A 64-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested by police following a number of incidents of children being approached in Great Cornard.

Police received three reports on Thursday January 31 of children being approached by a man between 3.30pm and 5.30pm.

Police have arrested a man from the Sudbury area on suspicion of common assault. He has been taken to the Bury St Edmunds Police Investigation Centre where he awaits questioning.