Armed police in stand-off with a man, 57, carrying a knife

ARMED police and neotiators spent 20 hours persuading a 57-year-old man carrying a knife to give himself up.
The incident, at a property in Lime Grove, Louth, began at 10pm yesterday and that the distressed man, the sole occupant, was threatening to harm himself.
Officers from Lincolnshire Police put a cordon in place and arrested him on suspicion of afraid at about 3.45pm today.