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ADAMSTOWN STANDOFF ENDS WITHOUT INCIDENT

A man is in custody following a tense standoff with police in the Newcastle suburb of Adamstown today.

Officers were called to the Glebe Road address at around 11 o’clock, following concerns for the man’s welfare.

Specialist police were called in to negotiate after he refused to leave the unit, and some surrounding streets were closed down.

The standoff came to a peaceful end at around 4pm.

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Tyson Cottrill

Tyson Cottrill is a senior reporter and newsreader for Nine NBN News, based in Newcastle. As the Chief Court Reporter, Tyson has covered some of the biggest court cases from across the Hunter and northern New South Wales. Tyson started with the Nine Network in 2007 and has worked in newsrooms in Sydney, the Gold Coast, and Brisbane. A proud Novocastrian, Tyson has spent the majority of his journalism career reporting on the stories that matter in his hometown. Tyson has a Bachelor of Communications from Charles Sturt University.

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