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and alexis sanchez scores as arsenal pile on the misery for everton with a 5—2 win at goodison park. more on that in sportsday at 5:30. good afternoon. some breaking news now, and warwickshire police have urged people to stay away from a retail park in nuneaton due to an "ongoing incident". images on social media show police ca i’s images on social media show police cars gathered outside a retail and leisure complex outside nuneaton. there are unconfirmed reports that a man with a shot gun in a bowling alley at bermuda park to the south—east of the town has taken hostages. other people in the

complex, which includes cinemas and restau ra nts, complex, which includes cinemas and restaurants, are being held in lockdown. others have been evacuated toa lockdown. others have been evacuated to a nearby hotel. on the line is megan westwood, who was with her family nearby, and was evacuated to a nearby hotel. thank you for speaking to us. can you just tell us what exactly happened to you and where you work? basically we were in the bermuda play area. we werejust about to leave. one of the staff told us to get away from the windows because there was a man outside with a knife. as time went on we were told he had a gun. they barricaded the doors and kept us away from the windows. we were told he had hostages in the bowling alley. and eventually we got evacuated one by one by the back door into the next door. the hotel is full of children at the minute. obviously a lot going

on. we havejust seen at the minute. obviously a lot going on. we have just seen some of the pictures you talk. and a video of you having to leave that area. you must have been absolutely petrified? yes, it was more hard work keeping the kids calm because they are confused. what was everybody else doing? taking pictures, running, keeping the kids calm. ddc any police activity? yes, there are quite few bullet—proof vans. i have just seen an air ambulance off. there are ambulances and police in full bodysuits with guns. were staff saying anything to you? at first they said they weren't disclosing any information but then they started to let us now. they did good. tell me about the retail park

itself, what is there within the complex? there is a gym, a play area, a cinema, some restaurants, a hotel. that is about it. where are you now? the holiday inn express. that is where everybody from the soft play area has been evacuated. what are they telling you about how long you are going to be there? some people are allowed to leave. police are collecting people's cars. we can't leave yet because our card is next to the bowling alley. it depends if you can get a lift or not. you must be time to keep the children quiet and trying not to upset them ? children quiet and trying not to upset them? yes, the worst thing is the batteries have gone in our phone. thank you so much for speaking to us. we are glad that you and yourfamily are speaking to us. we are glad that you and your family are safe. we are

still seeing the pictures that megan took on her phone of people, obviously lots of people with children, it is the beginning of the half term holidays, all leading, being evacuated from the area. lots of speculation about what is going on. not a lot of official word. police simply saying they are dealing with this ongoing incident. on twitter, on social media, people speculating. staff in the restau ra nts speculating. staff in the restaurants around their saying there are reports of a man with a shot gun who may have taken some hostages. it is obviously incredibly busy. people talking about a helicopter flying overhead. busy. people talking about a helicopterflying overhead. lockdown in the cinema. and armed police as well on the scene. lots of people talking about armed police. we are hoping to speak to some other eyewitnesses. they are in the area.

obviously some confusion about what has been going on. people obviously will be pretty petrified to be told that there might be a gunman in an area like that where there are so many children and families out enjoying themselves in the restau ra nts, enjoying themselves in the restaurants, the cinema, the bowling alley. we are still waiting for more from warwickshire police. a short time ago i spoke to lloyd wakeman. he saw the incident. i was iwas in i was in the changing rooms in the bowling alley. i came out and the place was empty. i thought maybe there was a fire. then i was told to get out. i grabbed my boys and walked out. you must have been absolutely terrified. what was going through your mind? nothing, just get my boys out. you are safe now? yeah.

what can you see around you? what have people been saying? i'm not sure we haven't really heard a lot. the buildings are locked up. the cinema, the restaurants, the bowling alley. i'm not really too sure. tell us alley. i'm not really too sure. tell usa alley. i'm not really too sure. tell us a bit about the area, bermuda park, and what there is in the context? it's just park, and what there is in the context? it'sjust an industrial estate. it's where the mcdonald's, bowling, were all that is. kfc. can you see police officers around you? yeah, they blocked all the roads. nobody is coming in or out. what instructions have they been giving people in the area? hull they haven't given us any instructions. you just got out as quickly as you could? yeah yeah.

