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Another 496 people across Teesside have tested positive for Covid-19, according to the latest figures from Public Health England;

A murder investigation has been launched after a two-year-old girl sadly died in hospital;

...and detectives investigating the disappearance of Steven Clark from Marske in 1991 have released excerpts of an anonymous letter sent to police in 1999.

Another 496 people across Teesside have tested positive for Covid-19, according to the latest figures from Public Health England.

Figures released yesterday showed that Stockton alone had 176 new cases.

Rin Middlesbrough there were 119 new cases, whilst here in Redcar and Cleveland there were a further 108.

A murder investigation has been launched after a two-year-old girl sadly died in hospital. 

Officers were called to a property on Dale Street in New Marske on Tuesday morning following a report of an injured child.

The girl, who can now be named as Grace Thorpe from New Marske, was taken to the Royal Victoria Infirmary for treatment.

However she sadly passed away yesterday.

Grace’s family are now being supported by specially trained officers.

Police have begun an investigation into the circumstances around how the girl came to be injured and a 26-year-old man was arrested in connection with the incident.

The man, who has now been arrested on suspicion of murder, remains in police custody, and enquiries are ongoing.

Detectives investigating the disappearance of Steven Clark from Marske in 1991 have released excerpts of an anonymous letter sent to police in 1999.

Officers have previously appealed for the unknown letter writer to come forward and hope that by giving some parts of the letter, the sender may be revealed. 

Detectives from the Cleveland and North Yorkshire Cold Case Unit reopened the case and they believe that Steven has come to harm. They have launched a murder investigation and are appealing for the public to help. Two people have been arrested as part of the investigation and have been released on bail pending further investigation.

Anyone with information is asked to call Cleveland Police on the non-emergency number 101.