Body discovered at standard UK seashore as police swarm in and cordon off space
Northumbria Police cordoned off the area on Seaburn Beach after a woman’s body was found in the early hours of Friday morning. Police are working to identify her
Police in attendance at Seaburn Beach(Image: Newcastle Chronicle)
Police are currently at the scene of an incident at a popular North East beach. A section of the promenade along Seaburn Beach has been cordoned off by officers.
Northumbria Police have confirmed the tragic discovery of a body. The force received a report that a body had been found on the beach shortly after 5am this morning. Police are currently working to formally identify the body and inform their next of kin.
The woman’s death is currently being treated as unexplained, Northumbria Police said. A Northumbria Police spokesperson said: “Just after 5am today (Friday), we received a report that the body had been found on Seaburn Beach in Whitburn.
Emergency services attended the scene where the body of a woman was sadly located. A police presence is currently in the area and enquiries are underway to formally identify the person and notify their next of kin. The woman’s death is currently being treated as unexplained.”
Police have now left the area and Seaburn beach has fully reopened.
It comes as a family has been left heartbroken after their “beautiful and special” baby daughter died suddenly while playing in the garden.
Little Grace Agnes Kenyon, who was just days away from her second birthday, had been giggling and running about with her older sister Charlotte, 7, last Saturday afternoon before she tragically passed away.
The toddler, from Winchburgh, began choking before she lost consciousness. Her frantic parents fought to revive her, but tragic Grace could not be saved. Mum Carly spoke to the Record, describing how the family are struggling to understand how a cheerful afternoon in the sunshine became their worst nightmare so rapidly.
The 31 year old told the Record: “It was just a regular day and Grace was enjoying being out in the garden after she woke up from her nap.”, reports the Daily Record. “She was chatting away, laughing, trying to copy her dad and sister doing gymnastics.
“I’ll never be able to get that image out of my head now that I have to live with how quickly it all changed. We have just been living in a blur since then. We’re absolutely shattered.”
Grace had struggled with swallowing since birth and lived with a feeding tube. Doctors suspected she had a rare condition in her throat called Glossopharyngeal Palsy, but she was awaiting a formal diagnosis.