on the line is another eyewitness, kelly perret. what has been going on there in the restaurant? so the police have tried to get as many people out of the restaurant from a side entrance as possible. they have taken people's side entrance as possible. they have ta ken people's keys side entrance as possible. they have taken people's keys and broke their ca i’s taken people's keys and broke their cars to a safe place. however, the people whose cars are still in a safe area, a re people whose cars are still in a safe area, are still in the restau ra nt. safe area, are still in the restaurant. it is still in lockdown and everybody is still in the building, lots of people are still in the building. what was the first that you knew that something like this was going on? i had been to the gym. this was going on? i had been to the qym- my this was going on? i had been to the gym. my friend works here. i popped in to see her on the lunch break. there were people from the bowling alley running in telling people

there was an incident over at bowling. the police were very quick on the scene. they instructed everybody to stay indoors, lock the doors, no one leave. how did people react? that is an incredibly frightening situation. what was the reaction from people in the resta u ra nt ? reaction from people in the restaurant? people, even though there were very worried, what quite reassured with the police response. they are still all there now, armed police, surrounding the building. as horrible and stressful as the situation is, it does feel very secure and contained. what have they told you about how long you will be there? they said it could be anything up to five hours. this has been going on since about two o'clock this afternoon. they are not really sure how long they think this is going to be. ok, kelly, thank you for joining is going to be. ok, kelly, thank you forjoining us. live from nuneaton,

from bermuda park. an ongoing incident. there are unconfirmed reports of a man with a shot gun who may have taken hostages. on the line is another eyewitness, ian brown. he was there a short while ago. i understand you are no safe at home. can you explain where you were and what happened ? can you explain where you were and what happened? well, we were notified there was an issue. where we live is called bermuda park. one pa rt we live is called bermuda park. one part is housing and one part is the leisure complex. we are effectively as an estate blocked in by the police. i can hear a helicopter overhead. what was the first thing you heard and what have police said to you? have you been given and an

indication of what is going on? the local face group —— indication of what is going on? the localface group —— facebook group now is alive with comments from different people who were up there. it has gone to st david sweat. police blocked off the whole area. —— st david' way. the police have turned everybody around. people can't leave the estate to get out. our people presumably speculating about what is going on? there has only been one official noticed from warwickshire police saying there are dealing with an incident. our people speculating? people are naming names in the sense

of what they saw. they have said there is a man in his 50s with a sawn off shotgun in the bowling alley. there is a good 30 police around who are all armed. they have also got photographs of different parts of the leisure park as they we re parts of the leisure park as they were 20 get out of it. there is lots of information because the area on a sunday would be packed. families taking their kids out for sunday lunch at one of the two pubs next door. then to the cinema, then to bowling. it is something a lot of locals do. ian brown, thank you forjoining me with that update. an area which

would have been absolutely packed with families today. we have just got a statement in from west midlands ambulance service about the incident in nuneaton. they are confirming that a number of resources a re confirming that a number of resources are wrapped the scene. the airambulance has resources are wrapped the scene. the air ambulance has never left, they say it, and there are no casualties at present. they have also said they we re at present. they have also said they were called to bermuda park at 3:40pm. they said they currently have an ambulance, two paramedics. the hazardous area response team and an emergency planning manager at the scene. obviously being taken very seriously, the incident. they said the airambulance seriously, the incident. they said the air ambulance was initially dispatched but it has now left the scene. dispatched but it has now left the scene. and they repeat the advice from warwickshire police from earlier saying and urging the public to keep away from the area at this time. and that really is all we have

officially. we had that initial tweet from warwickshire police to say that they were dealing with an incident. but of course as ever there is lots of speculation on social media, people who were there, staff in the restaurants and the cinema in the complex, the bowling alley. a place which would have been very, very busy with people. lots of speculation. reports of a man with a shotgun who may have taken hostages. there is no official confirmation of any of that. a little earlier i spoke to another person caught up in what had happened, carl lenton. he told me what he had seen. what had happened, carl lenton. he told me what he had seenlj what had happened, carl lenton. he told me what he had seen. i was with my family in a restaurant across from the bowling alley. the manager came around and told us we we re manager came around and told us we were on lockdown. there had been an incident in the bowling alley across the road. what did you see? was

their police activity? there was a police helicopter. police were walking around the area. there were dogs. who are you with? i was there with my family, my parents, my sister, her boyfriend, my daughter. i was sister, her boyfriend, my daughter. iwasa sister, her boyfriend, my daughter. i was a little worried about my daughter. what was going through your mind? just keep everyone safe, make sure that everyone is safe. trying to get out of there. what are people saying about what might have happened? what we have heard is that a young lad has taken a sawn off shotgun into a bowling alley and is holding hostages. what kind of instructions are the police giving you? the police helped to get everybody out. we had to give them our car keys so they could fetch the

ca rs our car keys so they could fetch the cars around to the far side of the building so we could get out. how would you describe the atmosphere? how did people in the restaurant react to what was going on? the star for quite calm. trying to keep things under control. obviously there were people a bit nervous. there were children. everybodyjust wa nted there were children. everybodyjust wanted everybody to be ok. have you left the area? we have left now, yes. as you left, in which police activity was there? -- how much. there were armed police stood around the bowling alley. police are outside the main entrance. the police were in full body armour around the front door. another eyewitness report on this ongoing incident in nuneaton. i am joined by the local mp, marcus jones.

