Former football coach Barry Bennell has been charged with several counts of sexual assault against a teenage boy.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said Bennell faced eight charges of assaulting a boy under the age of 14.

"Following a review of the evidence, in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors, Mr Bennell, 62, has today been charged with eight offences of sexual assault against a boy under the age of 14", a CPS statement read.

Charges Bennell faces: