Police disable man who threatened to set himself alight

Bedfordshire: Police fired a baton round to disable a man threatening to set himself alight in the street.

An officer opened fire last night in Luton, after the man, who claimed to have doused himself in petrol, brandished a cigarette lighter.

The man was treated for a fractured arm.

Leeds: More than 100 people were evacuated from their homes after a "substantial" gas leak in a block of flats.

Police were called to the nine-storey building in Headingley at about 3.30pm yesterday.

All 82 flats were evacuated and the people forced to find other accommodation.