incident in nuneaton. i am joined by the local mp, marcusjones. thank you are speaking to me. what are your first thoughts? i'm extremely concerned for the people that are at bermuda park. i'm concerned obviously for members of the police force that are trying to keep those people safe. i have spoken very briefly to the warwickshire police, the current commissioner, about this incident. i'm waiting for an update from a senior officer from warwickshire police. but i am taking the view at the moment that we must allow the police to get on with theirjob, do their work, allow the police to get on with theirjob, do theirwork, and hopefully keep the people that are there safe. and is it your understanding that this is an ongoing situation, that they are still dealing with something, whatever it is? can you give an indication of what it might be? there are a lot of eyewitness reports. i'm not absolutely sure of

all the information. i don't think it would be right for me to actually try to speculate as to what is or isn't going on. i think it is important at this stage that the police are allowed to do their work in terms of some of the speculation thatis in terms of some of the speculation that is coming out, if some of the information... it is a very sensitive situation. i have spoken toa sensitive situation. i have spoken to a friend of mine who was in the soft play area next to the bowling alley that is being talked about. from the friend of mine that i spoke to, he said that the police are very quickly —— very quickly moved them toa quickly —— very quickly moved them to a local hotel as a place of safety to avoid the incident clearly going on. ok, thank you for that. marcus jones, the going on. ok, thank you for that. marcusjones, the local going on. ok, thank you for that. marcus jones, the local mp. going on. ok, thank you for that. marcusjones, the local mp. we have just had another tweet from the

workshop is force. they are dealing with an ongoing incident at bermuda park they confirm it is not connected to any terrorist activity. an awful lot of speculation, as you might imagine, on social media about what is going on. reports unconfirmed about a man with a shotgun who may have taken hostages ata shotgun who may have taken hostages at a bowling alley in its retail and leisure park. warwickshire police, having initially confirmed they are dealing with an ongoing incident, have just put out a tweet confirming that the incident is not connected to any terrorist activity. we have been hearing a lot of eyewitness accou nts been hearing a lot of eyewitness a ccou nts of been hearing a lot of eyewitness accounts of what is going on. it seems that people dealing with the situation pretty calmly. restau ra nts, situation pretty calmly. restaurants, hotels, the bowling alley, cinema, all been locked down. people being kept there and told by the police about what has been going on but no official confirmation of the exact nature of the incident. lots of armed police officers. helicopter. the ambulance service

have paramedics on the scene. they did have an air ambulance. that has now left. but the police there, warwickshire police, saying it is not a terrorist incident. lisa hampele has been following the story, and is with me now. what more do we know? we have had a lot of information coming in, most of it unconfirmed eyewitness accounts. what has been going on? the call came from the ambulance service at 3:40pm. there we re ambulance service at 3:40pm. there were reports of a man with a sawn off shotgun. we have not had this confirmed by the police. as you say, their initial tweet was just that there was an ongoing incident and that they asked everyone to stay away. they have now said it is not related to anything to do with terrorism. we know that there are about 30 armed officers surrounding this complex. it is a context called

bermuda park, which is a bowling alley, a cinema and a soft play area. and we have heard from various people who told the local media, they have been telling us as well, and they have been on social media, saying there is a man with a sawn off shotgun. they say that he has taken hostages. none of that has been confirmed. we have had lots of tweets. the bbc has spoken to people who have talked about this man. he is said to be about a0 years old. about five foot ten. there was one tweet, unconfirmed, i must say this has not been confirmed by the bbc, that the local radio station has said one eyewitness told them a man entered the bowling alley with what she believed to be a sawn off shotgun and threatened customers, saying they would not live to see tomorrow. that has not been

confirmed. we know that the ambulance service is there. and that they no longer have their police helicopter there. they no longer have the air and events there. three helicopters, police helicopters, are at the scene. a lot of activity. police will tell us more as it develops. it is a huge operation. lots of eyewitnesses saying the police were there very quickly. but from listening to those eyewitnesses, it was clearly a terrifying experience for people there in a retail park? absolutely. it isa there in a retail park? absolutely. it is a very busy day. it is a complex were a lot of people go on sunday. it is the beginning of half term. lots of people in the cinema. they are on lockdown. they can't get out of the cinema. they have been told to stay there. the same with some of the restaurants and cafes. people are being told to stay indoors and not come out. at the soft play area, some of the children have now been moved. there are no

longer children there. it must have been terrifying to start with when that first happened. this was at 3:a0pm. we're getting a lot of the information on social media and from local papers and from the coventry telegraph in particular, which has had a lot of tweets from people telling them they were very worried, they are frightened. somebody in the cinema saying they didn't know what happened, the lights just went off. now it does seem quite calm. there area now it does seem quite calm. there are a lot of police. the ambulance service, west midlands ambulance service, west midlands ambulance service, have told us that as yet there are no casualties. thank you very much for that update. police have confirmed the incident is not connected to any terrorist activity. the bbc has been speaking to some eyewitnesses who describe what they saw. we were in the play area. the adventure park in nuneaton. we were

