A MAN has been charged with making a bomb hoax at Bristol Airport and will appear in court this morning (Tuesday).

Robert Boyd-Stevenson, from Headford Road in Bristol, was charged with one count of making a bomb hoax by communicating false information.

It comes after Avon and Somerset Constabulary investigated security threats made against the airport on Saturday.

Stevenson, aged 38, has been detained in custody and will appear at North Somerset Courthouse today.