Trespasser charged

A man has been charged with trespassing at Buckingham Palace with a knife.

Police arrested a 46-yearold man who was attempting to enter through a gate into a service yard at the rear of the royal residence in London on Thursday morning.

Chorrie Thompson, 46, of Ashcombe Park, Neasden, north-west London, was charged on Friday with trespass on a protected site and possession of a blade or sharp pointed article in a public place.