Seven taken to hospital during Lewes Bonfire Night

Seven people were taken to hospital during a "busy" Lewes Bonfire Night, Sussex Police have said.

The force said 82 people were treated by paramedics at the East Sussex event, which drew an estimated crowd of 40,000.

Three people were arrested, including a 27-year-old man from Lewes on suspicion of battery who remains in police custody.

Sussex Police said the Lewes Bonfire event was "both unique and challenging".

A 38-year-old man, from Lewes, was arrested on suspicion of actual bodily harm and battery, while a 16-year-old girl, also from Lewes, was arrested on suspicion of failing to comply with a dispersal order.

She was de-arrested soon after and taken home by officers.

One man is still in police custody, officers have said

Sussex Police said the majority of people had dispersed from the town by just after 1:00 GMT on Thursday.

It added the event, one of the country's biggest Bonfire Night celebrations, required "months of planning and preparation by emergency services, local authorities, transport operators, and partner agencies".

The force had previously warned people not to travel to Lewes for the event.

East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service dealt with a small number of incidents, both in Lewes and across the county.

Local roads were closed and rail services suspended to Lewes on the evening of 5 November.

Trains resumed on Thursday morning.

The parade sees effigies paraded through Lewes, climaxing in a huge bonfire and firework display by each bonfire society.

The event marks the Gunpowder Plot

The event commemorates the attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament by Guy Fawkes and the other members of the Gunpowder Plot.

It also marks the burning at the stake of 17 Protestant martyrs in the town during the reign of Mary I in the 16th Century.

The martyrs are represented by 17 burning crosses carried in the procession.