PARENTS have been warned after a man was seen taking photographs of children at a playground.

An alert was sent by Philip Morant to parents and other schools after the incident at 5.30pm on Wednesday at a playground in Silver Witch Green, Stanway.

The field is yards away from the Stanway School but a spokesman said they had only heard about the incident when the alert was issued on Thursday morning.

Anyone with information has been urged to contact police on 101.