Armed officers surrounded the house in Oakery Close after a disturbance there was reported to police just before 7.30am today.

It is understood the man, who has not been named, was armed with knives and a gas canister and it was feared he might set fire to the property.

The man has climbed on top of a chimney stack after displacing roof slates to reach his precarious perch.

It is thought the siege came to an end shortly after 5pm today.