A MAN from Ilford has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a fight in an Essex social club in the early hours of New Year's Day.

The 19-year-old, who has not been named, was arrested alongside another 30-year-old man from Shenfield on the same charge.

The arrests come after a 47-year-old man from Kent was rushed to hospital with severe stab wounds after the "disturbance", which happened at the Football Academy in Loughton.