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Man charged with aggravated burglary;

The volunteers of the Cleveland Mountain Rescue Team have been called into action;

...and Family Hubs and services for families right across the borough have been relaunched after a £2.6 million cash injection and ambitious transformation plan.

Man charged with aggravated burglary.

A 23-year-old man has been charged with aggravated burglary after a report of an incident on Langthwaite Walk, Redcar, around 6:30am on Tuesday 12th September whereby a shed was broken in to by suspects reportedly in possession of a weapon.

The man is due to appear at Teesside Magistrates Court today, Wednesday 13th September.

A second man aged 33 arrested in connection with the incident has been bailed whilst enquiries continue.

The volunteers of the Cleveland Mountain Rescue Team have been called into action.

On Tuesday night at the request of North Yorkshire Police the team searched an area of the North Yorkshire Moors for a missing man.

Police officers and a police dog were also involved as was a helicopter from the National Police Air Service HQ.

The team were stood down in the early hours of yesterday morning by the Police and they continued with their enquiries to trace the man who was still missing at that stage.

Thirteen team members were involved in the call-out which lasted for approximately 6 hours.

Family Hubs and services for families right across the borough have been relaunched after a £2.6 million cash injection and ambitious transformation plan.

Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council was one of 75 local authorities nationally given the opportunity to access significant funding to join up and enhance services delivered through transformed family hubs in our local communities, which aims to make sure all families can access the support they need. The Council’s teams worked at pace to deliver transformed services for residents.

And, after a major overhaul across the summer, the new look service is being relaunched at events this week. There were special launch events in Loftus and Skelton yesterday, Tuesday 12 Sept with more planned for Dormanstown and Greengates today, Wednesday 13 September and tomorrow in Grangetown and South Bank on Thursday