A new gym is due to open at the King Alfred Leisure Centre, which was previously earmarked for demolition.

Brighton and Hove City Council has announced that the £450,000 gym will be the first part of £1.6 million of improvements at the centre in Kingsway, Hove.

The council promised to invest in the old building when redevelopment plans collapsed.

The gym has been created in the former cafe and will open on January 24.