Man charged after siege
The Metropolitan Police has charged Michael Green, 48, with possession of a weapon, false imprisonment and making a bomb hoax after a siege in Tottenham Court Road, London.
Armed siege on central London street is over
These pictures from the air show confusion and panic on Tottenham Court Road in central London earlier this afternoon.
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