Me. Lets also quickly get some thoughts from julia mcfarlane, a producer with us at the bbc because you were out in the area as well, explain where you were and what you saw. So, the police told me they got their first calls of an incident on Oxford Street just their first calls of an incident on Oxford Streetjust before 4 40pm. I ran outside and by liz50pm, the police had not cordoned off Oxford Circus, the main thoroughfare of Oxford Street and Regent Street but there was odious sizeable crowd gathered outside the station entrance, there were lots of people and the police on the scene where arriving and trying to push everyone back to set up a cordon. There were lots of people running away from the centre, there were people running away from the centre who had tears streaming down their face, away from the centre who had tears streaming down theirface, one of them i spoke to i asked what she had seen, where she was, she told me she was locked inside a shop right on the roundabout and she said she all ofa the roundabout and she said she all of a sudden heard lots of shouting asi of a sudden heard lots of shouting as i asked her if she heard any gunshots or bangs and she said no, i just all of a sudden started hearing a huge noise from people, people shouting and getting excited and lots of people started running past the windows and she decided to stay inside the shop rather than run outside, lots of people in the shop decided to do the same thing. You are picking up an inevitable panic because people did not know what was happening, rumours spread very quickly and it is an extremely busy area at the best of times anyway. Quickly and it is an extremely busy area at the best of times anywaym is extremely busy time, Central London, it is also black friday, there are hundreds and hundreds of people just in this part of Oxford Street let alone in Central London. There was an off Duty Police Inspector who should be her card, she had a big bag from Marks Spencer and she was trying to shepherd people out from the centre. There were lots of people inside the Police Cordon by the time they got the tape set up, lots of shoppers had barricaded themselves inside the shops and the rafters had been pulled down and they were looking through the cage of the shop shutters trying to see what was happening but lots of people had chosen to g pulled down 1c. if; jifififis shutters down keeping safe lots of people who decided to stay inside the shop rather than take their chances outside because no one knew was happening. 0k, thank you. Earlier on we mentioned selfridges, a Famous Department store at the western end of Oxford Street, so a good ten minutes walk from Oxford Circus tube but in the last half an hour we reported activity at selfridges as well but also worth just saying that a spokeswoman for the shop has just said we can confirm that selfridges, london, has been evacuated as a precautionary measure. There has been no reported incidents inside the shop so evacuated purely as a precautionary measure, says the store, no reported incidents in the store. Youre watching bbc news. With continuing coverage of an operation that has been ongoing right in the heart of london on a very busy friday night which began about an hour very busy friday night which began aboutan hourand very busy friday night which began about an hour and ten minutes ago. Reports of gunfire inside the tube station but only reports and the British Transport Police saying now that they have been unable to find any evidence of gunfire. Unable to find any evidence of gunfire and our Home Affairs Correspondent who stayed with me throughout this, worth as well reminding people that there are, in essence, no casualties, the met Police Say One woman was slightly hurt as she tried to get out of the tube station but there are no other casualties beyond that. We are seeking to confirm that with the emergency services. While we have been talking i have been keeping an eye on the helicopter pictures and there is a huge area that has been affected by this Oxford Street, Regent Street which crosses Oxford Street and probably other streets around it and even if this is nothing, it has been in credibly disruptive and it is a shame we live in times where even a false alarm can bring a shopping district at the centre of london effectively to a halt on its busiest day of the year. And its something about the year we have had with the sorts of attacks we have seen and the high state of alert london is that britain is on the moment. To that britain is on the moment. To that end, worth bringing you the very latest which would suggest positive news because we are hearing that Oxford Circus tube has been reopened so Oxford Circus is open again, also bond street station, the next station along is open as well. We are being told all trains are stopping at those stations normally so stopping at those stations normally so that has returned to normal service really, tom, pretty swiftly. The authorities were called and ten minutes ago, a huge Swift Police Response, a huge number of police and a huge cordon put in place but we re and a huge cordon put in place but were hearing Oxford Circus tube has reopened as has bond street. And one other hopeful bit of information, our sources tell us the met Counter Terrorism command are not involved in this and not getting involved in the incident in Oxford Street. A hopeful sign. It has been extremely disruptive and people clearly get very upset and worried when this sort of thing happens. And that is perhaps one of the worst things about all of these false alarms, they havent quite regularly in london, we look into them when they happen, we are constantly calling the police, the transport services and London Ambulance service because of things we here have happened