A WOMAN who is alleged to have been armed with a knife has been charged with possession of a bladed article.

Kathryn Law, of St Elphin's Close, was arrested on Saturday after police were called to reports of a drunk woman near the Lord Rodney pub on Winwick Road.

Officers attended and carried out a search of this woman, who was found to have a knife with a short blade in her coat pocket at around 4pm.

The 36-year-old is expected to appear at Halton Magistrates Court on March 19 to enter a plea to the charges.