LIVE: Police cordon off busy city centre road with forensics on scene - latest updates

A police cordon is in place on a busy road in Manchester city centre this morning.

Pictures show a stretch of Whitworth Street West taped off, near a number of nightclubs and bars. At least two police vehicles are on the scene, including a Crime Scene Investigation van.

Forensic officers have placed evidence markers within the cordon. The nature of the incident has not yet been confirmed.

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