Armed police surrounded a Bowling Alley in nuneaton in the West Midlands this afternoon, after a man with a gun took two people hostage there. The five hour siege took place at the bermuda park retail and leisure site, which was packed with families at the time. Warwickshire police say the incident was resolved, and a suspect arrested and taken to hospital. Sophie long has the details. Panic as parents desperately try to get their children to safety. Just very scared because we have small kids. Very scared. It was like in the movies. Shells and dogs and everything. Sunday afternoon and bermuda park, home to play areas and restau ra nts bermuda park, home to play areas and restaurants was packed with families having fun. It was just after 2. 30 when a man entered the Bowling Alley with what eye witnesses described as a sawn off shotgun. With what eye witnesses described as a sawnoff shotgun. The guy actually ran up to the door, with the gun in his hand, opened the door and told me to ge
Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Police have been questioning a gunman who held two people hostage at a Bowling Alley in nuneaton for several hours. The siege took place at the bermuda park retail and leisure site, which was packed with families at the time. Warwickshire police say the incident was resolved and a suspect arrested and taken to hospital. There were no other casualties. Sophie long has the details. Panic, as parents desperately try to get their children to safety. She was very scared, because we have small kids so very scared like the movies. Lots of arms with shells with everything, with dogs, with everything. The park, home to play areas and restaurants, was packed with families. Just after half past two a man entered the Bowling Alley with what eyewitnesses described as a shotgun. He ran up to the door with a gun in his hand and opened the door and told me to get out of the area. These two friends were in the middle of a game. A man who was also playing bowling ru
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Cool august day, what a fantastic turnout on capitol hill on an august day. And thats really due to the extraordinary lineup of people presenting and talking to you today, im sure, that brings you here. Five years ago, maybe even before, the United Nations with the cooperation, certainly, of the United States and with many countries around the world began to plan for the future of world Global Development that would apply not only to the least developed countries, but just as well equally and universally to the critical state of affairs for human rights and for development in the best equipped countries including the United States. And out of that conversation came this extraordinary set of Sustainable Development goals to help lead the way for all countries voluntarily. Importantly, voluntarily to collaborate on how we will achieve the outcomes of those goals as set forth for the years 20152030. So were just two years into this, and already theres significant progress to be talking ab