PC is seriously assaulted in town centre as he intervenes to stop man attacking woman. • Police have tasered a man after he seriously assaulted an officer by biting him on the head, neck and arm. The Cleveland Police officer (33) was attacked as he intervened to stop the man who appeared to assault a woman outside a pub around 2.10am

Man who successfully took action against Cleveland Police for malicious prosecution is to take action against staff association. • A former officer who has received more than £800,000 in compensation from Cleveland Police after being wrongly imprisoned is planning to sue the Police Federation of England and Wales - claiming it left him

IPCC says Cleveland Police search for crash victim found dead four months after incident was thorough. • Cleveland Police acted appropriately in its search for a man whose body was found in marshes four months after a car crash. It is believed Jason Rushton (38) was over the drink-drive limit when he crashed his vehicle in Redcar in the

Sky News said it hacked the emails of John Darwin and passed evidence to the police which proved "pivotal" to the case against the fraudster in 2008. • Cleveland Police says it is investigating how “pivotal” evidence relating to the John Darwin fraud case was obtained, after Sky News admitted hacking into the fraudster’s emails

Tim Madgwick to assume role of temporary Chief following retirement of Grahame Maxwell. • North Yorkshire’s DCC will step up to the plate when Chief Constable Grahame Maxwell retires from policing later this year, it has been confirmed. In a statement, North Yorkshire Police Authority said Tim Madgwick would act as Temporary