SEEN from the beach by thousands of visitors every weekend, it has been a long time since anyone really got close to the West Pier.

The two men dived off Brighton Palace Pier at low tide on Sunday evening, police said. It is believed they dived head first off the historic pier when the water below was at its lowest depth.

Current spring tides meant the sea level in Brighton was so low on Thursday that people were able to walk out to the West Pier – and it is set to be even lower on Friday evening.

A man is confirmed to have died after reportedly jumping into the sea from Brighton Palace Pier. He was rushed to hospital after reportedly diving into the sea with another man a fortnight ago ...

The bar opposite the Hotel Brighton was bare to a point beyond half the length of the iron pier, and the bar was covered with sea crabs in the spawning state, and with large sea clams.

Today marks 200 years since Brighton’s first pier opened to the public, with visitors enjoying its attractions. However, this pier is not the Brighton Palace Pier or the West Pier, but rather ...

A warning has been issued after two people fell from Brighton's West Pier. HM Coastguard said it received multiple 999 calls at around 12:40 BST on 1 July reporting two people in difficulty in the ...

Part of Brighton's ruined West Pier has collapsed in the aftermath of Storm Imogen. The pier, which is not maintained and was shut in 1975 after being deemed unsafe, burnt down in 2003.

Brighton, England’s 1,115-foot-long West Pier has had a tough run lately. Built in 1866, it closed in 1975 and was burned to a crisp by a series of fires in 2003 (arson, say the experts).

A part of a pier in Brighton has collapsed into the sea and washed away as Storm Claudio batters parts of the UK. Images shared on social media show part of Brighton's West Pier, once destroyed in ...

The owners of Brighton's stricken West Pier face an anxious New Year as a combination of high seas and bad weather threatens to destroy the structure completely.