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A man is recovering after being rushed to hospital with serious head injuries in Guisborough.;

Police have released a description of a woman that they are appealing to trace after she gave assistance to an injured woman last week;

...and Police are appealing for information after a man suffered injuries in an incident in Middlesbrough.

A man is recovering after being rushed to hospital with serious head injuries in Guisborough.

Paramedics attended to the 30-year-old man at half past midnight on Saturday on the street outside the Kings Head pub in the town.

The man was taken to James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough for treatment and is now recovering.

Cleveland Police said he has not made an official complaint of assault and that therefore their inquiries have been concluded.

Police have released a description of a woman that they are appealing to trace after she gave assistance to an injured woman last week.

The woman who gave assistance was walking a dog in the vicinity of fields between Moorcock Close and Holmefields Road in Bankfields in the early hours of last Tuesday the 4th August.

The good Samaritan is described as an elderly woman, she is white with blonde, curly hair, around 57 years old and 5ft 3” tall. She was wearing a white coat and was with a white dog, similar to a Shih Tzu.

The elderly woman helped the injured woman to her feet between 3am and 4am on Tuesday 4th August.  

Officers would again appeal to the dog walker to come forward and speak to them as part of their enquiries into the circumstances of how the woman came to be injured.

The dog walker herself, or anyone else with information, is asked to call Redcar and Cleveland CID on the non-emergency number 101.

Police are appealing for information after a man suffered injuries in an incident in Middlesbrough.

A 26-year-old man suffered injuries to his neck, believed to have been caused by a knife, at an address on Cotswold Avenue in Middlesbrough around 7am yesterday morning.

The man was taken to James Cook University Hospital and was later released following treatment.

The suspect is believed to have made off from the scene into the local estate and enquiries are ongoing.

Anyone who may have witnessed anything or anyone with information regarding the incident is asked to contact Middlesbrough CID on the non-emergency number 101, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.