A MAN has suffered a head injury after being knocked unconscious in a city-centre attack in York.

North Yorkshire Police said a group of people were involved in a fight on Nessgate Corner, near Spurriergate, between 2.05am and 2.15am on Saturday, with the victim - believed to be in his late teens - being punched to the floor.

He was unconscious for a while and suffered a wound to the back of his head which needed hospital treatment. Police said some of those involved in the fight were then seen walking away from the city-centre.

Anybody who was in the area at the time and saw the fight or has other information about it should phone York Police on 101, email Wesley.cooper@northyorkshire.pnn.police.uk or phone Crimestoppers on 0800 555111.