A mother has been arrested after her toddler was found wandering the streets of Darlington.
Police arrested the mother after her son, who will be three on his next birthday, was found near the town's Clifton Road cattle mart.
Police carried out house-to-house inquiries after they discovered the little boy had not been reported missing.
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