A woman has been talked down from Stockton’s Newport Bridge by police today.
Police and other emergency service colleagues were called to the bridge at around 5.30pm today, where a woman was on scaffolding on the bridge.
A spokesperson for Cleveland Police said: “There were concerns for her welfare and officers closed a number of nearby roads in a bid to allow all services to work together and bring the situation to a swift and safe conclusion.
“The lady came down at 7pm and is now safe and well.”
Emergency services at Newport Bridge
Redcar RNLI were also called to assist.
“We can confirm that the lifeboat has been diverted to assist other emergency services at an incident on the River Tees,” said a spokesperson earlier.
Scaffolding is in place as the Grade II listed bridge undergoes a complete repaint.
The bridge is being painted red and silver to mark its 80th anniversary.
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