Woman dies on North East cliffs

The body of a woman's been found after an early morning incident on cliffs north of Inverbervie.

Published 27th May 2016

The body of a woman's been found after an early morning incident on cliffs north of Inverbervie.

The alarm was raised at about 1:30am in the Whistleberry Castle area at Kinneff.

A second person has been taken to hospital - the police say his injuries are not life threatening.

Coastguard teams from Stonehaven, Aberdeen and Montrose were sent to the scene, along with the Stonehaven lifeboat, and a search and rescue helicopter from Inverness.

The police are currently treating the woman's death as unexplained.

(picture Anne Burgess)