OFFICERS with Essex Police have confirmed a man has been arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage at an airport hotel.

Police have said a man, 39, has been arrested after damage was caused to a hotel on Bassingbourn Road at Stansted Airport.

They were called just after 11pm on Thursday 19 November.

Reports say a car was involved in a collision with a road bollard on Bassingbourn hotel.

Essex Police then say a man got out of the car before heading to the Hampton Hotel at the airport.

There a man is said to have begun causing damage to the hotel.

Police say no one was injured.

A spokesman for Essex Police said: "We were called shortly after 11pm on Thursday 19 November, with reports that a car had been involved in a collision with a road bollard on Bassingbourn Road.

’A man was then reported to get out of the vehicle, enter the Hampton Hotel and begin causing damage.

"Officers quickly arrived and arrested a 39-year-old man on suspicion of causing criminal damage.

"This is not being treated as a terror-related incident and no injuries have been reported."