Police called to help a distressed man on a bridge over the A20 near Folkestone have managed to talk him down.

Officers were called shortly before 10am and closed the A20 in both directions near the Roundhill Tunnels.

They also shut the A260 Canterbury Road which crosses over the A20 while they dealt with the incident.

A police spokesman confirmed the incident involved "a distressed man who was standing on the bridge above the A20".

The roads were closed "as a precaution" to help officers ensure that the man was brought to safety.

After a 45-minute stand-off, the man was negotiated down from the bridge.

A Kent Highways spokesman said at 10.30am the road through the Roundhill Tunnel on the A20 had reopened and delays were beginning to clear.

Drivers were caught in tailbacks beyond junction 13 of the M20 coastbound carriageway.

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