Today programme off air for nearly 30 minutes after alarm sounds

Presenters on flagship BBC Radio 4 show try in vain to continue but forced to evacuate building

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”.

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