A WOMAN has died after falling from a 14 storey block of flats.

Emergency services were called to the Molineux Court flats in Byker, Newcastle, on Monday evening.

A spokesperson for Northumbria Police said: “At 4.30pm today police were called to Molineux Court, Newcastle, after a report that a woman had fallen from the building.

“She was sadly declared dead at the scene. Formal identification is taking place and next of kin are being contacted.”