A MAN is due in court today (Monday, April 12) to face two charges of attempted murder.

James Richardson, 33, of no fixed address, is accused of attempting to murder a man and a woman, both in their 60s.

The case relates to an incident after which the two were found seriously injured near the Henley Lane area of Yatton at about 3pm on Saturday (April 10).

Both remain in hospital.

Richardson is also charged with one count of assaulting an emergency worker and another of breaching a restraining order.

He was remanded ahead of appearing at North Somerset Courthouse.

Local officers have been conducting additional reassurance patrols in the Yatton area since the weekend.