Charitable DJ Craig Bishop today begins a bid to smash the Guinness World Record for the longest non-stop DJ mix.

Craig, aka Fergus, is looking to beat the current record of 81 hours by at least three hours at Flava Bar in Terminus Road, Eastbourne.

The aim of the event, called Break 4 Love, is to raise more than £20,000 for four charities closely associated with full-time DJ Craig.

Having lost an aunt to cancer and suffered scares himself, Craig now hopes to repay the organisations that helped him through the difficult times.

His challenge starts at noon today and he will play tracks from R'n'B, house, funk and jazz non-stop until Sunday night, early Monday morning.

Bachelor Craig, 34, of Station Road, Polegate, said: "It's a madcap idea that I came up with a couple of years ago but it didn't quite work out back then.

"I thought I could make a difference so decided to go ahead and raise as much money as possible for all the charities close to my heart.

"Over the course of the weekend I hope to see 2,000 people at Flava, particularly on Sunday night as it is a bank holiday. It's going to be exciting."

Proceeds will go to Everyman, Eastbourne District General Hospital's (DGH) children's ward, St Wilfred's Hospice and the Royal Sussex County Hospital's renal unit.

Anyone wishing to sponsor Craig can email him at cbfergus@aol.com or info@djfergus.com