POTENTIALLLY lethal drugs have been stolen causing police to issue a warning. The medication was taken from a car outside Sedgemoor Way in Billingham after 11am on Easter Monday, April 1.

A handbag was stolen from the red Vauxhall Vectra containing Amitripyline, which can prove fatal if taken in a high dose.

Contact officers on the non-emergency number 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800-555-111.

SEXUAL ASSAULT: An 18-year-old woman was sexually assaulted on Croydon Road close to the junction of Victoria Road, Middlesbrough on Thursday, February 21. The hooded attacker was aged late 30s to early 40s and is of large build. Contact PC Russell Sinclair at Middlesbrough Police Station on 101.