What is going on in Dewsbury: Large police cordon in Dewsbury as officers seal off streets near supermarket and people told to 'avoid the area'
Several Dewsbury streets have been sealed off by police this morning.
B6409 Wilton Street, Mill Street East, Mill Street West, near ASDA, are all taped off.
Kirklees Council has posted that the cordon is because of a “police incident” and asked people to avoid the area.
It has posted: “Due to a police incident there is going to be significant disruption including road closures around Asda in Dewsbury.
"Please avoid the area.”
Arriva has posted that some of its buses will be running different routes because of the “major police incident”.
It has posted: “Due to a major police incident in Dewsbury, there is no access to Saville Road, Mill Street and the vicinity of Asda.
"Due to this all 280 services will be affected.
"All 280 Services from Dewsbury will start service at Saville Road at the junction with Mill Street and run full service in both directions to Thornhill until further notice.”
We will update this story with more details as we get them officially confirmed.