{"id":584644,"date":"2026-05-15T01:52:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T01:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/584644\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T01:52:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T01:52:14","slug":"tributes-for-man-who-died-while-climbing-phone-tower-in-newton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/584644\/","title":{"rendered":"Tributes for man who died while climbing phone tower in Newton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Oskar Bialon died on May 10 when he fell off a phone mast known locally as &#8220;Newton Tower&#8221; on Black Dyke, Newton-In-The-Isle, near Wisbech.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  He was there with two friends, planning how they would celebrate his milestone 21st birthday the next day.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\" alt=\"Oskar\"\/>Oskar Bialon tragically died just before his 21st birthday (Image: Ruby Ashton)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr Bialon, from Leverington, climbed to the top of the tower and slipped from 150ft due to the wet conditions.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Emergency services, including an air ambulance, went to the incident at 11pm and the Polish national was pronounced dead at the scene.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  It is believed he tower is a spot where many young people in the area say they have climbed.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>The phone tower near Wisbech that Oskar climbed (Image: Google Maps)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Loved ones are now paying tributes to remember Mr Bialon and &#8220;keep his memory living on&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  His partner, Ruby Ashton, said: &#8220;We have been dating for a year and we had our whole life ahead of us.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;All he did was make me laugh every day and make me feel like my life was so worth living.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>Oskar and his girlfriend Ruby (Image: Ruby Ashton)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;He was most happy around his friends and family and he will always and forever be remembered with us.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;I love you Oskar\/Bandz, forever in my heart, never forgotten.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Mr Bialon&#8217;s friends have also described him as a &#8220;good friend who always put a smile on their faces&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\" alt=\"Oskar and his friends\"\/>His friends have described him as a &#8220;good friend who always made them smile&#8221; (Image: Ruby Ashton)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Leo and Bill said he was &#8220;always there for people when they needed him and he will forever be missed and in their hearts&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Another friend, JK, said from the years they spent growing up together, he had &#8220;the most potential to be something great&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/oskar-bialon?utm_campaign=natman_sharesheet_dash&amp;utm_medium=customer&amp;ts=1778510612&amp;utm_source=native_options&amp;utm_id=97757_v0_s00_e224_tv2_tp1_a1demonpwzpa3r&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawRxE1lleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe0Zplr6238fwwyPtLd8UbblL8iSjx375i88jiTrICJGV3nk2RBhEqXlLUNHc_aem_6LTljLi0aHlPiHCcbRbJ2Q&amp;ref=ed_direct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">GoFundMe<\/a> page has been set up by his close friend, Lucas Harvey, to give Mr Bialon &#8220;the best send-off possible&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  So far, \u00a3806 out of the \u00a33,500 target has been raised.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oskar Bialon died on May 10 when he fell off a phone mast known locally as &#8220;Newton Tower&#8221;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":584645,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-584644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/584645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}