London - man shot dead by police

Passengers have been evacuated from a train on the Northern Line at Stockwell, south London, after hearing what sounded like shots being fired. An 'Asian looking man' was pursued by police and shot five times.

BBC: Mr Whitby, told BBC News: "I saw an Asian guy run onto the train hotly pursued by three plain-clothes police officers.

"One of them was carrying a black handgun - it looked like an automatic - they pushed him to the floor, bundled on top of him and unloaded five shots into him."

Passenger Briony Coetsee said: "We were on the Tube and then we suddenly heard someone say, 'Get out, get out' and then we heard gunshots." Read more