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Over £300,000 worth of cannabis has been removed from the streets of Loftus after police seized a cannabis farm;

A rapid review into the death of a toddler who was murdered by his own mother has taken place;

...and time lapse cameras are capturing the demolition and creation of massive industrial infrastructure on the former Redcar steelworks.

Over £300,000 worth of cannabis has been removed from the streets of Loftus after police seized a cannabis farm.

The farm, believed to be worth up to an estimated £309,000, was discovered at a property on West Road on Wednesday.

Following information received from the local community, 369 plants were seized.

Enquiries are ongoing and officers would like to continue to encourage local residents to come forward with any information they have regarding drugs activity in their local area.

Anyone with information can contact Cleveland Police on the non-emergency number 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

A rapid review into the death of a toddler who was murdered by his own mother has taken place.

Daniel Hodgson Green was taken to hospital but lost his life after police were called to concerns for his welfare on February 2 earlier this year.

His own mother, Carol Hodgson, has now admitted killing him.

Following the tragic incident, South Tees Safeguarding Children's Partnership conducted a rapid review into Daniel's death, which concluded that a local review will be carried out into the tragedy.

Although the scope of the review has not been confirmed, similar reports look at any involvement of children's services and other organisations had with Daniel and any lessons that could be learned.

Time lapse cameras are capturing the demolition and creation of massive industrial infrastructure on the former Redcar steelworks.

Teesworks bosses have insisted the demolition programme remains on track on the seven square miles at the South Tees Development Corporation.

A large number of time-lapse cameras and drones are capturing what remains of the site as part of a heritage push alongside photography by Historic England.

Officials say all major former steelworks structures - the blast furnace, Sinter plant, BOS plant, and coke ovens - will all be down by the end of the summer.