LIVE Huge cordon in place on quiet residential street following serious incident in Bury - updates

There is a large police presence in Bury this morning (September 7) after what the Manchester Evening News understands to be a serious incident.

Walnut Avenue, to the east of the town centre, has been taped off by police. Two officers can be seen standing guard outside a semi-detatched property on the street. A number of police vehicles are parked both inside and outside the cordon.

A local resident says police first arrived on the street around 11pm last night (September 6). Specialist forensic crime scene investigation officers (CSI) were spotted at the scene in the early hours.

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The nature of the incident has not yet been confirmed. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) has been contacted for comment.

This is a breaking news story and we will be bringing you updates as we get them in the live blog below

A local resident has told the Manchester Evening News police first arrived on the street around 11pm last night. She said the street was cordoned off. Forensics and plain clothes detectives were on the scene by 1am.

She said officers could be working in and around a car as well as at the house on the street where officers are currently stationed outside

A reporter is currently en route to the scene.

We are still awaiting a statement from Greater Manchester Police (GMP) confirming the details of this incident. We will bring it to you as soon as we get it.

Our photographer has sent us there pictures from the scene