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  1. From left to right: Councillor Nigel Cooke, cabinet member for environment, leisure and culture at Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council (he is bald and wearing glasses, a blue shirt and a grey suit), Reuben Kench, chair of the Stockton & Darlington Rail Heritage Partnership (he has grey hair and is wearing a green suit jacket), Abby (she has strawberry blonde hair and is wearing a pink sundress with a knitted vest top), Owen (he has light, brown hair and is wearing a flat cap and a brown suit jacket, Councillor John Coulson (Ward Councillor for Yarm) (he is bald with a grey beard and mustache, and is wearing a blue, long-sleeved shirt and a red puffer coat)and Councillor Andrew Sherris (Ward Councillor for Yarm) (he has grey hair and is wearing a blue shirt with a grey raincoat). They are standing in front of the mural, West Street, Yarm. The mural is on the side of a brick building, and consists of eight individual panels that display words and images associated with the railway. Some of the words visible include: together, innovation, arrival, history, etc.

  2. The entrance to Kirkleatham Walled Garden. A path surrounded by a manicured garden with various buses leads to barn-like red-bricked buildings.

  3. Teesside Crown Court is a long brown building of two storeys with lots of pillars over a walkway. There are a few trees in front of it - and a large white sculpture in the shape of a bottle dominates the image

  4. 🎧 Will momentum decide the play-offs?

    Can stats pick out the EFL Championship play-off winner?

    Will momentum play a key role in deciding which teams meet at Wembley in the Championship play-off final on Saturday, 23 May?

    Southampton enter the play-offs in the strongest form, unbeaten in the league since 17 January and accumulating 14 points across their past six games.

    Millwall ended their regular season one point shy of the automatic promotion places and have earned 11 points in six games, while Middlesbrough have picked up nine and Hull City just six.

    "I feel that momentum, wherever you finish – whether it's third, fourth, fifth or sixth – coming into it in a real feel-good factor is really important," Jobi McAnuff told the More Than the Score podcast.

    "You look at Millwall or Saints this year and they are definitely the two coming into it with that – and of course they are third and fourth. I think if you are fans of those clubs, it's two factors there that are in your favour."

    The play-off semi-finals begin on Friday with Hull City hosting Millwall (20:00 BST).

    The Tigers secured their spot on the final day with a 2-1 win over Norwich City, but McAnuff is leaning towards the Lions to progress.

    "I do favour Millwall to get through – their away form has been absolutely brilliant this season," he added.

    "They are going to be a real hard nut to crack, very solid defensively, very organised, so for the semis I think that suits them well.

    "It's a club that has been around the play-offs more often than not in the last few years and not quite able to get there."

    Listen to the full episode on BBC Sounds

    Listen on BBC Sounds

  5. A man places a ballot paper into a black ballot box at a polling station.

  6. Adam Campbell in action for Hartlepool United

  7. Thornaby Women are in a circular huddle in blue kits, the keeper is wearing orange.

  8. Jack Roberts is looking straight into the camera with a neutral expression. He has short blonde hair with a curly fringe, and is wearing a black t-shirt and black fleece. In the background behind him is the interior of his tool storage unit, where gardening tools including shovels are being stored.

  9. One of BT's street hub signs is in the middle of the pavement next to a discount store. It is a large black box with a screen advertising EE Game Store. People are walking down the street behind the hub.

  10. The cast of Smoggie Queens sit on a stage smiling at the camera in front of a big screen showing them dressed as their characters.

  11. Tristan Learoyd is a man in his 30s wearing jeans. He is standing by a level crossing with a housing development behind him in the distance

  12. A mugshot of John Laidlaw. He has short brown hair with a side parting and brown eyes. He is wearing a blue top and looking at the camera with a serious expression.

  13. The Championship play-off trophy

  14. Wingate Community Centre is a two-storey building. It has a large sign attached to the brick work reading "Wingate Community Centre".

  15. A view of the railway platform with some tracks leading up to it. There is a concrete bridge over the tracks and tall street lights lining either side. On the right there is a brick signal box. Trees surround the platform and tracks.

  16. A hand holds up a key and a keyring in the shape of a house. A block of flats is in the background.

  17. Two large stone squared plant pots on a high street. Small leafless trees grow from them. They are outside a Boyes shop and it has been raining.

  18. A black and white sheep dog in a tin trough facing the camera with their eyes closed and tongue out panting. There is a stone wall on either side of the trough. Behind is a large expanse of flat agricultural land. The sky is covered in clouds with bits of blue peeking through.

  19. Two fried eggs

  20. Hellberg ready for exciting play-off with Saints

    Hellberg: Boro 'gave it a shot' against Wrexham

    Middlesbrough head coach Kim Hellberg is looking forward to two attacking matches with Southampton as Boro's play-off fate was confirmed.

    They ended the regular season with a rollercoaster 2-2 draw at Wrexham as their automatic promotion hopes were dashed by Ipswich Town's easy win over QPR.

    It all meant that the Teessiders dropped one place from fourth to fifth with the first leg of their semi-final to be played at the Riverside Stadium next Saturday (12:30 BST).

    "Two very good games of football probably," Hellberg told BBC Radio Tees.

    "Two attack-minded teams that want to play, want to press, two great games of football and I'm looking forward to it."

    The draw in north Wales made it four games unbeaten for Boro to end the regular season with 10 goals scored in that spell.

    The seven-game winless run that preceded that effectively finished off their hopes of a top-two spot, but Hellberg was pleased with how his side tried everything to get the three points against the Dragons.

    "We know we had a little chance to get second, but we gave it a shot," he said.

    "When the opponent tries to also be forward thinking, they become good games that we're involved in and it was a good game today.

    "At half-time, we understood Ipswich were going to win the game quite easily and we gave it a push. They tried to win it, which opened up a lot of space and we should have done that much, much better.

    "That was the disappointing thing today, otherwise a lot of things were very good."

  21. Suzy Hill has long blonde hair, white t-shirt and white trainers and black leggins. Lisa House has long red hair tied up, a patterned top, patterned socks, blue trousers and blue trainers. They are sat with the bench with art materials on the floor in a gallery setting.

  22. A little tern is mid-wing beat over chicks with a fish in its mouth. The little tern has a black head and bright yellow beak and white feathered body.

  23. Kieran Carter, a man in his late 20s with short, brown hair and a stubble beard. He is wearing a blue tartan shirt. He is stood in Newcastle's city centre near a metro station.