POLICE are set to reopen the M65 after talking down a man from abridge.
The motorway had been closed in both direction between Junction 4 and 5 as they spoke to the man who was on a footbridge.
Officers shut the motorway shortly after 4pm after the man threatened to jump but it is set to reopen within the next few minutes.
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