A shop at Bluewater has been evacuated after a 'woman was taken ill' this afternoon.

Police were alerted to a medical incident at 12.22pm and John Lewis has been closed as emergency services assist.

A John Lewis spokeswoman released a statement, which said: "We can confirm that the emergency services were called to our Bluewater shop today following a serious incident.

"We closed the shop and we are doing all that we can to support the emergency services while the incident is ongoing."

Joanna Sterling on Twitter said: "Something going on at #Bluewater @jlandpcustserv everyone just been asked to leave the store by the nearest exit."

And Steven James Wilson said: "Got evacuated from John Lewis in Bluewater, police everywhere, absolute scenes"

More information as we get it.