A woman is recovering after falling 14ft from a riverside wall.
Firefighters were called shortly before 2am yesterday to Staithes Road, Dunston, Gateshead, to rescue the wo-man, in her 20s, trapped on mud flats. She was taken to the town's Queen Elizabeth Hospital with shock.
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