Knife discovered in murder probe

A large kitchen knife, which police believe was used to stab a 25-year-old woman to death, has been recovered from a house on Teesside.

Nusrat Ali was found with multiple stab wounds in the garden of a house on Lothian Road, Middlesbrough on Tuesday.

Police want to question a 29-year-old man who is in a critical condition at the James Cook University Hospital.

Detectives said the man was found hanging in a property on Lothian Road shortly after the incident.

Officers cut the man down and gave him first aid before paramedics arrived to take over.

In a statement on Wednesday, her family said they were totally numbed by what had happened.

They said: "Nusrat was a happy, friendly, bubbly young woman who had a kind word and a smile for everyone.

"This attack has not only taken her life, but devastated her family and friends, who are finding it very hard to come to terms with."