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  1. Councillor Gary Allen with short brown hair, blue suit, white shirt and maroon tie holding a cut orange ribbon with volunteer Natalie Whittaker who has long brown hair, black top, black trousers, brown shoes and is holding a pair of scissors. Councillor Pamela Hargreaves has short blonde hair with a blue patterned dress, black boots and is holding a cut orange ribbon. Leader of Hartlepool Borough Council, Danielle Connolly has blonde hair tied back with a peach coloured top and black trousers. Start Head of Service, Sally Harris and Clinical Lead has short grey hair, glasses, a black dress, black leggings and black shoes. They are stood outside the entrance to an orange and dark grey cladded building officially opening it by cutting the ribbon.

  2. Eight green and blue double decker buses are parked up around the large arena with a crowd of people standing between then and cheering at the camera. A screen behind them reads: "Unleash electric".

  3. A general view looking out to the sea. In the foreground there is a narrow section of beach which is in the shade. There are thick clouds in the sky and sun rays are coming through, giving a shimmer to the small waves. On the horizon there is a cliff, also hit by the weak rays.

  4. Amber and Josh Webster with their son Jude. They are sat on two seats on a bus and Amber is holding Jude. Amber has blond hair in a bob and is wearing a beige jacket. She is smiling and holding Jude, who is wearing a grey hoodie and is wrapped in a chunky knitted blue and white blanket. His eyes are shut and he is yawning. Josh has short dark hair combed back and blue eyes. He is wearing a black hoodie and black puffer jacket. He is smiling at the camera.

  5. Sam Parkin, Final Score EFL pundit

  6. Andy Cammiss, standing in front of East Durham Veterans Trust in Seaham. He is dressed in a blue waterproof jacked with a grey hoody, is wearing black rimmed glasses and has a thick brown and grey beard and short brown hair.

  7. Hellberg thrilled by Boro's lunchtime extravaganza

    Kim Hellberg, wearing a big black coat with a white scarf, watching Middlesbrough playShutterstock

    Kim Hellberg has twice led Middlesbrough to four successive wins since his arrival in November

    Middlesbrough head coach Kim Hellberg says his players delivered an "unbelievable performance" in their 4-0 hammering of Preston North End.

    Boro had got home in the early hours of Thursday morning from the win at Stoke City and just over 48 hours later, they shrugged off a lunchtime start to dismantle 10-man North End.

    The fourth successive league win halved the gap on leaders Coventry City to three points, while Ipswich Town's defeat at Sheffield United means Boro now have a five-point cushion over the Tractor Boys, who sit third.

    "What a performance from the lads, what energy," Hellberg told BBC Radio Tees.

    "Going away to play Stoke on a Wednesday night, travelling eight hours back and forth on the bus, having the West Bromwich game before, 16, 17 hours on the bus back and forth, then one day less of rest playing this game on Saturday lunchtime, which is the shortest amount of rest you can get in between games.

    "Then to put in that type of energetic performance, that is unbelievable from the players."

  8. Tommy Conway celebrates scoring Middlesbrough's fourth goal against Preston

  9. Alfie wearing a black blazer over a white shirt with red striped tie. Picture in picture shows him riding a unicycle.

  10. A stock image of a dentist's studio. A door with a signs saying 'dental' opens to a studio with a dentist chair and equipment in the blurred background.

  11. Dr Simon Tizzard is wearing a blue medical hat, orange scrubs and glasses pointing at a spine X-ray on the screen of the robot in a hospital room.

  12. Alex Jones climbing a rockface in a coastal area. He is wearing a white helmet and climbing the red cliff, which gives onto a bay.

  13. The outside of Hartlepool Borough Council which is a large, red brick building with an angled glass entrance with blue window panes. Hartlepool Borough Council is written in green and blue above the entrance and there are two people pushing a pram underneath.

  14. EFL's 'Scan to Smile' highlights community work

    Millwall supporters involved in one of the EFL's club charity projects cheer and lift one of their team-matesEFL

    A new initiative highlighting the work of football club charities has been launched by the English Football League (EFL).

    'Scan to Smile' will be rolled out in stadiums across the EFL from Friday until the end of January, with supporters invited to scan QR codes on posters displayed around grounds.

