WORCESTER'S shopping centre has been evacuated as a fire alarm went off.

Crowngate Shopping Centre has a crowd forming around its Broad Street entrance due to a fire alarm going off.

According to one shopper, the fire alarm has been going off for the past ten minutes and people are being told they cannot walk through. 

Hereford and Worcester Fire and Rescue Service said nothing so far has appeared on its systems, so it believes it has not been called to the incident.