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  1. Amelia Joicey is standing beside a whiteboard and teaching a class of teenagers. She is wearing a beige blouse and black trousers. She has grey hair that is styled in a bob.

  2. Bella Culley, in a white-walled court room, although she is seen close up so her surroundings are not shown. She is wearing silver-rimmed aviator glasses and has brown hair in a french plait. Her t-shirt is short sleeved and white with a turquoise design on the chest. She looks very apprehensive. In front of her are two people - one seen from behind and the other obscured by the first.

  3. Edwards hopes Boro learn lesson from Watford defeat

    Edwards: Watford defeat 'really disappointing' for Boro

    Middlesbrough boss Rob Edwards said his promotion-chasing side learnt a harsh lesson in their 3-0 loss at Watford.

    Edwards felt his Boro players were caught on the counter-attack by Watford on his return to his former club.

    "It's a really disappointing result," he told BBC Radio Tees.

    "I was actually really excited about this game and I thought we started well. It was about managing those moments and the biggest part of our message to the boys, as soon as we lose it, make sure we manage their counter-attacks and stop them switching it because they have pace in the wide areas, and we didn't do that.

    "There was not loads and loads wrong, and we got into areas loads of times, but didn't make it count. At both ends of the pitch, we were second best. We'll all learn from this."

  4. Google screengrab of the BP garage on the A167 at Ferryhill. Several vehicles are parked at petrol pumps. The building has green BP branding and a low white wall runs along the front.

  5. Endsleigh Drive in Middlesbrough. It is a residential road with lots of terraced houses lined in the street and several box hedges. There is a 20mph speed limit and a 'school patrol' road sign.

  6. An image of what the new facility could look like. It shows several grey blocks making up the incinerator. There are very few windows. In front are rows of trees bordering a car park and access road.

  7. Lucy Bradley and Pete Noble stand in front of their Halloween-themed decorated house. There are skeletons and fake corpses hung on the side of their home, with green and red lights shining on different parts of the display.

  8. A close up picture of a wet otter standing on a log surrounded in water with orange leaves floating on the surface.

  9. Simon Thorley outside the former Cleveland Bridge site in Darlington. He has short brown hair and a moustache. He is leaning on a green fence and looking with a serious expression at the camera. He is wearing a blue shirt, grey jumper, with a black coat and denim jeans. He is standing in front of a red fence with the sign Pyrol next to him, as well as another sign, warning about security at the site. In the background are industrial looking buildings.

  10. Edwards wary of Hornets threat

    Watford reunion 'just another game' for Edwards

    Middlesbrough boss Rob Edwards is expecting a tough challenge from former club Watford as he prepares to make his first return to Vicarage Road.

    Edwards was sacked by the Hornets in September 2022 after just 139 days and 10 Championship games in charge.

    He faced Watford twice as Luton manager but both were at home and Edwards told BBC Radio Tees: "It'll be a nice experience, a new one to be going back.

    "I wasn't there that long and it was a while ago now. It is, and has to be, just another game for me.

    "You learn from every experience, good and bad. It was frustrating it was such a short spell, but it was probably the right thing for me and the club. I took a lot from it."

    Watford have picked up 13 points from six home games and Edwards added: "They are very strong and Javi Gracia has gone back in there, an experienced and a very good coach, we're expecting a really challenging game, a difficult one for us."

    Boro remain second in the Championship, three points behind leaders Coventry, but have scored only 16 goals across their opening 12 matches, 18 fewer than the Sky Blues.

    Those goals have been shared among 11 players, with none scoring more than twice.

    "There are a lot of additions across the league that are taking time to adapt to the league, at various clubs, some that are firing have maybe been in the league for a few years," said Edwards.

    "We have to be patient and let lads settle in to a new country and environment, that's important.

    "We created a lot of chances against Ipswich and Sheffield Wednesday and the second half intensity was brilliant against Wrexham.

    "What Coventry are doing right now is not normal and there are only one or two others who have outscored us. Give us time and I'm sure things will click."

    Riley McGree is set to feature against Watford but Alex Bangura misses out with illness.

    Click here for the full interview with Edwards and more Middlesbrough content via BBC Sounds.

  11. A mugshot of Sean Reay, Kelvin Lawson and Thomas Sterling. Reay and Lawson have dark hair while Sterling is blonde. They all have goatees and are wearing serious expressions.

