A councillor has revealed that fire crews saved the life of an elderly woman who was left lying on the ground alone for a day after suffering a fall.
The unnamed woman fell in the dark during a power cut caused by Storm Arwen in November last year, and was suffering from hypothermia by the time she was found by fire crews.
The tale was recounted by Rothbury councillor Steven Bridgett at Wednesday's meeting of Northumberland County Council's county emergency committee.
