CLEVELAND Police have chosen a specialist company to operate cleaning facilities at 23 police stations across the area under a three-year contract.

Eurest Criminal Justice, the leading provider of support services to police forces across the country, has been awarded the £750,000 contract.

Units covered include the force's headquarters in Middlesbrough and stations at Eston, Guisborough, Loftus, Redcar, Saltburn, South Bank, Hartlepool, Stockton, Billingham, Thornaby, Yarm, Middlesbrough, Coulby Newham and North Ormesby