Traffic is at a standstill in the Centre this evening due to an emergency incident.

The incident is understood to have happened near to Sainsbury's and the Cascade Steps, shortly after 7.30pm.

A video shared by Joanna Booth on Twitter shows queues of buses at a standstill on Baldwin Street.

Traffic is also affected on roads leading to the Centre including Anchor Road.

First Bus has confirmed Broad Quay is closed.

More than 20 buses are queuing at the incident, with many passengers having abandoned them.

There are dozens of police, ambulance and fire vehicles at the scene.

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There are unconfirmed reports there has been a crash involving a bus and a pedestrian.

It is not yet clear when the road might reopen.

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