DEVIZES MP and her staff are shut in their Westminster office watching breaking news on reports of shooting outside the Palace of Westminster.

An aide said: "We have been told to stay inside the office. Claire is with us. We are all just watching the TV to find out the latest situation."

The BBC is reporting that shotes were fired outside the Houses of Parliament and Palace of Westminster and that it is in lockdown.

Politicians and journalists have tweeted about hearing loud crashes outside the buildings and witnesses say they saw people being reported for injuries.

Witnesses have reported seeing a man with a knife within the palace grounds.

A police officer told BBC's political editor Laura Kuenssberg that someone has been shot outside Portcullis House.