内容摘要：Insp Jamie Allen said: "I am urging anyone who was in the area at the time or has any knowledge as to the identity of the e-scooter rider to please

Insp Jamie Allen said: "I am urging anyone who was in the area at the time or has any knowledge as to the identity of the e-scooter rider to please

Managing director David Horne said: "We will provide more trains, thousands more seats and quicker journeys."The new timetable would mean most trains between Newcastle and London would be quicker.

There will also be more TransPennine Express services between Newcastle, Morpeth, Alnmouth, Berwick and Edinburgh Waverley.But connections between smaller stations will be less frequent in some cases with, for example, fewer direct trains from Durham to Alnmouth and Edinburgh.Chester-le-Street will have fewer services to Darlington, Durham and Newcastle.

Mr Fancett, chair of SENRUG, said: "Whilst we support providing more train capacity between London and Edinburgh, this should not be achieved by reducing services in Northumberland, which is bad for the region."Morpeth loses five LNER services and Alnmouth also loses the vital 08:10 CrossCountry service to Newcastle, vital for commuters and those going to college."

Shipping lawyer Mark Church, who uses the Alnmouth train every day, said: "The train has always been incredibly busy, up to 100 people get on at Alnmouth every day.

"It's so ridiculous, you feel it must be a mistake.Mr Tilling added: "It was quite spooky to see this cruiser emerging. I think it may have affected the [water] flow that end."

In a statement, the crew's coach Alice Leake described how she shouted a warning when she saw the boat drift towards the weir.She tried to rescue the four men but her own boat became submerged and she went down the weir and was knocked unconscious.

Mr Gray said another boat had gone out earlier and did not report any problems.The crew also assessed the water flow and their club's risk assessment was at yellow.