Ilkeston: Girls arrested after teenager injured in fight

Police were called to Critchley Street on Thursday night

Four girls have been arrested after a teenager was injured in a fight in Derbyshire.

Police were called to reports of a fight in Critchley Street in Ilkeston at 20:20 BST on Thursday.

A teenager was taken to hospital after suffering a swollen lip, a cut to the head and grazes, the force said.

Derbyshire Police said officers arrested four teenage girls - three 15-year-olds and one 14-year-old - on suspicion of assault.

The force said the 14-year-old was also arrested on suspicion of assaulting an emergency worker and one of the 15-year-old girls was also detained on suspicion possession of bladed article.

All four girls remain in police custody.