The scene this morning
Detectives have launched a murder investigation after a man died following a serious assault at an address in Mapperley Park in the early hours of this morning.
Nottinghamshire Police were called to the address in Woodborough Road just before 1am on Friday. The man was treated for his injuries at the scene but died shortly afterwards.
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Road closures and local diversions are currently in place in Woodborough Road as detectives from the East Midlands Serious Operations Unit work to establish the circumstances surrounding the incident.
Nottingham City Transport buses Blue 40 and Sky Blue 45, 46 and 47 are all being diverted.
Anyone with any information is asked to contact Nottinghamshire Police on 101, quoting incident number 31 of 14 April.
You can follow all the latest developments in our live blog, below.
Amy Breffitt, 22, said: “My partner went out to work and saw the tape, then I saw on the Post what had happened. I’m really shocked.
“It’s a quiet area around here. You hear of it in other places in Nottingham but it’s always been quiet here. It’s a busy road so you don’t get anything like this happening.”
This shows police at the (closed-off) junction of Querneby Avenue and Woodborough Road.
Terrance Cullen has lived on the street for more than 40 years and woke up to the police presence this morning
The 90-year-old said: “It’s terrible. It’s always been quiet and a nice place to live ever since I moved here.
“You see these things on the television but you don’t expect it to happen outside your own home.”
There are diversions on NCT Blue 40 and Sky Blue 45, 46, 47. Here are all the diversion details.
- Blue 40 towards City Hospital is following normal route to the top of The Wells Road then turning right Woodborough Road, left Woodthorpe Drive, left Mansfield Road, right at Sherwood Manor on to Edwards Lane to resume normal route
- The following stops are not being served: Maurice Drive, Gordon Rise, Sherwood Vale, Cavendish Vale, Mansfield Street, Sherwood Shops
- Blue 40 towards City is following normal route to the Sherwood Manor PH then turning left Mansfield Road, right Woodthorpe Drive, right Woodborough Road, left The Wells Road to resume normal route
- The following stops are not being served: Sherwood Shops, Mansfield Street, Cavendish Vale, Sherwood Vale, Maurice Drive
- Sky Blue 45, 46, 47 towards Mapperley are following normal route along Woodborough Road, but turning right Hungerhill Road (full length), right Ransom Road, left The Wells Road (to the top) then turning right Woodborough Road to resume normal route
- The following stops are not being served: Hungerhill Road, Alexandra Court, Dagmar Grove, Malvern Road, Ransom Road Top, Private Road, Mapperley Rise
- Sky Blue 45, 46, 47 towards City are following normal route along Woodborough Road as far as Aldi then turning left The Wells Road, right Ransom Road, left Hungerhill Road (full length), turning left on to Woodborough Road to resume normal route.
- The following stops are not being served: Mapperley Rise, Private Road, Ransom Road Top, Malvern Road, Dagmar Grove, Alexandra Court
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13:23 We’re live at the scene right now
You can watch our live video here.
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13:22 Just to confirm, this is what’s closed
The purple sections below are all closed off.
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13:12 The other end of the cordon
This latest photo shows the cordon at the junction of Woodborough Road and The Wells Road.
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13:09 News is ‘shocking’ says business owner
Residents from inside the cordon are being let out if they need to be.
Farahd Gazeran, who has run AFD of Mapperley used cars for the last 23 years, said: “I got here at 7.20am and there was a policewoman putting up some tape, but they wouldn’t tell me what’s going on. I am guessing I am going to have to close today – at least for a while.
“There are sometimes crashes on this road but this is more serious. It’s shocking.”
Woodborough Road is closed from its junction with Mission Street to the junction with The Wells Road.
The junction between Morley Avenue and Mapperley Rise is also closed.
And there’s no access to Woodborough Road from Querneby Avenue.
There are diversions on NCT services Blue 40 and Sky Blue 45, 46, 47 because of the incident.
- Blue 40 towards City Hospital is following normal route to the top of The Wells Road then turning right Woodborough Road, left Woodthorpe Drive, left Mansfield Road, right at Sherwood Manor on to Edwards Lane to resume normal route
- Blue 40 towards City is following normal route to the Sherwood Manor PH then turning left Mansfield Road, right Woodthorpe Drive, right Woodborough Road, left The Wells Road to resume normal route
- Sky Blue 45, 46, 47 towards Mapperley are following normal route along Woodborough Road, but turning right Hungerhill Road (full length), right Ransom Road, left The Wells Road (to the top) then turning right Woodborough Road to resume normal route
- Sky Blue 45, 46, 47 towards City are following normal route along Woodborough Road as far as Aldi then turning left The Wells Road, right Ransom Road, left Hungerhill Road (full length), turning left on to Woodborough Road to resume normal route.
Delays on these services are expected.
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