A WOMAN has been arrested on suspicion of affray after she was reportedly seen with a knife in the Bridport town centre.

Dorset Police received a report at 11.37am this morning of a woman with a knife on West Street in Bridport.

Officers attended and carried out searches of the area, eventually locating the woman close to St Mary’s Church on South Street.

She was arrested on suspicion of affray and has been taken to hospital for treatment to a minor injury on her arm.