Police are searching for a man who climbed onto the roof of an art gallery and allegedly "threw missiles" at people below. Officers were called to Shipley Art Gallery on Prince Consort Road in Gateshead at around 12.45am on Tuesday after reports that a man had climbed onto the roof of the premises.

The man is reported to have refused to come down which resulted in a section of the road closed off.

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