A 44-year-old man who was allegedly carrying two knives near a school in Southampton has been charged.

Police say that they received reports of a man walking with the knives on Malmesbury Road yesterday at around 3pm.

Nobody was hurt, but the nearby St Mark’s C of E School went into lockdown during this incident, which saw pupils and parents locked inside the school while a tannoy repeated "lockdown".

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The lockdown had been lifted by 3.34pm.

No injuries were reported across the entire incident.

Carlos Santos of Commercial Road, Southampton has since been charged with possession of a knife in a public place.

He will appear at Southampton Magistrates Court tomorrow.