Drivers were stuck on the M1 this morning after police closed the motorway in both directions because of a man in distress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Traffic built up northbound and southbound between junctions 34 and 35 near <\/strong>Ecclesfield, Sheffield and Rotherham just after rush hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Police were called following reports of a man with a firearm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A police spokesperson said: “Officers were called to a report of a man in distress on junction 34 of the M1 at 8.50am this morning (23 March 2023).<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Emergency services attended and a 34-year-old was arrested on suspicion of possession of a firearm and assault on an emergency worker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “He remains in custody at this time and enquiries are on-going.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The motorway reopened about 1030 am.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Drivers were stuck on the M1 this morning after police closed the motorway in both directions because of a man in distress. Traffic built up northbound and southbound between junctions 34 and 35 near Ecclesfield, Sheffield and Rotherham just after rush hour. Police were called following reports of a man with a firearm. A police […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":49744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21,82],"tags":[987,132,38,967],"class_list":["post-49741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-top-story","tag-m1","tag-rotherham","tag-sheffield","tag-traffic"],"yoast_head":"\n