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Two people have been arrested after a taxi was reportedly stolen at knifepoint in Kirkleatham;

A man and a woman have appeared in court after incidents involving litter in our area;

...and a new phase of dredging the River Tees began yesterday, with materials to be disposed of at sea.

Two people have been arrested after a taxi was reportedly stolen at knifepoint in Kirkleatham.

Cleveland Police received a report that a taxi had been stolen on Saturday morning and then were notified of a crash nearby, with suspects then making off from the vehicle.

Police attended the area, with a heavy police presence including a police helicopter circling above.

A 17-year-old boy and a 21-year-old man were detained by officers on the A174, with the boy being charged with robbery, possession of an offensive weapon in a public place and with several driving offences including drug driving, driving with no licence and driving with no insurance.

The 21-year-old was charged with robbery and drug driving.

A man and a woman have appeared in court after incidents involving litter in our area.

Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council say that the two individuals were prosecuted in court last week for failing to pay their Fixed Penalty Notices for littering. 

The first Fixed Penalty Notice was issued when a man was caught throwing his cigarette out of his car window, while the other was issued to a woman who dumped a pile of cardboard boxes on a grass verge. 

The council is reminding people that littering is an offence, and failure to pay a Fixed Penalty Notice can result in prosecution.

A new phase of dredging the River Tees began yesterday, with materials to be disposed of at sea.

This is a second phase of dredging to take about a million cubic metres of non-contaminated material from the river bed and depositing it about seven nautical miles out at sea.

A first dredge of material which was deemed contaminated and needed to be brought ashore and disposed of on land, has finished, leaving material which is deemed suitable to be disposed of at sea.

The work will make way for the new £107m South Bank Quay which will serve facilities including South Korean firm SeAH's huge £400m turbine factory, which will make monopiles for offshore wind farms and will bring more than 2,000 jobs.