Police have charged a man after a home was set alight in Margate.

Officers were called to the town's Marine Gardens on Tuesday to reports of a fire at around 1.45am.

Firefighters and ambulance crews were also sent but there were no reported injuries.

Mieszko Terechowicz, 20, of Marine Gardens, Margate, was later arrested and appeared before court charged with arson with intent to endanger life.

He was remanded in custody to appear at Canterbury Crown Court on Thursday, December 1.