A FESTIVAL for beer lovers takes place in Teesside later this week.

On Thursday, Friday and Saturday, the Cleveland Campaign for Real Ale Beer Festival will take place at the Arc, in Stockton.

Forty real ales will be available, mostly from Yorkshire and the north-east. There will also be real cider and perry.

The free festival is open every day, from 11am to 11pm. The charity which will benefit from the festival is The Butterwick Hospice.