Tesco at Gallows Corner closed as travellers arrive at car park

Whitelands Way near Gallows Corner has been closed due to a “police incident”.

Officers were called to Tesco to reports of a number of travellers gaining access to the car park on Bryant Avenue.

Early this morning a man called officers saying he’d been threatened with a firearm at the same location.

A cordon remains in place and the store remains closed.

Bus routes 499 and 656 are being cut short and will terminate at Gallows Corner.