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A busy road in Redcar had to be closed yesterday after a car flipped on its side following a crash;

Police have seized a dog following an incident on Monday evening where a teenager suffered injuries;

...and people living in Cleveland's rural areas have named environmental and criminal damage, antisocial behaviour and theft as their key concerns in a recent survey.

A busy road in Redcar had to be closed yesterday after a car flipped on its side following a crash.

Police were called to the scene of a single vehicle collision on Broadway West yesterday at around 1.15pm after receiving reports that a car had flipped on its side.

Paramedics from the North East Ambulance Service attended the incident and checked over the driver of the vehicle, who was uninjured.

A section of the road was closed whilst emergency service personnel attended the scene, reopening a short time later.

Police have seized a dog following an incident on Monday evening where a teenager suffered injuries.

A 15-year-old girl remains at the University Hospital of North Tees with serious injuries following an incident at an address in the Port Clarence area.

Her injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.

Enquiries are ongoing into the incident and no one has been arrested.

People living in Cleveland's rural areas have named environmental and criminal damage, antisocial behaviour and theft as their key concerns in a recent survey.

Police and Crime Commissioner Steve Turner launched a consultation earlier in the year to seek a better understanding of the issues facing communities in rural locations.

Environmental damage such as fly-tipping was the biggest cause for complaint from residents, workers and landowners, with 61.3 per cent identifying the issue as their key concern.

45.5 per cent of respondents identified the use of off-road vehicles as an issue in their local area.

Criminal damage, theft and antisocial behaviour were also among the top concerns voiced by people living and working in the countryside in the survey.

Many respondents stated that they want more engagement with police and other agencies and that they felt rural crime was taken less seriously than crime in more urban areas.