Emergency services were called to a fire which had spread to four terraced houses on Errington Street in Brotton at around twenty to five yesterday morning.
A number of residents were evacuated, and a cordon was put in place to allow firefighters from Cleveland Fire Brigade to deal with the fire.
No one was injured, however damage was caused to the properties.
The fire has been deemed as being non-suspicious and officers remained on scene yesterday
Following a report that a red kia Sportage was taken from a property in Middlesbrough, Matrix officers were dispatched to locate it.
A pursuit took place before the vehicle came to a stop when it collided with some railings on Ormesby Road near the Berwick Hills roundabout at around 6.10am yesterday morning.
A 26-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving, taking a vehicle without consent, failure to stop and drug driving.
He was taken into police custody.
Anyone who witnessed the incident or anyone with dash cam footage is urged to contact Cleveland Police on the non-emergency number 101.
On Friday, Patrolling officers from Middlesbrough’s Proactive Team suspected that two men were attempting to cut the lock off an electric bike in the town centre.
Officers moved in and swiftly arrested them.
A 40-year-old man was charged with attempted theft and going equipped whilst a second man, also aged 40, was charged with attempted theft and possession of a Class B and C drug.
They were remanded in custody to appear at Teesside Magistrates’ Court on Saturday.