A baby has been found dead in a Middlesbrough home. Police have launched an investigation into what officers have called an “unexplained” incident. Cleveland Police said officers were called to an address in the north eastern town on Saturday after reports of the death of a baby. Officers have made contacted the infant’s family, and are with them. The force said in a statement: “Officers were called to an address in Middlesbrough earlier today, [Saturday] June 7, following the death of a baby.
“The death is being treated as unexplained and detectives have been carrying out some enquiries at the address. Our thoughts are with the family of the deceased child at this sad and difficult time.” The Daily Express has contacted Cleveland Police for further information. It comes after a huge blaze erupted in Middlesbrough on Monday morning. Thick plumes of black smoke could be seen rising from a vehicle located on Whin Street. Emergency services received reports of the fire on the morning of June 2, with Cleveland Fire Brigade rushing to the scene.
The service also said yesterday that two men have been arrested when officers attended reports of people fighting with machetes in Brompton Street in Middlesbrough at around 11.15pm on Friday.
Armed officers responded and located two men with injuries, and two weapons were located and seized.
Both men, a 49-year-old man and a 23-year-old man, were arrested on suspicion of section 18 wounding and taken to police custody for questioning.
In May, police cordoned off a property in Nunthorpe after a “firearms discharge” and car fire.
The incident occurred on Collingham Drive, with one local telling Teesside Live: “I heard gunshots and thought it was poachers”.
Cleveland topped the charts for the UK’s most crime-riddled regions in November.
The region’s crime rate per 1,000 population stands at 132.5, according to data provided by the Office for National Statistics (UK).
High crime rates are evident in other areas of northern England, such as West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester at 121.7 and 117.7 respectively.