Northumbria Police have confirmed that the woman who was rescued from the River Tyne this morning (14 March) has been pronounced as dead.
An incident took place at around 11.30am this morning in the Hebburn Riverside Park area - in which a woman was reported to be in the water.
Northumbria Police and the North East Ambulance Service both arrived at the scene to attend to the incident as it was unfolding, and pulled the woman from the Tyne.
