PRINCES Street was brought to a standstill as police tried to talk a man down from the top of the Scott Monument.

Tor Södergren’s unusual perspective on the Scott Monument with spring’s glorious visitors – daffodils – in the foreground Have you got great pictures from the Lothians?

DOMINATING the Edinburgh skyline, the Scott Monument is perhaps the world’s greatest memorial to a writer, with stunning views from its upper reaches lending further credence to that claim.

A section of Edinburgh's Princes Street has reopened following an incident at the Scott Monument. The city centre road was closed from Waverley Bridge to the Mound for more than an hour.

A Police Scotland spokesman said: "Police in Edinburgh were called to Princes Street at around 3.45pm on Friday after a report of a woman having fallen from the Scott Monument.

Pictures show Edinburgh's Armistice Day service by the Scott Monument in Princes Street Gardens, November 2023.

A MAN has died after falling from the iconic Scott Monument in the centre of Edinburgh. The 41-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene after the incident at 9.30am. Police and other ...

As these pictures show, the Scott Monument has long served as one of Edinburgh’s most popular attractions. Many a local is the proud owner of a certificate saying they have managed to climb its ...

A woman has died after falling from the Scott Monument in the centre of Edinburgh. Police Scotland said they were called at 3.45pm "after a report of a woman having fallen".

A MAN has died after falling from the Walter Scott Monument in Edinburgh's Princes Street Gardens. Princes Street has been closed westbound between Waverley Bridge and the Mound following the ...

A WOMAN has died after plunging from the Scott Monument in Edinburgh in broad daylight. Cops and emergency crews descended on Princes Street this afternoon after the horror fall in front of horrifi… ...