A man has been arrested after a number of refuse collectors were assaulted in Stoke-on-Trent. 

Staffordshire Police were first called at 11.18am on Tuesday (21 March) to Fairhaven Grove in Birches Head following reports of violence. 

A male suspect assaulted a refuse collector and damaged a bin lorry. The victim, a man in his 50s, was taken to hospital by ambulance with head and facial injuries. He has since been discharged. 

Police were then called to Birches Head Road at 11.47am. It was reported that three male suspects had assaulted three men who were working as refuse collectors at the time. 

A 27-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of violent disorder and possession of a bladed article in a public place (Staffordshire Police).

One man was taken to hospital with facial, head and torso injuries. He has since been discharged. Two others received medical treatment at the scene. We are treating both incidents as linked. 

A 27-year-old man, from Stoke-on-Trent, was arrested in Suffolk yesterday afternoon (24 March) on suspicion of violent disorder and possession of a bladed article in a public place. 

Enquiries are ongoing to trace the other three suspects involved in the second incident. 

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