A MEMORIAL service is being held for a well-loved nurse who died in an accident.

Arlene Mitcheson worked at St Luke's Hospital, Middlesbrough, for more than 20 years.

She died after an accident involving a taxi in the town centre last month.

A service in her memory is being at the hospital at 1.30pm today, led by the Reverend Mike Harland, chaplain for Tees and North East Yorkshire NHS Trust, and will feature tributes from former colleagues.

A spokesman for the trust said: "Arlene was a special person, who is greatly missed by family, friends and colleagues.

"The memorial service is being held so that staff and patients who knew Arlene will be able to pay tribute to her."