A MAN was arrested on suspicion of assault and criminal damage after a stand-off in Lundwood yesterday.

Officers attended a property on Priory Road yesterday afternoon (Monday 16 May) to speak to the man.

Specialist officers were called when the man barricaded himself into a room at the address.

The area was evacuated and a police cordon put in place on Priory Road while officers negotiated with the man.

No one else was injured during the incident.