Lockdown as man threatens to blow himself up

Police snipers and heavily armed officers put several blocks of central London’s shopping district into lockdown after a man allegedly armed with gas canisters entered an office building and threatened to blow himself up.

Michael Green, 49, was arrested hours after a stand-off with police at Advantage, a training company near London’s Tottenham Court Road that offers tests for truck drivers.

He allegedly failed the HGV training course and wanted his money back.