ready to go home. my friends they we re ready to go home. my friends they were ready to go next to the bowling. in the meantime we want to go out. there was a guy with a gun. he took some hostages in the bowling area. they want allow us to go outside. they keep us there for a while. police told you there was a man with a gun? yeah. the police and some of the guys from outside. some of them managed to go out. he went into the bowling area and took some hostages. that is all i know about him. they transfer us to a hotel and wait there. but they didn't say anything. they came inside and prepared us to exit so we could go to the hotel. they transfer us

there, that would be a safe place. what was going through your mind? just very scared because we have small kids. very scared. just very scared because we have small kids. very scaredlj just very scared because we have small kids. very scared. i was not so small kids. very scared. i was not so afraid. i was sitting at the window and i was filming everything on facebook. yes, but you never know what could happen. yes. i was worried about my kids. but in that moment you don't know what to do. to be afraid, to be scared, to stay calm. everybody was not scared. everybody was scared inside. yes, they were scared but nobody panicked. everybody was sitting calmly. we listened to what the police told us. did you see lots of armed police? yes, like in the movies. lots of armed police. with dogs and everything. eyewitnesses talking about this

ongoing incident in warwickshire in nuneaton. what we know so far is that it began at about 3:a0pm this afternoon. there was a call to the emergency services. warwickshire police confirmed they are dealing with an incident. there are armed police on the scene. the ambulance service has confirmed they do have an ambulance and two paramedics. they had an error and events, which has now left. they say there are no casualties. —— they had an air ambulance on the scene. police say it is not a terrorist incident. that is what we know so far. now it is time for the weather. hello. for most of us the second pa rt hello. for most of us the second part of the weekend has been considerably more calm than the first. we said farewell to storm brian and many got to enjoy some sunshine. not all of us had as much sunshine. not all of us had as much sunshine as this. you can see the south coast did pretty well for

sunshine, certainly through the early pa rt sunshine, certainly through the early part of the day. more cloud streaming in from the south west producing some showers. the crucial factor is our weather has been coming in from the north—west. it has given quite a cool feel. tonight we hold on to clear skies in the east and it will turn chilly. notice out west weeks which the winds to south—westerly is. that would bring milder by the end of the night. with it, a lot of cloud, outbreaks of rain, misty and murky conditions. we start of monday morning with pretty mild weather in the south west of england. ia degrees in plymouth. outbreaks of rain. the rain splashing eastwards across southern counties of england into the midlands. east anglia starting the day dry. wet weather from the word go across wales. rain moving into northern england as well. even by this stage, northern ireland will be clearing up. spells of sunshine. as we go through the day it is a

process of taking this band of rain and putting it eastwards. the rain will tend to fizzle. lichen patty in the east. brighter skies setting in quite quickly across northern ireland, northern england, wales and the south—west. temperatures up a couple of notches. this is tuesday's weathers —— weather chart. a slow—moving weather front sets itself up across western areas. parts of words could see some heavy and persistent rain. to the south, generally cloudy and muggy. to the north, sunshine and showers. this slow—moving weather front really becomes our main weather maker as we get into the middle part of the week. snaking around, sometimes moving further north, sometimes further south, taking with it... through this week it will be changeable. the winds lighter. particularly in southern areas for a time it will turn warmer.

hello, this is bbc news with vicki young, the headlines: warwickshire police say an incident at a retail centre in nuneaton is not terror related. police are telling the public to avoid bermuda park as they deal with an ongoing incident. we seen deal with an ongoing incident. we seen the man go into the bowling area there, took some hostages, and thatis area there, took some hostages, and that is everything what we know. there are unconfirmed reports that a man with a shotgun in the bowling alley in bermuda park has taken hostages. west midlands ambulance service say there are no casualties at present. warwickshire police have urged the public to stay away from the bermuda park leisure complex in nuneaton while they deal with what they're calling an "ongoing incident". unconfirmed reports say a man with a sawn—off shotgun is holding people hostage at a bowling alley. the police have confirmed the incident is not connected to any terrorist activity. west midlands ambulance service has said there have been no casualties. a short time ago, i spoke to megan westwood,

an eyewitness who was in a play area in the leisure complex when the incident began. basically, we were in the bermuda play area, me and my friend were about to leave, but the staff said to get away from the windows because there was a man with a knife. as time went on, we were told that he actually had a gun, and they barricaded the doors, kept us away from the windows, then we were told he had hostages in the bowling alley next to us. and then, eventually, we got evacuated one by one by the back door into the hotel to us. it is full of children at the minute. we can hear in the background, obviously a lot going on. we are seeing some of the pictures that you took, and video of you having to leave the area. just described, you must have been absolutely petrified. it was hard work keeping the kids

