23 OCTOBER 2002
They could have chosen to buy their new home in any of the world’s most exotic locations, but newlyweds Paul McCartney and Heather Mills have plumped for an art deco pad on the seafront at Brighton.

The new £1 million, six-bedroom house is one of a row of art deco homes dubbed Hollywood-on-Sea, for its high level of celebrity neighbours. Fatboy Slim and Zoe Ball own three units in the row, two of which they have converting into a single living area, the third into a recording studio. Other neighbours include In Deep actor Nick Berry, Chris Eubank and Spice Girl Emma Bunton.

In addition to the East Sussex farmhouse he shared with his late wife Linda, the former Beatle already has a home in north-west London, a flat in New York, a ranch in Arizona and a farm in Scotland.

Heather, however, relocated to Brighton five years ago and was apparently keen to maintain her ties with the coastal resort. The couple have already spent a few weekends in their new hideaway and will be spending more time there after the 60-year-old rocker winds up his current tour in December.