Determined teenager finds woman's lost bag on Northumberland beach

A teenager has reunited a distressed lady with her lost bag, after seeing posters for the missing item.
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Alex Taylor, 13, who is staying with his grandparents in Low Hauxley, found the bag on the beach.

Grandmother Diane Taylor told The Ambler: “Alex and I went for a walk at around 10pm, we went down to the beach near the chalets. We saw a poster stating a small ladies back pack had been lost on the beach.

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I said to Alex, ‘there’s no way we could find this in the dark, and the tide would probably have taken it out by now.’

Alex Taylor, Nigel King and Deborah WardAlex Taylor, Nigel King and Deborah Ward
Alex Taylor, Nigel King and Deborah Ward

“But Alex was determined to find it, and took a torch and went off to hunt. Then, lower down the beach, tucked well behind the rocks, he found the missing bag.”

Hauxley resident Nigel King contacted a delighted Deborah Ward, from Ponteland, who returned the following day to reclaim her bag.

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