A motorist is to appear in court charged with driving on the TT course during a red flag incident.

The local man was arrested on suspicion of driving on closed road while the red flag incident in Wednesday night’s sidecar qualifying session was being dealt with.

A police spokesman said: ‘It's so important that even if there's been a break in racing, it can't be assumed that the roads have opened.

‘It literally puts people’s lives at risk and the Constabulary will always take that extremely seriously.’