calm because they are all confused. what was everyone else doing? taking pictures, running, keeping the kids calm. and did you see any police activity? yeah, there was quite a view like bullet—proof bands. —— vans. i have just view like bullet—proof bands. —— vans. i havejust seen view like bullet—proof bands. —— vans. i have just seen an air ambulance take off. there is police in full body suits with guns, the full thing, really. were staff saying a thing to you? were they speculating about what was going on to my at first they said they weren't disclosing any information, but as time went on, they let us know, they did good. tell us about the retail park, what is there within that complex? there is a gym, a big play area, cinema, restau ra nts, a big play area, cinema, restaurants, a hotel, that is about it, really. we are in the holiday

inn express what are they telling you about how long you are going to be there? our car is parked near the bowling alley, so we cannot leave yet, it depends if you can get a lift or not. you must be trying to keep the children quiet, but try not to upset them as well. the worst thing is the batteries have gone in our phones, so we have got to stay here, really. megan westwood, in the soft play area at the bermuda park in nuneaton. we have just had an update, the press association now reporting that a gunman has taken two members of staff hostage at the mfa bowl complex in nuneaton, according to its chief executive. so that is the press association reporting that a

gunman has taken two members of staff hostage at the mfa bowl complex in nuneaton. that chimes with reports on social media that have not been confirmed by the police, but they are now saying that a gunman has taken two members of staff hostage. we know that there are no casualties at the moment, that has been confirmed by warwickshire ambulance service. they did confirm that they were called and 3:a0 this afternoon, that they did have an air ambulance, which has now left. they do have paramedics on the scene. this was the ambulance service to each just a few minutes ago. obviously this is an ongoing

incident, we have spoken to many witnesses who have been frightened by what they have seen, armed police, several dozen of them, and they have been evacuated from various parts of this complex, which includes cinema, bowling alley, restau ra nts, includes cinema, bowling alley, restaurants, hotels. we have spoken to parents with their children, everybody trying to give everybody calm, but it does feel as if it has been handled with a lot of calm, but staff, of course, speculating about what has been going on. kelly perrett was at the frankie and benny's restaurant at the bermuda park, and she told me what she had seen. so the police have tried to get as many people out of the restaurant by a side entrance as possible, but people who have brought their cars toa people who have brought their cars to a safe place. however, people whose cars are in the main area, they are still in the restaurant, so it is still on lockdown, and everybody, lots of people are still

in the building. so tell may what happened, what was the first you knew that something like this was going on? i had been to the gym and my friend works here, so i popped in to see her on the lunch break, and all of a sudden there was people from the bowling running in, telling eve ryo ne from the bowling running in, telling everyone that there was an incident over at the bowling. the police were very quick on the scene and instructed everybody to stay indoors, lock the doors and no—one leave to go in or out at that time. and how did people react? that is an incredibly frightening situation for people, what was the reaction from people, what was the reaction from people in the restaurant? people, even though they were worried, were quite reassured with the police's response to this. they are still all there now, armed police surrounding there now, armed police surrounding the building, so it does feel, horrible and stressful as the situation is, it does feel very secure and contained. and what have they told you about how long you

will be there? they said it could be anything up to five hours. this has been going on since about two o'clock this afternoon. i'm not really sure how long they think it is going to be. that was kelly speaking to us a short time ago. our reporter david crabtree is at the scene and is on the line, can you tell us what you have gleaned from the people there that you have spoken to? yeah, it seems that a lot of people did actually see the gunman with what they said was a sawn off shotgun. one guy we spoke to, chris turner, he turned up to pick up his children, aid and four years old from the soft play area, which is right next door. he said as he approached the building, a man in his a0s, he said a kind of rock or biker style clothing, a white man in his a0s, came towards him with a sawn off shotgun and told him in no

uncertain terms to leave the area. he said the shotgun wasn't pointed directly at him, but he was waving it around directly at him, but he was waving itaround in directly at him, but he was waving it around in the, and directly at him, but he was waving itaround in the, and it was directly at him, but he was waving it around in the, and it was clear that there were people around him who were being kept in part of the building. now, we have had this similar story from two or three people now, and we have had it confirmed by police that two people are being held hostage at the moment, but it does seem, from where we are standing, and we are being kept a we are standing, and we are being keptafair we are standing, and we are being kept a fair way back from this ongoing incident, it does seem that a lot of people have now left the area. we are in a pub car park only area. we are in a pub car park only a few hundred yards away, and a lot of people are standing around. obviously, some of their cars had been trapped within the cordoned, and they have been talking with police to try to get themselves home. so there is a lot of disruption, a lot of confusion from their point of view about what is going on, but the police do seem to haveit going on, but the police do seem to have it under control as much as they can in such a serious and

