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Police are appealing for information after a woman was hit by a VW Passat as she crossed a road in Middlesbrough;

It's been revealed that parking charges are being introduced at bays near a local beauty spot where, up to now, leaving your car has been free of charge;

...and residents in Redcar & Cleveland are being urged to 'Check it before you chuck it' as part of a drive to increase the amount and quality of recycling in the borough.

Police are appealing for information after a woman was hit by a VW Passat as she crossed a road in Middlesbrough.

At around ten to one on Tuesday lunchtime, the 23-year-old woman stepped out into the road at the junction of Longford Street and Crescent Road in Middlesbrough where she was hit by the red VW Passat.

She was thrown into the air, landing on the pavement.

The woman was taken by ambulance to the University Hospital of James Cook where she received treatment to a broken arm and three broken ribs.

The red Passat failed to stop and made off from the scene.

Officers are appealing for anyone with information to contact them on the non-emergency number 101.

It's been revealed that parking charges are being introduced at bays near a local beauty spot where, up to now, leaving your car has been free of charge.

Redcar and Cleveland Council is installing a meter in the lay-by at Newton under Roseberry, the village beneath Roseberry Topping.

The move is being made for traffic safety reasons, says the council.

In recent years, parking has become a problem in the area as walkers and tourists descend in huge numbers to climb the famous landmark.

The village already has a paid-for car park beneath Roseberry managed by the North York Moors National Park Authority but drivers have been leaving their vehicles on the roadside when it gets full or to avoid being charged.

Residents in Redcar & Cleveland are being urged to 'Check it before you chuck it' as part of a drive to increase the amount and quality of recycling in the borough.

A fortnightly recycling collection is provided to residents in the area for cans and tins, cardboard, plastic pots, tubs and trays, glass bottles and jars and plastic bottles as well as a separate caddy insert to collect paper including envelopes, newspapers, magazines and catalogues.

Around 40% of recycling sent to the recycling centre in South Bank is contaminated and the council is appealing to residents to 'Check it before you chuck it' to ensure that plastic bags, food waste, clothes and textiles, nappies, takeaway boxes, polystyrene as well as electrical items and batteries don't end up in their recycling.

Contaminated recycling has a significant environmental and financial cost as the local authority is effectively paying twice for the processing and haulage of the waste.