内容摘要：Anti-racist protester Lucas Ward left Castle Park and linked arms with others in front of the hotel when they heard protesters might go there.

Anti-racist protester Lucas Ward left Castle Park and linked arms with others in front of the hotel when they heard protesters might go there.

It is the morning after a long and shocking night.Just a few hours ago, Murray Street was filled with a sea of blue police lights, riot vans and lines of officers wearing protective gear.

Cleveland Police says the disorder ended just before 02:00 BST, but along the street you could see the aftermath – piles of bricks at the side of the road, planks of wood and damage to some properties, including smashed windows.The force says it will maintain a presence in the area and that it wants to reassure people.It is also appealing for information from members of the public.

The site of Vauxhall's Luton plant has been bought by an undisclosed commercial owner, days after the last van rolled off its production line.The industrial estate off Kimpton Road has been used for manufacturing cars and vans since 1905 - but

Luton Council said its "serious and competitive bid" to buy the land was rejected and that owner Stellantis - which also runs Citroën and Peugeot - had sold it to an unnamed buyer.

The car giant declined to comment further.An environmental charity has enlisted women's rugby players to help haul an abandoned van away from a beach in Cornwall.

Locals alerted Clean Ocean Sailing to the mangled Mercedes vehicle which had been left at the bottom of Polpeor Cove's slipway for more than eight weeks after being swamped.The charity used a 50-year-old VW campervan called Cecil to pull the wreck above the high tide line but said it was not powerful enough to tow the wreck away.

A date for the operation has yet to be set, but volunteer and former rugby player Kate Green said a friendship with the Cornish Pirates meant 30 "Cornish - all women - rugby players are on standby to give a hand to Cecil in his final effort".The charity, whose mission is to keep Cornwall's coasts pollution-free, said volunteers spent three days emptying the van which was "partially buried, filled with rocks, sand and rotten seaweed, it was too heavy and impossible to move".