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  1. 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.

  2. 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."

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

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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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  9. 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.

  10. 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.

  12. Browne 'constantly learning' under boss Hellberg

    Browne: Boro 'had to dig deep' against Stoke

    Middlesbrough midfielder Alan Browne said he is "constantly learning" since being asked to play at right-back in his past three appearances by head coach Kim Hellberg.

    The Republic of Ireland international scored his second Boro goal as they regained second place in the Championship with a 2-1 win at Stoke City on Wednesday evening.

    "Obviously, I want to get back in the middle. That's where I think I'm best and where I want to play, but I'm happy to do a job for the team wherever that may be, so I've got to enjoy it and learn as much as I can in that position," the 30-year-old told BBC Radio Tees.

    "It's great playing under this manager because although you're playing full-back you find yourself in really good areas where you might also find yourself as a midfielder, so I'm constantly learning and hopefully improving every week."

    Middlesbrough had to come from a goal down in the Potteries with Browne equalising just after the interval before Tommy Conway scored the winner.

    "It was brilliant, quite tiring towards the end, but we did what we had to - showed great character in coming from a goal down away from home," Browne said.

    "We stayed calm at difficult times, stuck together, played our own football, and thankfully in the end prevailed."

    Middlesbrough host sixth-placed Preston North End on Saturday (12:30 GMT).

  13. The crenelated tower of St Cuthbert's Church emerging over a tree. The roof of the main body of the church can also be seen.

  14. Shotton Hall, where Peterlee Town Council is based, is a two-storey white building surrounded by hedges and grassland. Flower pots are hanging between the windows on the ground floor. There is a wooden bench near the building.

  15. 'We have to focus on ourselves' - Hellberg

    Middlesbrough manager Kim Hellberg celebrates the win at StokeGetty Images

    Middlesbrough manager Kim Hellberg praised his side's second-half showing as they followed up a win at West Brom last Friday with three points at Stoke.

    Alan Browne scored one and made the winner for Tommy Conway as Boro went back into the top two in the Championship.

    Hellberg told BBC Tees: "It was a terrible first 25 minutes, the worst kind of play, not being brave in your position - but in the second half we had a different attitude and turned the game around.

    "I felt we were not sharp, but that's life sometimes. We woke them up at half-time and it was a different story, we were strong.

    "We have to focus on ourselves. This period of the season is tough but we have six points from two away games and have scored five goals."

  16. Middlesbrough forward Tommy Conway

  17. An architect's digital art designs for the modernised bus depot. It is a three-storey building, with lots of glass windows. The majority of the building is black, with some brown decorative accents. There is also some greenery at the base of the corner of the building.

  18. A car is halfway on the pavement as it drives along past queuing traffic

  19. A composite image showing the faces of Christie Harnett, Nadia Sharif and Emily Moore. Miss Harness has shoulder-length auburn hair and blue eyes. She is smiling at the camera. Miss Sharif has long dark hair and brown eyes. She is looking at the camera, posing with a neutral expression. Miss Moore has long light brown hair with a side parting and brown eyes. She smiles at the camera.

  20. Daniel Ambler, a 23-year-old man with short dark hair, wearing spectacles and a grey hoodie. He is standing in what looks like a living room. There is pink and grey wallpaper on the wall behind him.

  21. Gerhard Struber wearing a Bristol City bobble hat and coat and clapping his hands while walking on the pitch at the end of the match with Ipswich

  22. EFL games to kick off late for CPR awareness

    Bristol Rovers defender Tom Lockyer wearing an Every Minute Matters t-shirt in the warm-up before a gameShutterstock

    Tom Lockyer suffered a cardiac arrest while playing for Luton Town in December 2023

    All English Football League games across a four-day period in February will begin one minute late to raise awareness for the Every Minute Matters campaign.

    The initiative will be in place for 36 matches across the Championship, League One and League Two between 5 and 9 February.

    EFL sponsor Sky Bet and the British Heart Foundation (BHF) have been working together since May 2024 to highlight the importance of speed when it comes to performing live-saving CPR.

    Later kick-off times will serve as "a stark reminder that every minute matters", the EFL said.

    Bristol Rovers defender Tom Lockyer collapsed while playing for Luton Town eight minutes into the Championship play-off final against Coventry in May 2023.

    Lockyer then suffered a cardiac arrest on the pitch seven months later during a Premier League game at Bournemouth.

    "What happened to me can happen to anyone, anywhere, at any time," said Lockyer, who is now a BHF ambassador.

    "Every year, more than 40,000 people in the UK suffer an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and most of them never make it home.

    "I'm here today because of the transformative power of CPR as every minute matters when it comes to saving a life.

    "This February, we want everyone to get behind this life-saving initiative, learn the skills and be ready to step in because your actions could give someone else the chance I was given."

    Throughout February, the Every Minute Matters campaign will call on fans to learn CPR using the BHF's online RevivR tool.

    "Each minute without CPR reduces a person's chance of survival, so we're urging fans to learn the skills now, before you ever need them," said Dr Charmaine Griffiths, chief executive of the BHF.

    EFL chief executive officer Trevor Birch added: "The one minute kick-off adjustment is a simple, powerful reminder that swift CPR can be the difference between life and death."

  23. Signs showing the symbols for men's and women's facilities

  24. An aerial view of the pews inside St Cuthbert's Church in Darlington. The pews are a deep brown inside the stone archways of the church. The church is lit by warm lights high on the walls.