Staff at BBC Media City in Manchester were evacuated this afternoon, with both the studio building and offices cleared.

Listeners to the 5 Live programme, which is broadcast from Media City, reported hearing alarm sounds before the presenters announced the evacuation live on-air.

The regular 5 Live programming was temporarily unavailable, with a back-up programme being played instead.

The 5 Live controller, Jonathan Wall, tweeted that the evacuation is not terror-related but was prompted by a fire alarm, insisting regular programming would quickly resume.

The presenter on air at the time also later confirmed the alert was caused by a fire alarm.