Tributes for the Queen Mother have continued to flood in from people across Sussex.

Brighton and Hove City Council is opening books of condolences at noon today at both Hove Town Hall in Norton Road and Brighton Town Hall in Bartholomew Square.

Worthing Borough Council is also starting a book of condolence in the foyer of the town hall in Chapel Road from 9am.

Yesterday a minute's silence was observed at Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club's match with Bristol City and at Plumpton racecourse.

Around the county, flags have been flying at half-mast.

Littlehampton Mayor Mark Butler said: "The union flag on the town council building has been lowered as a mark of respect.

"As a town everyone is extremely sad and shocked because her death just seemed to come out of the blue. We are opening up a book of condolences tomorrow at Manor House, Church Street, Littlehampton."

Michael Tunwell, chairman of East Sussex County Council, said: "Yesterday I represented the county at a service at Chichester Cathedral where special prayers were said. We feel it is the end of an era. A very great person has gone out of our lives."

Coun Tunwell said it was likely a full council meeting planned for the day of the funeral, April 9, will be postponed.

Michael Foster, MP for Hastings and Rye, said: "The people of Hastings and Rye had a special affection for the Queen Mother, not only because there are many older residents who remember her contributions to the war years but also because she was the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, of which Hastings and Rye are important members.

"The thing that most people and I would feel about her is her sense of duty."

Former Labour Cabinet minister Lord Healey, who lives near Seaford, said: "The Queen Mother was very friendly and easy to deal with."

His wife, Edna Healey, author of The Queen's House, a history of the royal family, said: "She was very kind when I was writing my book. She had a great gift for making people feel they were the most important in the world."

Nick Gibb, MP for Bognor and Littlehampton, said: "There is a high proportion of retired people in my constituency.

"The Queen Mother will have been a major part of their lives. Her death represents the end of an era."