A section of Wanstead High Street is currently cordoned off as police deal with an attempted robbery.

Eyewitnesses say that there was an attempt to rob a Securicor van outside Boots the chemist.

A spokesman for Redbridge police said: "Police are in attendance on Wanstead High Street dealing with a robbery.

"One suspect has been arrested."

Witnesses at the scene reported hearing gunshots.

But the police spokesman denied there had been any shots fired.

He said: "The sound people heard was two cars bumping together."

The cordon stretches from Boots to the Co-op supermarket and is causing disruption to several bus services.

More to follow.