and have caused panic. This has been on a bigger scale. But a good thing it looks at this stage of this there have been no injuries. Lets return to dominic he is at the Police Cordon. Just in the last few moments we are hearing the cheap stations are reopening so i wonder what sense, whether there is movement. The cordon is still in place. What are you hearing . Indeed there is and if there was ever a time to keep calm and carry on, this is it. The cordon is still in place, you can see it, police vans down the bottom, number of officers around but transport for london said in the last few minutes, they have just said, Oxford Circus and bond street stations are now both reopened and all trains are stopping normally. We understand also the Counter Terrorism command are not getting involved. That is perhaps indicative because when we came out earlier we saw armed police arriving but what we didnt see were counterterrorism officers. Technical problems with sound a difficult line to dominic who is at the scene. Our Home Affairs Correspondent has been watching this throughout. And a brief reflection that the speed of the authorities response, it is another reminder of the security situation that were currently living in the uk, this could be any big city in the uk on a friday night. This is the sort of response we can expect now, fair to say . Yeah, when you have had what we have had this year, westminster, the bombing manchester, the awful situation at London Bridge with people out for an evening being stabbed in the street, the man run overin stabbed in the street, the man run over in finsbury park, all of these incidents add to the readiness the police have to be within at all times. The two different firearms officers, dominic knows what they look like, different uniforms, different types of weapons, he has not seen them on the streets. Theyre not the first line of response usually in every situation like this. The first line response is the standard firearms response units that deal with any incident involving potential violence in london, even somebody with a knife, turn up quickly, trained to contain the situation, very rarely fire a shot, almost a handful of shots fired by police. We saw quite quickly my colleagues think they we re quickly my colleagues think they were standing down. Tom, many thanks for now. To reiterate, the cheap stations are running and operating again normally after this major operation in Central London tonight. Youre watching bbc news. We are staying with these live pictures from Central London. If you do not know the capital, this is very much the heart, one of the key shopping districts of the capital. Oxford street which crosses Regent Street, two very busy and popular shopping streets and it is, of course, it is black friday which means potentially these streets were even busier than they would have been ordinarily on a friday evening. The Police Responded to reports of gunshots, reports is what they said at 4 40pm. And two major tube stations were closed and no trains were stopping at this tube stations. Just in the last few moments we have had the positive news that the stations are operating again normally, trains are running normally, there are no casualties in this incident and particularly our Home Affairs Correspondent, the police saying they have found no evidence or are seeing no evidence of those reported gunshots. Remind us of those reported gunshots. Remind us what they are saying about this because there were reports and it sparked a major incident. No reports of any sparked a major incident. No reports ofany guns sparked a major incident. No reports of any guns being fired, no people running from the scene with weapons visible, no injuries and therefore the police deciding quite quickly but theyre not dealing with the firearms incident in the centre of london on black friday, one of the busiest shopping days of the year and they will be very believed at that. So the end of this appears to be disruption and concern, panic and upset evening for many people who will take this home with them and probably be thankful nothing happened. And the reports of people fleeing, being in tears and panicking and dropping the shopping reg retta bly, panicking and dropping the shopping regrettably, mercifully, itappears to bea regrettably, mercifully, itappears to be a positive outcome but that is a reminder of the period were currently living in, the security level we are living at and in a crowded area have panic inevitably spreads. Yes, we have seen it before and will see it in the future. We are still at the second highest level of security because of everything that has happened this year but the police have shown they can respond quickly. Tom, thanks very much for being with us throughout the hour. And it would appear mercifully as we edge up to 6pm tonight that those reports that came through about an hour and 20 minutes ago mercifully there is not bad news, there is no evidence of gunshots, no evidence of gunfire and nobody has been hurt in this incident but the reports of gunshots prompted an enormous and very Swift Police Response both the met police and British Transport Police and a large cordon was put in place in a very very busy part of Central London on a particularly busy friday night. But no casualties to report, mercifully, and all trains now running normally which suggests this incident is over about an hour and 20 minutes after it began. There was panic on the streets of Central London but it would appear that the end at least with positive news, nobody hurt and no evidence of an incident found. A full summary of all the days news coming up now including that story, much more to come on the six oclock news. Youre watching the bbc. 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