Armed police have been called to a stand-off in a flat above some shops in south-east London. Pictures posted on social media showed a man brandishing a knife outside a third-floor window above shops in Lewisham High Street. The Met Police said officers were "working to find out" whether anyone else was inside the property.

Worried Sheffield residents have spoken out after a police standoff with an 'armed man' caused mass evacuations. Emergency crews were called to a Broad Street address in Castlegate, just off Sheffield Parkway just after 7pm on Monday,