A FORMER Haydon Bridge High School pupil has died in what has been described as a tragic accident while on holiday in Spain.

Danielle Hall (21) fell from a balcony at the Bermudas hotel in Benidorm, in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Friends of Danielle have paid tribute to a popular young woman, who worked at Hexham's Tesco store, and was also a former student at Kirkley Hall College in Ponteland.

Police in Spain are investigating the death. Police in the UK, and the Foreign Office, are providing support to Danielle's family.

Read more in this week's Hexham Courant.