A man was stabbed in a busy city centre street in front of shocked clubbers. 

Police were called around 10.15pm to East Street, Brighton, after reports of a man with stab wounds.

According to door staff a man was attacked by a group of three or four men before he was stabbed. 

One doorman said he gave first aid to a man stabbed in the back.

He said was taken away in an ambulance.

Police cordoned off the area outside the entrance of Clarendon Mansions, near the junction with King's Road.

More to follow.