A police cordon had been in place in central Sheffield on Wednesday for 36 hours after a man claimed to have weapons and explosives in a residential building.

An arrest has been made following an ‘armed standoff’ at a Sheffield city centre apartment building. South Yorkshire Police have today arrested a 47-year-old man on “suspicion of affray, criminal damage, possession of a firearm, threat to kill and communicate with a bomb hoax”.

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,