  12. Seven nurses standing outside the tribunal centre in Newcastle. They are wearing smart outfits and serious expressions.

  13. Edwards has no concerns with Boro strikers

    Middlesbrough forward David StrelecPA Media

    David Strelec signed a five-year deal from Slovan Bratislava on deadline day

    Middlesbrough boss Rob Edwards says he has no concerns about his strikeforce in the Championship this season.

    Boro go into this weekend's match with Edwards' previous side Watford in second place in the table.

    They have scored 16 goals in 12 games - fewer than half the 34 hit by leaders Coventry - and no player has more than two goals in the league.

    Coventry's Haji Wright and Brandon Thomas-Asante already have 17 league goals between them while Boro striker David Strelec has not scored in seven games for club and country.

    Edwards told BBC Radio Tees: "Across the board there are a lot of new additions who have taken time to adapt and some who are firing have been in the league a few seasons.

    "We have to be patient and allow lads to settle into a new country. We are always going to want more but we created a lot of chances last week. I am not too concerned. It always takes time.

    "Coventry are doing what they are doing and so we will be compared to them but what they are doing is not normal.

    "After that there are only a few teams who have outscored us and we have a good balance. Give us more time and I am sure things will improve."

  14. Pick of the stats: Watford v Middlesbrough

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    Middlesbrough will seek to get back to winning ways as they head to Watford on Saturday (15:00 GMT).

    Boro made hard work of a 1-1 draw against Wrexham at the Riverside last time out to fall three points behind Coventry, who overcame the 10-man Hornets 3-1 on the same afternoon.

    Rob Edwards' side have claimed 11 points from their six away games this season, though their only defeat in their opening 12 games came on the road at Portsmouth.

    Javi Gracia's men sit in 14th but have taken 13 points from their six home games and have won the past three at Vicarage Road, all by a 2-1 scoreline.

    • Watford have won each of their past two league games against Middlesbrough and will be looking to win three in succession versus Boro for the first time in their EFL history.

    • This century, Middlesbrough have won just two of their 12 away league games against Watford (D2 L8), losing on three of their past four visits to Vicarage Road.

    • Watford have won 11 points from losing positions in the Championship so far this season, the most of any side in the competition.

    • Excluding own goals, Middlesbrough have had the most different goalscorers so far in the 2025-26 Championship campaign (11).

    • Watford remain the only Championship side without a clean sheet this season after 12 matches – it is the furthest the Hornets have ever gone into a second-tier campaign without keeping one.

  15. Logan Currie, 7, kneeling in front of a pile of rubbish he and his father collected from a pond. There are bags of cans and a car bumper. He is kneeling next to a camouflaged kayak which his dad used to collect floating rubbish.

  16. Barry Dawson looks directly at the camera. He has a bald head and a hooped earring in his left ear lobe. He is smiling. Behind him, out of focus, are many people either queueing or waiting for something.

  17. Bethan Lishman. She is wearing her Team GB kit and is holding up three medals, with red white and blue ribbons. She has brown hair, tied back but blowing in the wind, and is smiling. The sky behind her is blue with wispy clouds.

  18. The exterior of a row of terraced houses. The patio out front is littered with appliances, including cookers, and police tape is tied to a pole in the foreground. No fire damage can be seen on the outside of the house but the bottom window is boarded up.

  19. An aerial view of Teesworks. An industrial estate can be seen to the bottom left while a large amound of undeveloped land is in the centre of the screen. The River Tees can be seen at the top of the picture.

  20. How can Edwards solve Boro's attacking conundrum?

    'We still don't know Boro's best attack'

    "If he just plays the same players week in, week out, he [Boro boss Rob Edwards] says they will just break, so he has to mix it up. But that's difficult when you are trying to get attacking players in a rhythm and trying to get them to find form.

    "Tommy Conway needs a goal, David Strelec needs a goal, Kaly Sene needs a goal - you are just waiting for one of them to take off and they will."

    The Northern Echo's Dom Shaw and the Gazette's Craig Johns discuss the attacking conundrum at Middlesbrough.

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

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  21. Seven nurses standing outside the tribunal centre in Newcastle. They are wearing smart outfits and serious expressions.

  22. A very young girl wearing a floral coat and pink leggings is playing on a metal roundabout in a park while her Dave Armstrong, wearing a blue hooded jumper and spectacles, is looking at the camera. He has short, reddish blond hair and a short beard.