Video taking off 18x its usual first day

Brighton's ruined West Pier loses a section to Storm Austen

The Scottish Sun's footage captures the collapse within seconds, before showing windblown seating and waves battering the coast.

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The Scottish Sun Story of October 24, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 87,047 views a day, 18 times a normal first day on this channel (4,857).

Shocking moment part of iconic Brighton pier COLLAPSES as Storm Austen heads towards Scotland

Birds scatter above the skeletal structure as a section gives way and falls into the sea. The Scottish Sun's storm compilation captures the collapse almost immediately, with waves continuing to break against what remains.

This is Brighton's derelict West Pier, not the city's operating Palace Pier. Closed in 1975 and devastated by fires in 2003, the West Pier was already a ruin before Storm Austen arrived. That distinction matters when the title describes part of an "iconic Brighton pier" collapsing.

The footage then moves to the Rame Peninsula, where nighttime winds knock over outdoor seating along a seaside walkway. Daylight shots show waves striking a sea wall and foamy water spreading across a pebble beach. There is no presenter or spoken commentary, only the storm's ambient sound.

The Short drew roughly 57,000 views in its first 11 hours, an unusually fast start for The Scottish Sun. Its opening Brighton footage is credited to Simon Haffenden via Storyful; the nighttime sequence is credited to The Official Rame Peninsula via Storyful.

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