EMERGENCY crews have been called in to help a woman on roof in a North Yorkshire town.

North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service say they were called at 4.39am today (December 2) to Cliff Bridge Terrace in Scarborough.

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A service spokesman said: "Scarborough crew were requested and stood by, with North Yorkshire Police, for a woman on a flat roof approx 20 feet from the ground.

"Less than an hour later, the young woman moved away from the edge and into the care of police officers."