Daniel Thomas arrested over video of dinghy slashing

Figure caption, The police had been examining live-stream footage appearing to show Daniel Thomas slashing at a migrant boat

Anti-migrant activist Daniel Thomas has been arrested after a video appeared to show him slashing at a boat in the English Channel with a knife.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary said a 37-year-old man of no fixed abode had been arrested after a "boat that had an emergency responder on board" was damaged in the Channel.

He was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage with intent to endanger life, "destroying ships" under the Aviation and Maritime Security Act 1990 and "conduct endangering ships" under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995. He remains in custody.