ongoing situation. and they are saying, officially, the ambulance service, that there are no casualties. there was an air ambulance that has now left, but presumably still a huge police presence. yeah, there is. they have closed off pa rt presence. yeah, there is. they have closed off part of the afour for four on the way into coventry, and they have also closed part of the slip road of the m6aa. —— the aaaa. people are being told they must stay away because this is an ongoing situation. we keep seeing ambulances turning up, as you say, earlier there was an air ambulance, but we understand that has now gone. we are still trying to pick up information from people who were there. there we re from people who were there. there were many people there trying to enjoy a sunday afternoon in his leisure complex just up the road from me here, and there is a great deal of shock about what is going

on. we hearfrom the police that this is not terror related, but it is quite clearly a very serious incident, and i understand that they are trying to work closely with the man who has begun, taking a softly softly approach to make sure that nobody is injured. ok, david, you mentioned that you spoke to an eyewitness, chris turner, we can now hear what he had to say to you. i have just i havejust come i have just come to pick the kids up from the soft play centre, but i parked around near the bowling alley. as i have then walked around the bowling alley to go past the main entrance, the guy actually ran up main entrance, the guy actually ran up to the door with the gun in his hand, opened the door, told me to get out of the area. with a few bubbles. and then he turned to... there was a sparse crowd, but a few people there, and he said, i have

already told you once to get out of the area, once again using verbals. describe that scene. everyone quickly... well, everyone i should back a little bit, because he did have a gun in the air. again, he wasn't pointing at anyone directly, but he was threatening, and at that point i quickly went straight into the soft play area. i got my kids, andi the soft play area. i got my kids, and i said to the grandparents, we have got to go. we got out of there before it all got locked down, to be fair. this must have been a terrifying incident from your point of view. it was, i was shaken up at first, i feel sorry for the of view. it was, i was shaken up at first, ifeel sorry for the people who are stuck in there. i didn't wa nt to who are stuck in there. i didn't want to raise the alarm, there was a few people that kind of knew the situation, they were trying to shut the door, but i knew that ijust wa nted the door, but i knew that ijust wanted to get out of there with my kids, get out of the area. he was clearly agitated, can you describe his demeanour? he was very angry. obviously, he may have told people before to stay away. i was an aware

of that, as i walked past, so that may have made him more angry of that. but yeah. with a sawn off shotgun. indeed, and that is what i was focusing on. to be fair, i can recognise the guy briefly, but i was more worried making sure it was not pointed at me. and how far away will your kids at that point? they were in the building next door, but when we got out of the building, the wasn't outside again, he had obviously gone back inside, but within 25 yards of the place, we just went around the outside and got in the car. an eyewitness speaking to david crabtree on the scene, david is still with me, just quickly and finally, some of what the atmosphere is there where you are now. there is a housing estate not very far away from here, and there is only one or two ways to get into this housing estate, and that is around this

particular area, so it has meant that there are many hundreds of people unable to get back to their homes today. but we have heard some good stories from the people about how they have been trying to help local people by bringing their cars out of this danger zone, as the local people were calling it, to try to get them home, try to get them away from the area. there are a lot of people still hanging around in the area, because they cannot actually physically get back to their homes. so the emergency services doing what they can to keep everybody calm and assault at this very serious situation. we are also hearing from some of them as well that they talk about the possibility that they talk about the possibility that they talk about the possibility that the man who was holding the hostages had some kind of association with either the place itself or some of the people who are inside that building, members of staff at that building. that is unconfirmed at the moment, we're just waiting to hopefully talk to the police in the next hour or so in the police in the next hour or so in the hope of getting an update. ok,

david crabtree, the hope of getting an update. ok, david cra btree, on the hope of getting an update. ok, david crabtree, on the scene at bermuda park in nuneaton, thank you very much for that update in the ongoing situation in nuneaton there. we will bring you more on that throughout the evening. now on bbc news, it is time for the sport with john watson. let's start with the premier league, and what has been another miserable afternoon for ronald koeman and his everton side, who were beaten 5—2 by arsenal. the dutchman had said before the game he had the backing of the everton board, but today's defeat leaves them in the relegation zone. tim hague reports. everton a re everton are are a wounded animal at the moment, and there manager is being hunted down by the press pack, so being hunted down by the press pack, so perhaps the leader of his pride could reintroduce pride, and while wayne rooney made his name as a 16—year—old against arsenal, 15 yea rs 16—year—old against arsenal, 15 years later, he scored at the same end with a similarly sensational goal. but the londoners did not deserve to be behind. jordan pickford had denied them numerous times already, yet he couldn't stop nacho monreal‘s follow—up. and he

couldn't stop what would come next either, arsenal at their irresistible best, alexi sanchez and mesut ozil combining clinically, and it would only get worse for that man. idrissa gueye's sending off for a second yellow card opened the floodgates. three more goals were conceded, the first from alexandre la cazette, conceded, the first from alexandre lacazette, then it was aaron ramsey's turn to get in on the act. and while the hosts got one back themselves, it couldn't disguise another awful afternoon for evident. sanchez sealing the victory to leave the host in the bottom three and their manager ever closer to extinction. tim hague, bbc news. it isa it is a really tough time, the team is not performing well, the position on the table is not the position that everton should be, everybody knows that, but even after today, i see a lot of positives, how

