and contractors to make the area safe and repair the damaged main.
At about the same, the fire service sent a crew to Western Road, in Brighton, after a strip of spikes to deter birds came away from a building.
Sussex Police closed the road while a crew from East Sussex Fire and Rescue Service made the building safe.
The fire service said: “We were called at 11.49am today (Sunday 15 November) to reports of an unsafe structure in Western Road, Brighton, where anti-bird spikes had come away from a building.
“One fire engine and the aerial ladder platform from Preston Circus attended.
“Crews liaised with police and assisted in making the scene safe. Road closures were also in place.
“Fire crews left the scene at 12.35pm.”
