Four teenagers were saved by the emergency services after getting into difficulty in the North Sea.
At 5.30pm on Tuesday, Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade (TVLB) received a report of four teenage girls in difficulty at the south end of Tynemouth Longsands. Eight members of the TVLB attended and found three casualties were in a serious condition.
They were joined on scene by RNLI Beach Lifeguards, North East Ambulance Service and Northumbria Police.
