OXFORD'S Broad Street has been closed this evening due to a sink hole.

The closure will affect a number of bus routes as the road was being used as the main diversion route around St Giles Fair.

UPDATE - More on the closure as the diversion route for St Giles is closed 

Oxford City Council said its highways team were working to urgently repair the road.

Oxford Bus Company tweeted earlier this evening that its 300 service would be split into two, until the sinkhole was repaired.

While Stagecoach tweeted