Two men have been arrested following an disturbance in the early hours of this morning.

Police received a call at around 1.15am after a group of people were seen on Albermarle Back Road, Scarborough, involved in an altercation.

On arrival a car was seen to leave the scene after colliding with a parked vehicle.

Officers followed the car out of Scarborough and stopped it in the village of Burniston.

The occupants of the car, two men from Newcastle, were arrested.

The 20-year-old passenger was arrested on suspicion of assaulting three people and the 30-year-old driver was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving and failing to stop following a collision.

They both remain in police custody for questioning.

Anyone with any information about the incident is asked to call North Yorkshire Police on 101, select option 1 and pass information to the Force Control Room, quoting incident number 12170071444 If you wish to remain anonymous, you can pass information to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.