A police officer is in a serious condition in hospital after being assaulted in Peterborough on Monday (8 February) afternoon.

The officer, who is in his 20s and a response officer in the north of the county, was conducting a welfare check at a property in Ledbury Road at about 5pm when he was assaulted.

He was taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge where he remains in a serious but stable condition.

A man has been charged in connection with the incident and is due to appear virtually at court today (10 February).

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