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Roads closed as man throws objects from roof - police

Liz Nice/BBC A police car, fire engine and ambulance are parked on a pedestrian street. A firefighter in blue t-shirt with yellow firefighting trousers is walking on the left hand side of the road. There is a crane appliance extended up to a roof.Liz Nice/BBC
Members of the public are being urged to stay away from the area

Part of Ipswich town centre was closed due to a man throwing objects from the roofs of buildings, police said.

Suffolk Police was called at 02:20 BST to reports of a man on top of a building on Carr Street.

The force said the man had been throwing slates from the roofs of buildings, including the former Woolworths, and was brought down safely just after 09:00.

Carr Street and part of Tackett Street have been shut. The ambulance service is also at the scene, police said.

A spokesperson for Suffolk Police said they had received a report of a man on the roof of a shop in Carr Street.

"The incident is ongoing and a cordon around the store has been established.

"Members of the public are being advised to avoid the immediate area," the force said.

The building, which used to house Woolworths, is now home to Ipswich Bazaar and Vernon Fox.

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