Officers are appealing to trace witnesses and footage after a nine-year-old girl was bitten by a dog in Middlesbrough.
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The incident happened on Burwell Road around 12pm on Wednesday 27th December, when a dog which is described as tanned or light brown approached the girl and bit her a number of times on the legs, leaving her with injuries which required hospital treatment but were not life threatening. She was treated at James Cook University Hospital and later released.