A NEW Year's Eve reveller needed stitches after he was hit in the face with a bottle in a Middlesbrough pub.

The 19-year-old was drinking with friends in the Corner House, Zetland Road.

At about 11.50pm, he was approached by four men and felt someone push him.

The Stockton student was then hit in the face with a bottle. He needed 12 stitches to a mouth wound. Anyone with information is asked to call PC Paul Ashcroft of British Transport Police on 0800 405040.