A man has denied four charges following a 36-hour stand-off in Sheffield earlier this week which caused widespread disruption in the city. At Sheffield Magistrates' Court, Yaqub Younis, 47, of Broad Street,

Police officers were called to the area due to 'concerns for a man inside a property, alleged to have weapons and pose a risk to himself'

A police cordon is in place in central Sheffield this morning after a man was allegedly spotted with weapons with people in buildings near the area evacuated.

A man has been charged with four offences following a 36-hour stand-off in Sheffield earlier this week which caused disruption across the city. Yaqub Younis, 47, has been charged with affray, bomb hoax - communicating false information,

A man has been arrested after a 'bomb hoax' stand-off with armed police in Sheffield that lasted well over 24 hours.

Police remain at the Gateway apartment building in Sheffield as the stand-off continues into a second night. Officers can be seen in the building after they were first called on Monday evening to reports of a man with weapons inside one of the apartments.