A WOMAN is seriously-ill in hospital after a mystery incident at a house near Northallerton.

The incident happened yesterday and it is unknown whether she was hurt in a fall or was assaulted.

Police were alerted at about 10.30am on Friday, by staff at the James Cook University Hospital, in Middlesbrough, after the woman was admitted with a serious head injury.

Officers are currently working to establish how she sustained her injuries and are making inquiries at a property in Bullamoor Road, at Kirby Sigston, just outside Northallerton.

The 48-year-old woman remains in hospital and her condition was described as “serious”.