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A man was arrested following a suspected arson at an address yards away from Ian McKellen's pub The Grapes.

The police and fire brigade were called to Barleycorn Way in Poplar at 5am on Tuesday morning after reports a fire had started. The property was evacuated and no injuries were reported.

A woman and child have been rescued from a house fire in Canning Town this morning.

Eastern Jubilee line services were shut down last night as police tried to talk down a woman threatening to hurl herself from a bridge.

British Transport Police stopped trains between North Greenwich and Stratford at around 10pm last night, as officers attempted to persuade the teenager not to throw herself onto the track.