Main road in Chesterfield reopens after man threatened to jump from bridge

Police have successfully talked down a man who was threatening to jump from a bridge in Chesterfield.
Police are at the scene.Police are at the scene.
Police are at the scene.

Officers were called at 9.30am to say there was a man on the wrong side of the railings of the bridge which connects Queen's Park to the town centre.

By 11.50am, the man had been brought to safety.

Markham Road was closed during the incident but it is now open again.