River search for man reported as being in difficulty
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Divers from Cleveland Police will this morning resume a search for a man who was reported to be in difficulty in the River Tees in Stockton last night .
Cleveland Police, Cleveland Fire Brigade, the RNLI and the police helicopter carried out searches of the river in Stockton to try and locate the man after he was reported as missing at 7.40pm yesterday.
A Cleveland Police spokeswoman said: “Searches will resume today at the River Tees in Stockton. A dive team from Northumbria Police will attend to assist with the search.”
Speaking yesterday, Dave Cocks, spokesman for Redcar RNLI, said: “We were asked to assist with the search.
“We are searching an area just a bit further up from the Tees Barrage.
“We are not sure of the circumstances of what happened.
“We have one lifeboat involved in the search with four crew members on board.”
Anyone with information is asked to contact police on the non-emergency number 101.
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