A 37-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested on suspicion of making threats to kill following an incident in Middlesbrough this evening (Thursday, January 22).

Officers were called to flats in the town's Palin Road at around 5pm after a report that a woman was threatened in the street by a man brandishing a knife. He went into a nearby flat with the weapon and refused to leave.

With support from armed response units and trained specialists at the scene, the incident was brought to a safe conclusion at around 10:40pm. No-one was injured.

The 37-year-old local man remains in police custody facing questioning.