UPDATE: Staff evacuated as busy Peterborough road shuts due to gas leak

The emergency services at Morley WayThe emergency services at Morley Way
The emergency services at Morley Way
Factory staff have been evacuated after a busy Peterborough road was forced to shut due to a gas leak.

Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service said: “Morley Way, Woodston, is currently closed due to a gas leak. Please avoid the area and seek an alternative route.”

The road is shut between the roundabout joining with Shrewsbury Avenue towards Whirlpool UK.

A Cambridgeshire police spokeswoman said: “We were called by the fire service at 11.55 to the junction of Maxwell Road and Morley Way.”

More as we have it.