UKIP councillor Tom Andrews arrested over alleged assault in Great Yarmouth Published duration 18 April 2015

A UKIP councillor has been arrested in connection with an alleged assault in Great Yarmouth.

Tom Andrews is believed to have been involved in an altercation with a campaigner from Hope Not Hate.

The group, which "seeks to challenge and defeat the politics of hate and extremism", was meeting at Drill Hall when the alleged incident happened at about 11:00 BST.

Norfolk Police said a 72-year-old man from Caister-on-Sea was in custody.