Overview
- Emergency services were alerted around 1:50–2:00pm on Saturday to the Lartington area by Barnard Castle in County Durham.
- The woman’s body was recovered just after 4:00pm, concluding a multi-hour search operation.
- County Durham & Darlington Fire & Rescue, Durham Police, the Coastguard, Teesdale and Weardale Search and Mountain Rescue, and air ambulance services took part.
- North East Ambulance Service deployed two ambulance crews, a clinical team leader, a duty officer, and three Hazardous Area Response Team units, with Great North Air Ambulance attending by road and air.
- Durham Constabulary has informed the family and specialist officers are supporting them, with police leading any further enquiries into the circumstances.