Emergency services rescue woman after getting trapped in rocks at Hartlepool seafront

Emergency services helped to release the casualty from the area near Coronation Drive on Saturday afternoon (July 9).

Cleveland Fire Brigade said they attended the incident just after 3pm and provided assistance to the North East Ambulance Service.

Fire engines from Hartlepool and Billingham attended while the police and Coastguard were also there.

The fire brigade said the incident was over by 4.10pm when the woman was released and passed to the ambulance service.