An appeal has been launched to find a woman who was allegedly assaulted this morning.

Cleveland Police are appealing for the victim of an alleged assault to come forward following the incident which occurred at 4:45am on York Road in Hartlepool on Thursday (March 21).

Police were alerted to the incident by CCTV operators and arrested two women, aged 18 and 19, at the scene.

Both women have since been released on bail while enquiries continue.

A Cleveland Police spokesperson said: “Officers in Hartlepool are appealing for the victim of an assault to come forward.

“Police were alerted by CCTV operators to an assault on a woman at 4:45am on Thursday 21 March, on York Road in Hartlepool.

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“Officers responded and arrested two women aged 18 and 19 at the scene. Both women have since been released on bail whilst enquiries continue.

“Unfortunately, as police were arresting them, the victim left the scene without providing her details to officers. She is a similar age to the suspects, with long blonde hair, and was wearing black clothes.

“We are urging the victim to come forward by calling police on 101 and quoting incident number SE24051194.”