A man has been taken to hospital after barricading himself in a house in Whitefield.

Officers were called to an address in Livsey Street shortly before 2pm today after a 53-year-old man barricaded himself into a house and was threatening to harm himself.

It is reported that he made no threats to harm anyone else during the incident.

Specialist negotiators and mental health professionals eventually managed to bring the situation to an end and he is now being treated in hospital.