A man who urinated on a war memorial on Remembrance Sunday has been ordered to apologise to the Royal British Legion.

Police said the 21-year-old was held in Bristol after relieving himself on the city's cenotaph in the early hours.

He was detained in Colston Avenue at 2.20am, just hours before it was to be the focus of the city's remembrance commemorations.

The man was held by Avon and Somerset Police for several hours before being released on Sunday afternoon.

A force spokesman said: "He has been released with a conditional caution with a requirement that he attends a victim awareness course, which he will have to pay for.

"He is also required to send a letter of apology to the Royal British Legion.

"If he fails to comply with the conditions of the caution, his case will be referred to the courts."