The body of a woman was recovered from a Scots beauty spot on New Year’s Eve.

Emergency services scrambled to Den Finella waterfall, near St Cyrus in Aberdeenshire, after the alarm was raised over a woman in the water at around 2pm on Sunday.

The popular beauty spot features a 70ft white water drop and a series of plunge pools.

A major water search operation was launched with Coastguard rescue teams sent from Montrose, Arbroath, Stonehaven and Aberdeen.

Police Scotland, the Scotland Fire and Rescue Service, and the Scottish Ambulance Service were also in attendance.

Read more from Sky News:
Japan earthquake latest
Amber warning issued as storm to batter parts of UK with 80mph gusts

Be the first to get Breaking News

Install the Sky News app for free

The 53-year-old woman’s body was later recovered from the water.

Warning issued after at least five cats die in spate of suspected poisonings in Forfar

House of Lords sold £90,000 worth of Champagne in 2023

Man shot minutes before New Year – murder inquiry launched in Edinburgh

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “The death is being treated as unexplained and enquiries are ongoing.

“A report will be sent to the Procurator Fiscal.”

Related posts:

From Matt Hancock to ‘Professor Lockdown’, who’s had to resign for breaking COVID rules? Man barricaded in house with son has weapons as stand-off enters into fourth day, police say Sainsbury’s evacuated and people treated for breathing problems after ‘hazardous substances incident’ Thousands of teachers to strike over ‘toxic mix of low pay and excessive workload’ Detectives consider whether trans teen was targeted in ‘hate crime’ – as suspects continue to be held over fatal stabbing Health board fined £180,000 over death of pensioner who fell from hospital bed three times Contraception ‘game-changer’: Male pill shows promise in mice, study suggests Zelenskyy arrives in UK for ‘substantive negotiations’ with PM Calls for sunscreen to be VAT-free due to poverty and skin cancer link ‘We need an answer’: Parents of man killed by police call for justice one year on Sunak’s speech to Conservative conference fell flat with public, poll suggests CPS reveals when ‘mercy killing’ suspects might avoid charges