is good evening from me for the time being, as i think that was probably a controlled explosion in the background, that s what it sounded like to me. we will no doubt find out later. i assume it s happened, do they still need us to evacuate? that s now been and gone. wait a police officer present himself wait a police officer present himself or wait a police officer present himself or herself? - what is the order? are you ordering us. to come after the air? the order is from the police, we have to get off the air. i m sorry to interrupt this broadcast, thank you for your patience. scotland yard say at this time they are not treating the matter as terror related. we have had a statement from the chief superintendent saying that officers worked immediately to detain the man and he has been taken into police custody. he says there have been no reports of any shots fired or any injuries to officers or members of the public. officers remain at the scene and further inquiries are ongoing.
was also carrying what they said was a suspicious bag, so the area was cordoned off and a controlled explosion was carried out. no one was hurt and neither the king nor queen consort was at the powless. scotland yard say this is not being treated as a terror related matter, rather what is being described as a mental health incident. the incident did not delay a huge military rehearsal in central london or the state occasion, up to weeks of separately, more than 7000 personnel from across the uk and commonwealth armed forces came together to rehearse for saturday s processions. soldiers, sailors, aviators and musicians from all three services are set to take part in two processions, accompanying their majesties to and from westminster abbey where the coronation ceremony takes place. they will be joined by personnel from 3a nations and six overseas
was detained and arrested. police have also said he was carrying at the time what it described as a suspicious bag. a quarter and was set in place and further specialist officers were brought in and a controlled explosion was carried out. as far as we know, there were no further fallout from that. the metropolitan police say they are not treating it as a terrorist related incident. it is i understand being described as a mental health incident. buckingham palace say neither the king or the queen consort were in the building at the time but among the security services and the police as we approach saturday, four days away, the day of the coronation, there is increasing nervousness about incidents like this. i have been down here on the mall notjust tonight but yesterday it was far, far busier and what you haveis far, far busier and what you have is a sense of people being able to move around pretty
as you would expect. lots of security guards and police officers in this area. but currently the mall and this area around buckingham palace are still open to the public. last night at about seven pma man approached the front gate of buckingham palace. he began throwing objects into the grounds. they seemed to be shot gun cartridges. the police detained him and searched him. they found a knife and arrested him. they found a knife and arrested him. he also had a suspicious package. they sealed off this area. there was a controlled detonation to make sure it was safe. nobody was hurt. the king and queen consort were not in residence at buckingham palace. the police very much describing this is not a terrorism related, but a mental health incident. that is something you do see from time to time down here at the gates of buckingham palace. it did not put any delays to the rehearsals overnight of the hundreds of servicemen who will be taking part in the coronation processions.
mental health incident, something that sadly does happen down here every now and again at buckingham palace. it didn t disrupt rehearsals, which took place overnight, with members of the british armed forces, and also those of the commonwealth countries. we heard in the last hour on the programme from those leading them that they went very well. here is what it looked like. preparations for the biggest march of their lives. after weeks of practising separately, more than 7000 personnel from across the uk and commonwealth s armed forces came together overnight in central london to rehearse for saturday s processions to and from westminster abbey. soldiers, sailors, aviators and musicians from all three services will be joined by personnel from 34 nations and six overseas territories of the commonwealth. the smaller first procession from buckingham palace to the abbey is called the king s procession.