Prudhoe councillor says she once had to be pulled out of same water where Crawcrook teen died

A county councillor has called for increased safety measures on the River Tyne at Prudhoe in Northumberland after a 13-year-old boy tragically died after getting into difficulty.

Teenager Robert Hattersley, from Crawcrook, died following an incident in the river near Prudhoe and Ovingham at around 4.15pm on Sunday.

Now councillor Angie Scott, who represents Prudhoe North, says more needs to be done to educate the public about the danger of the stretch of river - revealing that she herself had to be pulled from the same part of the Tyne when she was 14.