Race commission chief arrested at Lord's

The Chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality was arrested for threatening behaviour after what was said to be a drunken confrontation with police following Saturday's final of the NatWest series at Lord's cricket ground, it emerged today.

Gurbux Singh, the 51-year-old former Chief Executive of Haringey Council, was alleged to have been in a "particularly inebriated state" as he swore at officers, who had been alerted to his "boorish" behaviour.

He allegedly barged between two police officers as he left the cricket ground at around 7pm and acted in a "disorderly manner".

Mr Singh's 40-year-old wife Siobhan Maguire was also arrested for obstructing police as she allegedly tried to intervene while her husband was being arrested.

The pair were taken to Marylebone police station and bailed to return on 25 July.