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It's been revealed that new Covid-19 testing sites are to open in Redcar and Cleveland;

Police have issued dispersal orders for the parts of Redcar & Cleveland across the weekend;

...and free parking is being offered for Christmas shoppers from tomorrow.

It's been revealed that new Covid-19 testing sites are to open in Redcar and Cleveland.

One will open in the car park at Belmont House, Rectory Lane in Guisborough and the other in the car park at the Inspire to Learn building, off Normanby Road, Eston.

The new testing sites are expected to open within the next few weeks and offer testing seven days a week. The existing mobile testing site at Kirkleatham Walled Garden, near Redcar  will continue to operate.

The decision to increase testing has been made following an increase in the number of positive Covid-19 cases in the borough and wider Tees Valley.

Both testing operations will be run by a private company on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Members of the public are advised to book a test online at nhs.uk/coronavirus or by calling 119.

Police have issued dispersal orders for the parts of Redcar & Cleveland across the weekend.

The dispersal orders came into effect at 3pm yesterday, and will remain in place for 48 hours.

The areas affected are

• Eston and Grangetown between the A66 and the Mad Mile.
• Redcar between the Trunk Road and Kirkleatham Lane, Majuba Road, and the Esplanade and Coast Road.
• Southbank and Teesville in the Church Lane area...
• and the Stump Cross area of Guisborough.

Anyone involved in, or who is believed likely to become involved in any antisocial behaviour, can be directed to leave these area immediately by an Officer, PCSO or Special Constabulary or face arrest.

Free parking is being offered for Christmas shoppers from tomorrow.

The offer will start in council-operated car parks and parking bays in the heart of Redcar and Guisborough town centres from 1pm each day from tomorrow through to Saturday 2 January, 2021.

It will be free to park from Sunday 1 November to Saturday 2 January, 2021 in Redcar, on the High Street, Station Road, Turner Street, King Street and Graffenberg Street.

And in Guisborough in the Westgate parking zone, Fountain Street East and West, Church Square, Patten Lane and Reid Terrace.

Normal charging will resume on Saturday 2 January, 2021.

For more information on the free parking scheme motorists should refer to notices in each council car park or go to www.redcar-cleveland.gov.uk/parking.