Confirmed: police have shot a man in a Derbyshire street

Derbyshire Police say they received reports of a man believed to be in possession of a gun in Heanor in the early hours of this morning.

Armed officers were sent to the area where they found the man, who was subsequently shot during a confrontation with police.

The man, who is in his 20s, was taken to hospital where he remains in a stable condition.

Derbyshire Police have cordoned off Stainsby Avenue in Heanor this morning.

The IPCC - the police watchdog - are there along with forensic officers who are examining an area where medical equipment appears to have been left.

Derbyshire Police referred itself to the Independent Police Complaints Commission.