A man is critically ill in a neurological unit after a street attack.

The 31-year-old victim suffered severe head injuries after being punched and kicked during an attack in Bognor.

Police arrested eight people after the attack in Manor Place at 1.15am on Saturday.

He was taken to St Richard's Hospital but later transferred to Southampton General Hospital.

His condition today was described as critical but stable.

Police said a second man was also injured during the attack but suffered less serious head injuries.

In a separate incident, a 17-year-old man was attacked by a group of five young men at the junction of Oak and Ash Grove in Bognor in the early hours of Sunday.