FOUR protestors have been charged with entering a restricted zone at Southend Airport.

It comes after police arrested 15 people on suspicion of trespassing into the runway on Saturday, October 29.

Those charged, under the Aviation Security Act, are a 20-year-old man and a 19 year-old woman from Norwich, a 55 year-old man who gave an address of West Drayton, and a 38 year old man from London SE24.

They are due to appear at Southend Magistrates Court on December 14.

The other 11 people have been released without charge.