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A man has been charged with a number of offences after police stopped a vehicle in Grangetown at the weekend;

A section of the A66 had to closed for two hours on Saturday night as emergency services dealt with a two vehicle collision;

...and residents are being asked to stay away from the area of a Teesside beach where a dead whale washed up this week.

A man has been charged with a number of offences after police stopped a vehicle in Grangetown at the weekend.

Officers from the Matrix Team spotted a suspected stolen vehicle on Trunk Road at around 7.45am on Saturday morning.

The vehicle reportedly failed to stop for police and, following a short pursuit, two people were arrested by officers.

A 29-year-old man was arrested and charged with taking a motor vehicle without the owner's consent, failing to stop, failing to provide a specimen, common assault of an emergency worker, driving with no licence and driving with no insurance.

He was bailed to attend court next month.

A 34-year-old woman was released with no further action.

A section of the A66 had to closed for two hours on Saturday night as emergency services dealt with a two vehicle collision.

The incident happened shortly before 11pm on the busy dual carriageway shortly after the Cineworld turn off in Middlesbrough.

Emergency services, including several police vehicles were on the scene, and at least one of the cars hit the barrier wall at the side of the road.

The east bound carriageway was closed while crews dealt with the incident.

Anyone with information or anyone with dashcam footage of the collision or the vehicles in the Middlesbrough area prior to the collision is asked to contact Cleveland Police on 101.

Residents are being asked to stay away from the area of a Teesside beach where a dead whale washed up this week.

Visitors to Redcar first spotted the remains of the animal on the beach on Thursday.

A spokesperson for Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council said: "We are aware that a whale has been washed up on Redcar beach. For safety reasons, we ask that residents avoid this area of the beach."

The council says that due to the sheer size of the whale and its location, this will be a complex operation that requires a specialist company.

This is likely to take a number of days and in the meantime we would ask that people stay away from the whale's body.