Woman dies after monument fall

A woman has died after falling from the Scott Monument in Edinburgh.

Police were called to the scene on Princes Street at 3:45pm yesterday. The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. The death is not thought to be suspicious but inquiries are at an early stage.

Princes Street was closed to traffic for a short time.

A Police Scotland spokesman said: “We got a report of a woman having fallen, sadly she died at the scene. We are appealling for witnesses to come forward.”