A MAN has died after he fell from the city walls near Micklegate Bar.

Police have confirmed that a 50 year old man who suffered a serious head injury when he fell from a bridge on the Bar Walls yesterday morning has since died.

The man's family are aware that he has died, but police say they are not yet in a position to release the man's name.

A police spokesman said: "There are no suspicious circumstances surrounding the death and nobody else is being sought in connection with the incident."

A file is being prepared for the coroner, he added.