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Police have released CCTV footage of a man they wish to speak to after a woman was raped in Middlesbrough;

Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council has praised its Health Visiting and School Nursing services following an inspection from the Care Quality Commission (CQC);

...and waste collection teams have battled through wintery conditions to get bins collected yesterday.

Police have released CCTV footage of a man they wish to speak to after a woman was raped in Middlesbrough.

The incident occurred between 02.30am and 3.30am on New Year’s Eve when a woman in her early twenties was raped in the women’s toilets at Spensley’s Emporium on Albert Road, Middlesbrough.

Police have released footage of a man they wish to speak with who was captured nearby on CCTV around this time. They are asking the man to get in touch with them or anyone who may know who he is to get in touch as a matter of urgency.

Police are also interested in speaking with anyone who was in Spensley’s Emporium from 1.00am up until closing at 3.50am who haven’t yet spoken to them.

Anyone with any information can contact Cleveland Police on 101 quoting crime reference SE17236137 or contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

Redcar & Cleveland Borough Council has praised its Health Visiting and School Nursing services following an inspection from the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

The CQC is the independent regulator of health and social care in England, and regularly inspects healthcare services. The regulator inspected the council in October as both services transferred from the NHS in recent years. 

During the inspection, the CQC inspectors spoke with children and families, observed home visits and school drop-ins, visited child health clinics and infant feeding clinics, as well as interviewing staff and managers.

To see the report, you can visit www.cqc.org.uk

Waste collection teams have battled through wintery conditions to get bins collected yesterday.

However they weren't able to make collections in a number of places in the East Cleveland area. These included general waste from parts of Hutton Village, Pinchinthorpe, Hunters Hill, Moorsholm and Liverton.

The council says they will do their best to collect these bins first thing this morning and will continue to retry through the day in the event that early access cannot be gained.