difficult it is, because it is a negative situation for the team and then everything is negative. but i am not like that. it looks like it's a bad day for merseyside, with liverpool being heavily beaten in the day's late game away to tottenham hotspur. there was a special guest in attendance at wembley. world cup winner diego maradona took his seat in time for kick—off and just as well too, because the game was only four minutes old when tottenham's number10, harry kane, gave them the lead. kane supplied the pass for tottenham's second, releasing son hueng—min to double their lead. liverpool pulled one back midway through the first half, with top scorer mohammad salah providing just enough to sneak his shot home. but with the last kick of the first half, dele alli restored tottenham's two—goal advantage with a first time strike from the edge of the area. kane couldn't be kept out of the game for long, though, capitalising when liverpool didn't clear a free kick. a few minutes to go, spurs lead a—1. motherwell have beaten rangers in the scottish league cup

semifinal at hampden park. two goals from louie molt puts them into the final next month, where they'll meet the holders celtic. chris mclaughlin reports from hampden. despite motherwell‘s fine form going into this, rangers were expected to go through to the final, and they did what had to be done. in the first half, it was pretty much all rangers, morrell with this chance and 20 minutes, taking advantage of and 20 minutes, taking advantage of a shaky motherwell defence. and then portugal defender bruno alves heading just over. it looked like a case of when and not if. the pressure continued in the second half, josh windass probably should have done better with this chance, but motherwell‘s confidence was growing, and then this. off the bar twice, and louis mould, the motherwell star man, giving them the lead. things got feisty after that, both managers were sent to the stand

after clashing on the touchline. and as they settled into their seats, motherwell got to the final with this piece of magic. incredible vision and a clinical finish. rangers couldn't find a way back after that, it piles the pressure on their manager, pedro caixinha, but it is all about motherwell, through to the final, where they will meet the holders, celtic. the second round of matches in rugby union's top european club competition the champions cup produced a huge win for exeter over big spending montpellier today. 27—2a it finished. the exeter players described it as one of the best european results in the club's history. ulster were are also in france, facing la rochelle, but fared rather worse, soundly beaten by a1—17. the game between wasps and harlequins got under way a short time ago. both lost their opening matches. masters champion sergio garcia will move back into the top ten

of the world rankings following victory at the valderrama masters. garcia was the host of the tournament and used the local knowledge to full effect. a final round of 67 left him a shot clear of dutchmanjoost luiten on 12—under par. that is all the sport for now, then, back to you. a gunman is reported to be holding two members of staff hostage at a bowling alley in the west midlands. armed police have surrounded a leisure park in nuneaton after reports of an incident involving a man with a gun — the police say it is not terrorism. involving a man with a gun — the involving a man with a gun — guy actually ran up to with the guy actually ran up to the door with a gun in his hand, opened the door and told me to get out of the area. we will have the latest on this developing story but police say it is unconnected to terrorism. also today. the world health organisation was back in its decision to appoint robert mugabe over criticism about his record. could borrowing to build new homes

be part of next month's budget? a cabinet minister says new investments are being considered. in catalonia — a show of support for unity with madrid — as the political crisis over the region's status continues. in the premier league arsenal put five goals past everton, pushing them into the bottom three. five goals past everton, good evening. armed police in the west midlands are dealing with an ongoing incident involving a man with a gun who appears to have taken two people hostage. police say it is unconnected to terrorist activity and they have surrounded the bermuda park leisure centre in nuneaton were the chief executive of one of the

businesses, a bowling alley, sake two members of his staff are being held by a man with a gun. the park was busy at the time and members of the public including children have been moved away. this is what one eyewitness told the bbc. the guy actually rang -- ran up to the door with a gun in his hand, opened the door and told me to get out of the area. with a few verbal ‘s. he turned, there was a sparse crowd, and he told them, i have already told you once to get out of the area. what happened, described the area. what happened, described the scene? everyone ushered back a little bit, because he did have a gun in the air. it was not pointed directly at anyone but it was threatening and at that point i quickly went straight into the soft play area, i got my children and i said to the grandparents, we have to

go. we got out of there before it got locked down. that is what one eyewitness has told us. what we know from police is that this is an ongoing incident unconnected to terrorism and we hope to speak to our reporter at the scene shortly. the world health organisation has reversed its decision to appoint the zimbabwean president robert mugabe as a goodwill ambassador. after a wave of criticism, the head of the who, which is part of the united nations, said he'd listened to the concerns of donor countries and campaigners. said he'd listened to the concerns they'd said that mr mugabe's record on the zimbabwean economy and healthcare should have ruled him out. our southern africa correspondent, andrew harding reports: he has been in powerfor 37 years. andrew harding reports: the zimbabwe president robert mugabe held onto his newjob for less than a week. held onto his newjob a humiliating blow for the 93—year—old. mr mugabe was selected as a global ambassador for the world health organisation by its first african boss who hoped the elder statesman might rally the other leaders in the fight against diseases such as cancer. the other leaders in the fight

