Armed police race to Ayrshire street as residents told to ‘stay in their homes’:

Specialist officers are on the scene in Marguerite Place in the Kincaidston area of Ayr.

Armed police have locked down an Ayrshire street amid an emergency incident.

The specialist officers have been spotted outside a house in Marguerite Place in the Kincaidston area of Ayr.

One resident has told how terrified neighbours have been told to ‘stay in their homes’.

It’s understood that local shop near to the scene has also been shut off as police swarmed the estate this morning