Police are searching for a man after a 26-year-old was stabbed.

Officers were called to London Road, Bexhill at 11.50pm on Friday, February 24, over reports of an altercation outside a premises.

A 26-year-old man was taken to hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries, consistent with a stabbing.

Sussex Police have appealed for witnesses or anyone with information about the incident to come forward.

Officers have also appealed to locate 24-year-old Connor Hyland-Whiting in connection with the incident.

He has links to the Hastings and Bexhill areas.

A Sussex Police spokesman said: “Anyone who sees him is asked not to approach him but to call 999 immediately.

“Anyone with information about his whereabouts is asked to report it to Sussex Police online and quote Operation Beck.”