POLICE have surrounded a house in Runcorn where a man is on the roof.

The man in his 20s has been refusing to come down from the three-storey house in Davenport Row, Halton Lodge, for more than two hours.

A Cheshire Police spokesman said: “Police negotiators are at the scene.

“Efforts are continuing to resolve the matter.”

Residents living nearby say the houses are surrounded by police and emergency vehicles.

One witness told The World: “There are least seven police cars and a transit van. An ambulance is also on standby at the derelict Croft pub.”