but today the who quickly backed down after a fierce international backlash. backed down after a fierce under president mugabe's long rule, zimbabwe's economy and health system have crumbled. zimbabwe's economy and health britain and other western governments have accused him of widespread human rights violations and targeted him with sanctions. violations and targeted there was delight today from a broad range of organisations which had considered mr mugabe's united nations role as a sickjoke. mr mugabe's united nations there was outrage that mugabe could be appointed a goodwill ambassador, especially given the state of public health services and access to basic public health facilities. even painkillers in public hospitals. this comes as a relief

that the who has seen the light. but mr mugabe is not without support, both inside zimbabwe and around the continent. support, both inside zimbabwe today his supporters describe the who's u—turn as yet another sign of western meddling in africa. the who's u—turn as yet another sign president mugabe has yet to react in person, but few zimbabweans can be surprised about this decision. their leader may be proud of his achievements but tellingly he travels abroad for his own health care. andrew own health care. harding reporting. let us go back andrew harding reporting. let us go back to nuneaton and the armed police are dealing with a hostage situation area involving a man with a gun. our reporter is at the same. what can you tell us? —— she is at the scene. well the emergency services were called out here to bermuda park at around 20 to four. i can see what looks like a police

helicopter overhead, there is a strong police presence behind me and this is as close as we can get but this is as close as we can get but this is as close as we can get but this is the area that many of the eyewitnesses we have been speaking to have been coming. they have been caught up at bermuda park for the last couple of hours or so. there is a soft play area next to the bowling alley and many people had been bringing their children there for the afternoon to play. i spoke to a family who are very shocked because they were told by the police, they say, that a man with a gun had arrived and they had to lock down the area. they were clearly shaken andi the area. they were clearly shaken and i spoke to a man called chris turner who said he came face—to—face with a man holding a sawn off shotgun who shouted at him and told him to get away and that is certainly what he did. he was on his way to pick up his children. this is a developing story, west midlands ambulance service say that they are in attendance at the scene and

earlier i saw the air ambulance take off from a few metres behind me but we will update you with all the latest as and when we get it from the police. thank you. we will keep an eye on everything coming out of that developing story in nuneaton and bring you more details as soon as we have them. a senior cabinet minister has told the bbc that the government should consider borrowing more money to invest in building new homes. speaking on the andrew marr show, the communities secretary sajid javid said up to three hundred thousand new homes a year are needed — a level of construction not seen since the 1960s. labour criticised the plans for not going far enough. our political correspondent ben wright reports. everyone ben wright reports. knows there is a housing crisis. everyone knows there is a housing crisis. politicians have been promising to solve it for years. now it looks like there will be another building push in the budget next month. the budget will be covering housing but what i want to do is make sure that we are using everything we have available to deal with this housing crisis and where

that means, for example, that we can sensibly borrow more to invest in the infrastructure that more housing, take advantage of record low interest rates, i think we should consider that. as for how many, sajid david said that up for how many, sajid david said that up to 300,000 more homes are needed annually, double the number built in england last year. for a family needing space in the south—east of england, the housing shortage is a problem. we have four children, trying to find something affordable is ridiculous. if we move further north we could probably afford something at the right size, but logistically it does not work. britain has mobilised before to tackle its need for homes. the archetypes asters way for suggestions. in the 1950s, harold matt mullan got britain are building private and council houses. we need

a national crusade to get homes built. in recent years the government has made it easier to buy into home ownership but ambitious building targets are hard to hit.|j think that you have to work very ha rd think that you have to work very hard to put in place resources to make that happen and i would be very surprised if we got to 300,000 anywhere in the next ten years. new houses are being built but prices remain way out of reach for many first—time buyers and there has been an historic political failure to match demand with supply. but in its readiness now to borrow for building not only is the government moving further away from austerity it is also fighting on the same political turf as labour. if hot air and build new homes, the housing crisis would be fixed by now. any promise of new investment is welcomed but it is actions not words

that count and we have seen spending on new affordable house—building slashed by this government and is now at a 2a year low. slashed by this government and is now at a 24 year low. what will be in the next budget box? today he was eve giving a big house—building hemmed or doing last—minute lobbying but if the government borrows on the scale suggested, it was early marker and new approach. a pro—unity demonstration has been taking place in barcelona today as the crisis between catalonia and the government in madrid continues. and the government the spanish foreign minister said today catalans should disregard any instructions from their regional officials as their authority to govern is taken away by madrid. officials as their authority the measures follow catalonia's disputed independence referendum earlier this month. disputed independence our correspondent bethany bell reports. another protest in barcelona.