The BBC’s flagship morning news programme, Radio 4’s Today, was taken off air for nearly 30 minutes on Monday after an alarm interrupted the broadcast. Towards the end of the 7.30am news bulletin, as the newsreader was delivering a piece on a memorial for a police officer, listeners heard “attention please, please leave the building immediately, please leave the building immediately by the nearest exit”. Presenter Nick Robinson returned on air and said: “You may be able to hear we have a little alarm going on here … but shall we wait until someone looks vaguely panicky?”

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His fellow presenter, Martha Kearney, suggested they “carry on for a little bit” before a loud alarm sounded and she continued: “Well maybe it’s going to be quite hard to carry on with this alarm going on in the background.”

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