Three people are in custody after a fight broke out outside a nightclub in Dartford.

Police were called out to the disturbance outside the the Air and Breathe nightclub, during the early hours of this morning.

One man, in his 20s, was taken to hospital for treatment after the fight which happened shortly before 3am.

Three teenagers, two from Orpington and one from Bexley, were arrested on suspicion of assault and are still in custody.

James Walker, spokesman for police said: Kent Police was called to a disturbance in Kent Road, Dartford, at 2.52am.

"During this disturbance a man is reported to have been assaulted and he was taken to a local hospital for treatment.

"Three men have been arrested on suspicion of assault and remain in custody as inquiries continue.

"They are, an 18-year-old man from Bexley, a 19-year-old man from Orpington and a 18-year-old man from Orpington."