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  1. Pick of the stats: Middlesbrough v Birmingham City

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    Middlesbrough will seek to get back to winning ways after a mini-wobble as they welcome free-scoring Birmingham to The Riverside on Saturday (15:00 GMT).

    Boro are three Championship games without a win and have fallen out of the automatic promotion places to third, following a 1-1 draw at home to Wrexham with a 3-0 capitulation at Watford last Saturday and then salvaging a last-ditch 1-1 draw at Leicester on Tuesday night.

    Birmingham are up to ninth, only two points outside the play-off places, after back-to-back 4-0 home wins, over Portsmouth last Saturday and against previously unbeaten travellers Millwall on Tuesday.

    Chris Davies' side have however taken only four points from their past six on the road, losing four of those games without scoring.

    • Middlesbrough have won their past five league games against Birmingham; their longest ever winning streak against them in league action. They've also kept a clean sheet in four of those five victories, conceding just one goal overall.

    • The last two times Middlesbrough have hosted Birmingham in league competition have ended in 1-0 victories for Boro (October 2022 and October 2023). Blues have failed to score in six of their last nine away league matches at the Riverside Stadium.

    • Middlesbrough are unbeaten in their past eight home league matches (W5 D3), and haven't conceded more than once in any of their past 13 matches at the Riverside in the Championship (since a 3-2 defeat to Sunderland in February).

    • Birmingham City have won three of their past four league games (L1), as many as they managed across their first 10 this season (W3 D3 L4) – the Blues last won three Championship matches in a row in August 2023.

    • Middlesbrough have scored three goals from the 80th minute onwards to earn a draw in the Championship this season, their most such goals in a season since 2018-19 (also 3).

  2. A group of women arrive at the tribunal office. At the head of the group is Bethany Hutchison, who has long blond hair and is wearing a red coat. Beside her are several smartly dressed women with long brown hair.

  3. A CGI of how Forth Yards could look once redeveloped. There is a large stoned courtyard with fountains in the paved area which people can walk on. There is a green space nearby with trees. Behind them is a seven-storey apartment building with retail outlets on the ground floor. To the right a brick wall, covered in green plants, has the name Forth Yards written on it in white lettering.

  4. Boro cancel Edwards' pre-match press conference

    Rob Edwards clapping Middlesbrough fans at the end of the recent home game with WrexhamShutterstock

    Rob Edwards became Middlesbrough head coach in June

    Middlesbrough have cancelled their pre-match press conference with head coach Rob Edwards.

    He was due to face the media at 13:00 GMT ahead of Boro's home game with Birmingham City on Saturday but that will now not take place.

    BBC Tees also reports that Edwards did not take training at the club's Rockliffe Park base on Friday morning.

    The 42-year-old is a leading candidate for the vacant post at Wolverhampton Wanderers and on Thursday the Teessiders rejected the Premier League club's approach to speak to him.

    Since replacing Michael Carrick at Boro in the summer, Edwards has led the side to third with just two defeats in their opening 14 Championship games.

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    Two oil platforms in the North Sea. The one in the foreground is red and has a white cabin with a black tower on top. In the background, the platform is black with a white cabin and white and red tower.

  7. Rhizome, one of the Durham Lumiere 2025 installations. It consists of illuminated ropes shining in green and blue. A group of people are standing under the artwork and looking at it.

  8. Middlesbrough boss Rob Edwards during the Championship match against Leicester City

  9. Photo of large offshore white wind turbines with the sky in the background. There are about six wind turbines in a row with a ship in the background also. The turbines are spinning. There are some clouds in the sky.

  10. Part of the land off Brandon where the development will be built. The large grassland is next to the A690 and is surrounded by hedges.

  11. The outside of the former care home, pictured in 2022. There is a pile of burnt rubbish next to shuttered up windows. The site looks a mess with overground grass and shrubbery.

  12. The large transporter bridge sitting over the river. The sun is setting in the background and factory style buildings can be seen either side of the river, on the banks.

  13. A street with houses on the left and trees on the right and a building with scaffolding on in the distance. There is another road going off to the right. It is a grey, cloudy day.

  14. A medieval wooden roof inside a church, with arched beams. The picture is taken from up in the rafters looking along the length of the building.

  15. BBC Radio Tees presenters Scott Makin and Amy Oakden taking part in the three-legged challenge

  16. Kim McGuinness is smiling and holding to the blue hand rail of an empty bus. She is wearing a navy blue jumper with a large circular gold pendant and beige coat. Her blonde hair reaches her shoulders.

  17. Bella Culley is standing in the doorway and looking directly at the camera with a neutral expression. She has long brown hair and is wearing a brown top.

  18. Bella Culley arrives at Luton Airport as her mum pushes two suitcases

  19. 'We go away feeling like it's a win' - Ayling

    Middlesbrough defender Luke Ayling says Tuesday's hard-fought Championship draw at Leicester feels "like a win".

    Ayling rose highest in the sixth minute of added time to rescue a point for Boro, who had been reduced to 10 men moments earlier with Alfie Jones being dismissed.

    The defender told BBC Radio Tees: "We go away from that feeling like it's a win, we know we did enough to probably win the game.

    "We felt like we were on top for most of the game, and then we give away another sloppy goal which has been a theme of our last few games.

    "When we go down to 10 men and we come back and score a late goal, it's a great feeling, the dressing room is buzzing - it's a point, we wanted three, but we take it."

    Ayling's equaliser was his first goal for the club, indeed his first since scoring for former side Leeds back in August 2023.

    "It felt like the ball was up in the air for a while and I could see it was coming to the back stick," added the 34-year-old, who has featured in every league game for Boro so far this season.

    "I knew if I timed my jump I could probably get on the back of the defender, I headed it and it felt like it took forever to go in, it was in slow motion, but when it hit the back of the net it's always a great feeling."

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

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  21. Olivia Brummitt and Dan Atkinson, their daughters and an air ambulance crew member stand in front of Great North Air Ambulance helicopter on a helipad marking.

  22. Edwards thrilled with character and Boro reaction

    Rob Edwards at the match between Leicester and MiddlesbroughGetty Images

    Rob Edwards has been linked to the vacant head coach's role at Wolves

    Middlesbrough head coach Rob Edwards says he was thrilled with his side's "never say die" attitude as Luke Ayling's 96th-minute header rescued a draw away to Leicester City.

    But the frustration came from the fact that Boro only claimed a point from a match in which they had more possession, more shots and shots on target, more corners and more touches in the opposition box than the Foxes.

    "It feels like a win because of how it happened, but it should have been a win," Edwards told BBC Radio Tees. "The performance justified a win."

    The draw sees Boro slip out of the top two and they are now one point behind Stoke City, but Edwards was happy with how side played three days after their 3-0 loss at Watford.

    "We've dominated the game, so that was a really pleasing performance," he said. "That was a great reaction to a disappointment on Saturday.

    "We've reacted really well and any time we've been defeated this season, we've responded with a good performance and a good result. And we've done it again."

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  24. Rose Henderson arrives at the tribunal. Rose has long blonde hair, glasses and is wearing a black and white stripey dress.