'Now I can have the best of both worlds'

Three years of "horrific" commuting on the Northern line were enough to drive Emma Faust and Kieran Weir out of the capital.

And, as if to confirm their decision, they were mugged outside their flat in Tooting the week before they moved to Brighton.

"We'd really had enough of London and just wanted to get out. We were sick of using the Northern line every day - commuting was horrific," said Ms Faust 26, who works in PR.

They moved to Brighton in November and haven't looked back. "We absolutely love it," she said.

Mr Weir, 26, has just quit his London job to work for an internet games company in Brighton, although Ms Faust still commutes.

She said: "Working in London is the best of both worlds.

"By Friday I can feel a bit jaded by the early starts but the weekends make up for it."