‘Amazingly uplifting’: barefoot climber greets couple through 40th-floor window of Shard

Visitors in London for birthday trip were in bed when Adam Lockwood waved to them on way to top of 72-floor landmark

A couple staying on the 40th floor of the Shard have spoken about spotting a barefoot climber ascending the London skyscraper on Sunday morning.

Paul Curphey spotted Adam Lockwood scaling the 72-floor building, which hosts flats, a hotel and offices, at 6am when they saw him waving and climbing past Curphey and his partner Treasaidh's window.