Road closures in Nottingham as police deal with 'serious incident'

A constabulary probe into a "serious incident" successful Nottingham is causing important question disruption.

A ample constabulary cordon has been enactment up successful the metropolis centre and determination are aggregate roadworthy closures stopping entree for trams and immoderate buses.

Nottinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service said it was besides successful attendance assisting the constabulary force.

The public, including immoderate motorists, person been told to debar the country and program alternate routes.

Roads that are presently closed are:

Nottingham Express Transit (NET) - the operators of the tram web - said each of its services had been suspended.

The cordon connected Upper Parliament Street is ample - covering the full intersection astatine the beforehand of Nottingham's Royal Concert Hall.

It is simply a engaged portion of the metropolis and galore radical were funny astir the ample constabulary beingness arsenic they made their mode past, with officers helping them find alternate routes astir the cordon.

Loudspeakers astatine the tram halt were informing passengers that nary services were moving owed to a "major constabulary incident".

Armed officers could besides been seen successful Old Market Square - but nary evident signs of alarm astatine this point.

Ch Insp Neil Humphries, from Nottinghamshire Police, said: "Officers are presently connected country astatine aggregate roadworthy closures owed to an ongoing incident.

"Please debar these areas arsenic they are expected to stay closed for immoderate time."