Armed police descended on a street in County Durham after a man threatened to harm himself.
Emergency services were called to a home in Basingstoke Road, Peterlee, at 12.10pm on Monday. Officers attended the scene after reports of a man threatening to harm himself at a property on the road.
Both Durham Constabulary and the North East Ambulance Service (NEAS) attended the scene. However, although one crew from the ambulance service's hazardous area response team was dispatched, they were stood down by police at the scene.
