A MAN has been arrested by police conducting a rape inquiry on a Huddersfield housing estate.

The 23-year-old man was detained by police investigating an attack on the Riddings housing estate in Sheepridge.

The 33-year-old victim was walking down a footpath between Sheepridge Road and Ruskin Grove when the incident happened at 10.30pm on Monday.

The arrested man, who lives in Huddersfield, was being questioned at the town's police station today.