THREE police officers were hurt when they tried to arrest a violent man outside a Hampshire pub last night.

The male officers suffered cuts and bite wounds as they grappled with man at the Inn on the Furlong in Meeting House Lane, Ringwood.

The incident happened at 10.45pm following reports he was trying to break in.

The officers did not need hospital treatment.

A 25-year-old man from the Dorset area has been arrested on suspicion of assault, criminal damage and a public order offence.