Inquiries are ongoing into the circumstances surrounding the death of a 58-year-old woman inside a house in East Boldon.

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Northumbria Police officers taped off part of Ferndale Avenue and forensic officers were seen at the property after the alarm was raised in the early hours of the morning.

The North East Ambulance Service alerted police to to the tragedy after its medics were first asked to attend the address, which is off Sunderland Road.