A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of murder following an incident in Hartlepool.

The 30-year-old man was arrested on Saturday in Hartlepool on suspicion of murder in connection with the incident on Oxford Road in Hartlepool yesterday evening.

A spokesperson for Cleveland Police thanked the public for their support.

Officers were called to Oxford Road near to Chaucer Avenue just after 9pm on Friday 3rd August, to a report of a woman with significant injuries. She was pronounced dead at the scene.