A fire at an electrical substation disrupted train service throughout London, including the underground Tube, and forced evacuations at stations on Monday.

A large pillar of black smoke could be seen from kilometres away as fire broke out at an east London vehicle lot on Monday morning.

A train line has been shut due to a large fire at an industrial unit. Five appliances are tackling the blaze in Birtley, Gateshead, which broke out just before 15:00 BST. London North Eastern Railway (LNER) said it had closed lines between Durham and Newcastle and that trains were cancelled or subject to delays until at least 18:00.

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The fire brigade is investigating after several cars caught fire in a shopping centre car park. The vehicles caught alight in the open-air car park of Brent Cross Shopping Centre in Hendon, north London,

The mayor of London and Bromley Council have been urged to halt plans for what the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has described as an "unsafe" block of flats in south-east London.