These people are demonstrating in support of the spanish army and the police. It comes one day after the spanish Prime Minister said he would ta ke ste ps spanish Prime Minister said he would take steps to impose direct rule on catalonia from madrid. The catalonian government are not following the laws. They do what they want. They do not represent the cata la n they want. They do not represent the catalan people, they represent a small percentage, not all of us. This is why the government has to do what it has to do. The Spanish Foreign minister says the Regional Government will soon lose authority. They will not have any legal authority, it will be a group of rebels trying to impose their own arbitrariness onto the whole people of catalonia. The plan by the Spanish Government is unprecedented. It is the first time that madrid has moved to strip a region of its autonomy and it dramatically escalate this political crisis. Yesterday almost half a million Pro Independence supporters took
And what have the police said to you about how you handle the situation now . Well, i havent spoken to the police directly, but we have support on site from other areas. As you can imagine, we are a national company, so imagine, we are a national company, so other people have gone to the site, and our Operations Director is on site handling the situation with the police, and i believe, from our last conversation, that we are trying to negotiate with the hostage to find out what is going on. We are unaware what this gunman is about. And as far as you know, there are no other people being held hostage it is two members of your staff. Everyone has been accounted for, customers have been evacuated, and all our staff are happy safety point, with the exception of these two individuals. Tell us about the training your staff have. Lots of people have talked about how the evacuation was well organised, are they trained to deal with this sort of unexpected incident . Yes, as a national company,
Ca ptu red the building and the gunman has been captured and ta ken the building and the gunman has been captured and taken away, and im just about to get further news on the two hostages who might employ is very shortly, so i am still waiting for news to come over. very shortly, so i am still waiting for news to come over. Who are my employees. I understand there are no casualties or anything like that, the police have done a magnificent job, and the individual has been taken away. How have your staff responded to this incident, which started at about three oclock this afternoon . It must have been a terrifying experience, notjust for them, but customers and families who we re them, but customers and families who were there at the Bowling Alley. Well, as you can imagine, obviously, with the recent events, we do train oui with the recent events, we do train our staff, the manageress of the complex is very, very experienced, and as this happened, this incident happened, everything was p
Welcome to bbc news. In the last few minutes the boss of the Bowling Alley where two people were being held hostage by a gunman in nuneaton says they have been freed after police stormed the building. The incident started this afternoon when an armed man walked into the Bowling Alley at bermuda park in nuneaton taking two members of staff hostage. Police put the area into lockdown with families being trapped in cinemas and restaurants as they tried to deal with the situation which lasted several hours. There are no reported casualties. Jessica parker has to report. A sunday afternoon at her local leisure park turns to total confusion. Staff act to keep people safe. They barricaded the door is, kept us all away from the windows and we were told he had hostages in the Bowling Alley next to us. Some families or evacuated, some have beenin families or evacuated, some have been in lockdown as Emergency Services try to secure the area. There was a helicopter overhead, police cars arriving, P