A MAN has today been charged with attempted murder following a serious assault on an 18-year-old woman.

It happened on Marton Road in Longlands, Middlesbrough, in the early hours of Saturday, April 29th.

The 21-year-old man has been remanded in custody and is due to appear at Teesside Magistrates’ Court on Monday. 

The teenage victim remains in James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, in a stable condition.

She was initially described as critical when she was admitted following the attack, which happened around 3am.

Police, who were alerted by a member of the public, said that she had suffered significant injurie