Police have made an arrest after a five-hour rooftop stand-off with a man.
Witnesses say he was seen throwing slates onto the street below.
Pictures from the scene show a man stood on the roof of a house.
Police say they received reports a man had climbed onto a roof on Tennyson Street in Deeplish, Rochdale at 9am on Thursday.
He was safely escorted down at 2pm.
A 39-year-man has been arrested on suspicion of burglary and criminal damage.
He remains in custody.
A GMP spokesperson said: "Shortly after 9am on September 10, officers attended an address where a man was on a roof of an address on Tennyson Street in Rochdale.
"He was safely escorted down and arrested on suspicion of burglary and criminal damage.
"He remains in custody."
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