Tower Bridge was temporarily closed after a man scaled structure

On Monday a man scaled Tower Bridge forcing it to close, he was later helped down by crew from London Fire Brigade and was then taken to hospital by ambulance.

A London Ambulance Service spokesperson said, “We were called at 10.36am today (10 March) to reports of an incident on Tower Bridge.

“We sent resources to the scene, including an ambulance crew, an incident response officer and paramedics from our hazardous area response team (HART).

“We treated a man at the scene and took him to hospital.”

City of London Police wrote on X, the man had “safely come down from the railing on Tower Bridge.”