    Each scan will unlock a short, uplifting story from a person whose life has been positively impacted by the support of their local club charity.

    The subjects tackled include mental health support, combating loneliness, improving physical wellbeing, employability and confidence.

    The EFL said it hoped the initiative would use "the reach and influence of football to offer fans a moment of positivity on matchday".

    Trevor Birch, chief executive at the EFL, said: "Behind every club are people whose lives have been positively changed through the work and dedication of their local EFL club charity.

    "This initiative gives supporters the chance to see that impact first-hand and reminds us that football truly is a force for good."

  15. Injured Boro players could return for Preston game

    Hellberg wants Boro to 'bring their A-game'

    Middlesbrough boss Kim Hellberg says several players could return from injury for Saturday's Championship game against Preston North End (12:30 GMT).

    Boro have had to cope with a significant injury list - Alfie Jones, Darragh Lenihan, George Edmundson, Callum Brittain, Alex Bangura, Riley McGree, David Strelec and Kaly Sene have all been absent in recent weeks and months.

    "I don't know if someone is ready to start but there will be some players back," Hellberg told BBC Radio Tees.

    "If they are not back this week, they will be back the next week so it is looking much better for us."

    The Teesside club have won their past three league games to sit two points above third-placed Ipswich Town and now face their third game in just over a week.

    However, the side's most recent performances have shown the Swede that a congested schedule should not affect how his side perform.

    "It cannot be an excuse for us to not bring the best of [our] energy, it cannot be an excuse for someone to not be ready to play," Hellberg added.

    "We know that is how it is and we need to bring all the energy in the world to perform. That demands even more from us in that amount of time and how I balance the squad is key."

    Listen to the full interview and more Middlesbrough content on BBC Sounds.

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  16. Jordan Hogg smiles at the camera. He is clean shaven with large brown eyes and short dark hair.

  17. Wes Streeting is smiling and dressed in a navy suit with a light blue shirt and maroon tie. His short brown hair is neatly combed back from his face.

  18. Kim McGuinness and Heidi Alexander sit side by side at a desk while signing the document. They are both looking at the camera and smiling. McGuinness, on the left, has mid-length blonde hair and is wearing a blue blazer. Alexander has mid-length light blonde/grey hair and is wearing a blue blazer.

  19. West Precinct is a large, concrete Brutalist-style building. Pictured are two businesses at the base of the block - the Half Moon Inn and a Chinese restaurant with its blue shutters down.

  20. Pick of the stats: Middlesbrough v Preston

    The club badges of Middlesbrough and Preston side by side

    Middlesbrough have the chance to cut Coventry's lead to three points with a win over Preston on Saturday (12:30 GMT).

    Boro are looking to record four successive league wins for the second time this season.

    Preston's promotion challenge is wobbling on the back of successive home defeats by Derby and Hull City in which they have failed to score but they did win their last away game, 2-0 at Bristol City.

    • Middlesbrough are unbeaten across their past three home league games against Preston North End (W2 D1), netting nine goals in those matches. Since the start of 2022-23, it is the most goals they've scored on home soil against any side in the Championship.

    • Preston North End are unbeaten across their past four league games against Middlesbrough (W2 D2), while they last enjoyed a longer unbeaten run in this fixture between December 1951 and December 1953 (five games).

    • Following a 4-0 win against Southampton earlier this month, Middlesbrough are looking to record a clean sheet in consecutive home league games for the first time since their first two at the Riverside this season.

    • Preston have lost their past two league games, though both have come at home. They last lost more consecutively in April last season (4).

    • Morgan Whittaker has scored six goals in 12 home league appearances for Middlesbrough this season. That is at least three times as many as any of his team-mates at the Riverside (two for David Strelec, Hayden Hackney, Tommy Conway and Dael Fry).

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  21. Inside the cab of a North East Ambulance Service vehicle. The paramedic in the passenger seat is speaking into a walkie talkie mounted on his shoulder. He is wearing a green paramedic uniform. A second paramedic on the driver side of the cab also wearing a green paramedic uniform is looking down to the back of the cab.

  22. A green double decker bus is parked up, with its lights on, inside a stadium. People are standing around admiring it. The words "Go Electric 26" are projected onto the side.