His lawyers told the High Court staff at the Princess Royal Hospital, in Haywards Heath, failed to monitor him sufficiently during labour.

BBC: Alfie Buck outside the High Court

Floods closed the A27 near Chichester and the A272 at Haywards Heath.

BBC: Roads flooded after stormy night in Surrey and Sussex

Staff currently reporting to Brighton, Burgess Hill, Haywards Heath, Hove, Lewes and Newhaven will be affected and some current stations may face closure.

BBC: Ambulance centre planned for Brighton

The half-hourly services from Eastbourne and Littlehampton, which normally join at Haywards Heath, will instead each run hourly, but will generally comprise more carriages.

BBC: Severe weather in Sussex

One area that may be targeted is Balcombe, near Haywards Heath.

BBC: Balcombe, West Sussex

It runs the Royal Sussex County Hospital, in Brighton, and the Princess Royal Hospital, in Haywards Heath, and said at the start of the weekend there were 25 patients booked to have surgery on broken bones this week, but by Monday morning that had doubled to 50.

BBC: Sussex snow and ice causes disruption