A vulnerable woman with dementia was found on a lifeboat ramp in Northumberland after Northumbria Police scrambled to save her.
The woman, 86, was found within an hour, as the police used vital information provided by her family to identify her "known haunts", and rapidly spotted her just metres from the sea in Newbiggin where she appeared to have developed the early stages of hypothermia. She was escorted to safety and taken to hospital by North East Ambulance Service.
The woman was reported missing shortly after 1am on Wednesday morning, and officers were immediately dispatched to the Northumberland town. Thanks to the information supplied,. disaster was averted.
