The incident has caused travel disruption, with some commuters reportedly taking three hours to get to work on Tuesday.

A police cordon is in place in central Sheffield this morning after a man was allegedly spotted with weapons with people in buildings near the area evacuated.

Police officers were called to the area due to 'concerns for a man inside a property, alleged to have weapons and pose a risk to himself'

South Yorkshire Police was called to Broad Street in Sheffield on Monday evening to reports of a man posing a danger to himself with weapons The area surrounding the Gateway apartments building remains closed,

Worried Sheffield residents have spoken out after a police standoff with an 'armed man' caused mass evacuations. Emergency crews were called to a Broad Street address in Castlegate, just off Sheffield Parkway just after 7pm on Monday,