A dental practice has scooped the award for UK Dental Practice of the Year.

Christopher Gull, of Ship Street, Brighton, came top in the competition, which was organised by the journal Independent Dentistry.

Mr Gull, a regular contributor to the Saturday morning show on BBC Southern Counties Radio, has recently moved his practice from Moulsecoomb to its central location in the Lanes area.

He said: "We had the good fortune to find a building which had been boarded up for seven years and turn it into the kind of practice I have been dreaming of for years.

"There is plenty of room for our patients to feel comfortable and cared for."

A care team system means there are no receptionists.

Each patient is instead greeted by a member of staff who stays and looks after them all the way through the visit.