A woman has been charged with two counts of actual bodily harm following an incident in a block of flats in Southend.

A dozen police officers were seen outside the Longbow flats in Sherwood Way throughout yesterday morning after reports of an assault in the block.

The reports said that a man had had been attacked with a knife and glass inside a property in the block at around 3am.

Georgette Monroe, 42, of Sherwood Way has now been charged and she will appear in Southend Magistrates Court tomorrow.

Thankfully the man's injuries are not serious.