A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of assault.

Police were called to an address in East Street, Bury, yesterday afternoon.

A 'large commotion' was heard in the area and a number of people gathered in the street shortly after 3pm.

Greater Manchester Police confirmed that a man was arrested on suspicion of assault.

A spokeswoman for the North West Ambulance Service said: "We were called to a private address shortly after 3pm.

"We took a patient to hospital."