What are Manchester City's chances of defending the title? Which players have a point to prove? Who are the managers feeling the heat? BBC Sport assesses what you should look out for this season.

Sunderland score either side of half-time to book their place in the next round of the Carabao Cup with a win at Port Vale.

Ten-man Crewe dig out a win at Hartlepool in the first round of the Carabao Cup.

More than a million people across North Yorkshire and parts of the North East are affected.

Convincing wins for Essex and Durham in Group A see them ensure their place in the One-Day Cup knockout stages.

It costs £8m a year for to carry out repairs at North Tees Hospital including roof leaks, staff say.

BBC Sport asked you to vote for your favourite ever Premier League forward as a shortlist of 48 players are pitted against each other in a series of head-to-head knockout rounds.

Veteran centre-back Sol Bamba joins Middlesbrough on a one-year deal, marking his return after treatment for cancer.

The body and belongings of Esther Dingley are found close to where a bone fragment was discovered.

How important is a quick start in winning the Premier League title - or avoiding relegation?

Officers did not properly monitor Jake Anderson, who had mental health illnesses, a watchdog finds.

Ipswich sign former West Brom winger Kyle Edwards on a three-year deal and Middlesbrough's Hayden Coulson on a season-long loan.

Premier League fans will face random spot-checks of their Covid-19 status at grounds in the first few matchdays of the season, the league says.

The RNLI say they were called out after the boat caught fire off the coast of Hartlepool.

League One Wigan Athletic sign defender Kell Watts on a season-long loan from Premier League side Newcastle.

Championship club Middlesbrough sign former Brentford goalkeeper Luke Daniels on a free transfer.