Scot dies in Christmas tree fall

A Scottish man has died after falling from a town Christmas tree.

Emergency services were called when people leaving a nearby club found the injured man in a street in Kirkcaldy, Fife, early on Friday.

He was taken to hospital but later died.

Police have cordoned off the 12ft tree outside Kirkcaldy Town House.

"Police in Fife were called to a report of an unresponsive man in the Hunter Street area of Kirkcaldy around 2.55am on Friday December 14," police said.

"The man was treated at the scene then conveyed to Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy by the Scottish Ambulance Service where he later sadly passed away.

"The death is being treated as non-suspicious and inquiries are ongoing to establish the full circumstances."