"Lockdown" at Doncaster depot as police, paramedics and fire crews race to scene

Emergency services rushed to Yorkshire Way in Armthorpe in the early hours of yesterday morning following reports of a suspicious substance being found in a parcel at the GXO transport and logistics depot.

A spokesman for Yorkshire Ambulance Service confirmed crews had been sent to the scene and said: “ Ambulance resources attended an incident at an industrial park in Armthorpe, Doncaster around 5am on Tuesday morning as a precautionary measure. They were stood down at 7am.”

A source told the Free Press: “It was a lockdown for a suspicious substance in a parcel.

"Staff were kept in after the shift ended and the next shift was not let in the building.”

A spokesman for GXO said: “The site is now back up and running as normal, and colleagues did the right thing by calling the authorities as a precaution.”