Large knife recovered and forensics tent pitched during ongoing incident in Hartlepool

Police have also cordoned off an area on Tees Street and Raby Road, where a forensics tent remains. Credit: ITV Tyne Tees

Emergency services are attending an ongoing incident in Hartlepool.

Two areas in the town have been sealed off as crime scenes.

A large knife has been recovered by police on the pavement, in an area between Victoria Road to York Road.

Police have also cordoned off an area on Tees Street and Raby Road, where a forensics tent remains.

Officers have sealed off an area surrounding a large discarded knife on the street. Credit: ITV News Tyne Tees

A cordon originally placed near Hartlepool Police Station has now been extended, to include Lauder Street and Avenue Road, with the station inside the perimeter.

A North East Ambulance Service spokesperson said: "We were called to an incident on Raby Street, Hartlepool this morning (15 October) at 5:43am. We dispatched three ambulance crews and one doctor."

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