A schoolboy has had his face savaged by a dog while playing in a field on his summer holidays.

The 11-year-old was rushed to hospital after his cheek was left bitten and scratched on July 27.

He was attacked around 2.15pm in the fields off Chester Road and Canterbury Way in Stevenage.

It follows a number of other reported dog attacks across the UK last week.

The dog in the Stevenage incident has been described as brown and medium in size.

Anyone who witnessed the boy’s ordeal, or who may have information otherwise, is urged to contact Hertfordshire Constabulary.

PC Georgina Yeabsley said: ‘This incident happened in the middle of the afternoon during the school summer holidays when there were several other people on the fields who may have seen what happened.

‘If you witnessed the incident or have information that could help us to identify the dog’s owner so please get in touch.’

Last Monday, a three-year-old was left with life-changing injuries after being bitten by a dog in Hampshire.

A man was mauled to death by a dog in the same county two days later.

On Friday, a mother and her two children were left injured in another dog attack in Derbyshire.

It comes as a victim who was ‘chewed like a piece of meat’ in Lancashire calls for the breed that targeted her to be banned from the UK.

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