A 30-year-old man has been charged with threatening another man with a knife, during an incident in Haydon Bridge, on Sunday morning.

Nico Nicoletti, of Shaftoe Street, Haydon Bridge, was charged with threatening a person with a bladed article in a public place, following a verbal altercation on Shaftoe Street.

Nicoletti is due to appear at North Tyneside Magistrates' Court on March 21.

Police confirmed they received a report that a man had been threatened with a knife, following a verbal altercation, at 11.15am on Sunday. Nobody was injured during the incident.