For all the latest news from in and around Bolton, sign up for the free MyBolton newsletter A man who climbed onto the roofs of a row of houses in Bolton was arrested after a 12-hour-long stand-off with police.
Dozens of armed police, riot officers, firefighters and paramedics attended the scene on Wednesday after reports that a man armed with an axe had climbed onto the roof of a home in Maple Close, Kearsley, at around 8.30am.
Concerned residents emerged from their houses, with some saying they were evacuated by police, as the incident continued well into the afternoon.
A drone appeared in the air along with a tall CCTV-like camera, understood to have been operated by police, while heavily protected officers in stab vests patrolled on the
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