Boy dies and second in critical condition after getting into difficulty in River Tyne

Emergency services called to report of 14-year-old and 13-year-old in river near bridge in Ovingham

A 14-year-old boy has died and a 13-year-old boy is in a critical condition after getting into difficulty in the River Tyne in Northumberland, police have said.

Northumbria police received a report about two teenage boys in the river near a bridge in Ovingham, a village west of Newcastle upon Tyne, shortly after 3.30pm on Saturday.