A 26-year-old man has been charged with criminal damange with intent to endanger life after a car was driven into a terrace of chalets at a Butlins resort.

John Kain Atkinson, 26, from Norton in Ryedale, North Yorkshire, has also been charged with attempted grevious bodily harm, dangerous driving and other associated driving offences following the incident in Lincolnshire on shortly after 10pm on Wednesday.

Witnesses reported that half an hour before the incident five or six children were playing in the area at the resort at Ingoldmells, near Skegness.

He was remanded in custody ahead of an appearance before Lincoln District Magistrates Court.