Police have arrested a man for vandalism after people were seen painting England flags above a high street in Essex.

In a viral video, two topless men appear to climb on top of a shopping parade in Whitmore Way, Basildon.

They paint several England flags on top of the estate before one of them appears to shout a racist slur at a woman walking with a child.

Essex Police detectives, investigating the video now seen more than 5.8million times on X, said they had arrested a 33-year-old man on suspicion of a racially aggravated public order offence and conspiracy to commit criminal damage on Saturday.

He has been questioned and released on bail.

An Essex police spokesman said: ‘Officers investigating reports of criminal damage and a racially aggravated incident in Basildon have made an arr

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