A BRADFORD man will appear at Huddersfield Magistrates' Court this morning charged with rape.

The 29-year-old has been charged with rape following an attack on a Chesterfield woman in Huddersfield.

The 19-year old was attacked in a screened area near to a pub off Zetland Street in Huddersfield at 3:30am on Tuesday.

Following enquiries by West Yorkshire Police's Homicide and Major Enquiry Team and Kirklees police, the man was arrested in the area of Commercial Street, Halifax at around 6pm on Wednesday night.