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  1. Blair Murray has a shaved head with a stubbly beard. He is wearing a grey hoodie and stands in front of a fire and tent. His tent has a tarpaulin strung over his tent in the middle of woodland. The picture is a selfie.

  2. A black car is parked in front of a two-storey hospital building. The car has pulled to the side of a curved road around a roundabout. Trees are planted in grass curving around the front of the building.

  3. North East Mayor Kim McGuinness (left) and Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen (right)

  4. Three large black solar panels in a field with green grass and a blue sky.

  5. Gossip: Boro agree £7m deal with Spurs for Phillips

    Ashley Phillips wearing Stoke City's home shirt during a game in the 2025-26 season, pictured on BBC Sport's gossip column graphic which has 'gossip' written in white letters on top of a blurred out floodlit football stadiumGetty Images

    Middlesbrough have agreed to sign English centre-back Ashley Phillips from Tottenham for an initial fee of £7m, while a number of potential future add-ons have been included in a deal for the 21-year-old, who spent last the past two seasons on loan at Stoke City. (The Northern Echo)

    Want more EFL transfer news and rumours? Read Thursday's full gossip column here.

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  6. Mugshot of Hewitt. She has short brown hair and appears to be missing her two front teeth.

  7. Several giant hogweed plants are silhouetted against a bright blue sky. The plants have multiple large seedheads coming off the top of the tall stem. There are three close up and many more further into the background.

  8. Someone in a hi-vis orange jacket and helmet welding. There are sparks flying from some steel in front of them. There is another person in a hi-vis orange jacket to the left.

  9. Middlesbrough councillor Luke Henman. He has short dark hair and a trimmed beard. He is wearing a cream jacket, white shirt and green tie. He has three pins on his lapel, including a union jack pin and a Ukraine flag. He is looking at the camera and smiling. He is in a room with yellow walls and yellow curtains on a window. Behind him there is a table with blue chairs.

  10. Lucas Littlefair, a teenager who died in a crash in Hesleden. He has blonde hair and blue eyes and he is looking up at the camera with a wide smile. He is wearing a grey The North Face hoodie and is in a green area, with a tree trunk on the ground behind him and some grass.

  11. Mugshot of Hewitt. She has short brown hair and appears to be missing her two front teeth.

  12. I finally feel at home at Boro - Sarmiento

    Middlesbrough winger Jeremy Sarmiento said he is delighted to finally feel at home after making his move to the Riverside Stadium a permanent one.

    The 24-year-old had been on five different loan spells since 2023 from his previous club Brighton & Hove Albion, including spending the second half of last season with Boro.

    But after completing his switch in June, the Ecuadorian will hope to play an entire season at his parent club for the first time since 2022-23 when he did so with the Seagulls.

    "I'm very happy. I'm delighted, my family also, to feel at home somewhere," Sarmiento told BBC Radio Tees.

    "I've been on quite a few loan spells, so it feels good to finally settle in somewhere where you feel loved.

    "It's great and the fans have been loving to me as well, which I appreciate a lot."

    Boro narrowly missed out on promotion to the Premier League in the 2025-26 campaign after losing 1-0 to Hull City in the Championship play-off final but Sarmiento said they are ready to challenge again.

    "We all wanted it, I think the fans wanted it as well. We worked so hard to push for that promotion," he said.

    "Only god knows why we didn't. But we have that belief, we're working so hard to get there again and this time hopefully do it."

    Sarmiento has won promotion from the second tier twice before, with Ipswich Town in 2023-24 and Burnley in 2024-25, and hopes that experience will help Boro succeed in the forthcoming season.

    "Really it could have been third [last season], but hey, it is what it is. At the end of the day, it's the mentality," he added.

    "I can help some players out, the young guys who are also coming in. But I'm sure there's a lot of players with a lot of confidence that can contribute."

  14. The entrance to Hamsterley Forest. The name of the forest is displayed in a green Forestry England sign by the road. A red sign stating no BBQs or fires are allowed is next to it. Tall, leafy trees can be seen behind the signs. A track behind a metal gate leads off to the right.

  15. Vitek set for Middlesbrough switch

    Manchester United reporter Simon Stone picture byline banner

    Manchester United goalkeeper Radek Vitek is close to completing a permanent move to Middlesbrough.

    Vitek scooped all the Bristol City Player of the Year awards last season but returned to United for the start of pre-season.

    However, the 22-year-old made it clear when he spoke to reporters in Norway last month he expected to spend the season away from Old Trafford.

    "I'm ready to go somewhere again and hopefully be number one," he said.

    Middlesbrough are one of a number of clubs keen to sign the Czech.

    It is understood if the deal does go through, Manchester United would look to have a hefty sell-on clause and a buy-back option included.

  16. A metal sign reads Rossmere Park in white letters inside a black frame. A black metal fence with an open gate leading into the park can be seen beyond. Trees and thick foliage borders the path into the park.

  17. Max Arfsten in action for USA in a pre-World Cup friendly

  18. Lankshear full of praise for Hellberg

    Lankshear: 'I've learnt so much in just one week'

    Middlesbrough's new striker Will Lankshear said he has learned more in a week under head coach Kim Hellberg than he has in his entire football career previously.

    The 21-year-old signed from Tottenham two weeks ago after spending last season on loan at Oxford United, where he scored 11 goals and provided four assists in 44 Championship games.

    Lankshear played his first game for what he described as an "amazing, brilliant and massive" club in a 3-3 pre-season friendly draw with Espanyol on Saturday.

    Hellberg praised Lankshear after the match and said: "Will as a nine is absolutely brilliant, he's mobile, he can do almost anything."

    And Lankshear has now returned the compliment to Hellberg.

    "It's been a great week so far. I've learnt as much as I have my whole life in one week under Kim [Hellberg]," Lankshear told BBC Radio Tees.

    "It's really, really good. I'm really excited. We play some really nice football and that's all on the manager."

    Boro have also brought in Kyle Joseph from Hull City to strengthen their attack and Lankshear said he is embracing the challenge of competing for the number nine shirt.

    "Competition is everything. You need a big squad if you want to achieve the things that we want to achieve," he added.

    "Kyle Joseph is a great forward. He can play across the front line. We can play together as well. So I'm really excited to work with him.

    "And if it is one of us, then I'll be supporting. If not, I want to be giving my absolute all and scoring goals myself. I'm sure it'll work together.

    "I'm going to come and give it my absolute all in every single game and I'm going to try and score like I always do and see where it takes me. I'm confident enough in my ability that I will score goals."

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  19. Toddler Maya is smiling brightly at the camera with one arm raised. She is wearing a pink shirt and has mid-length blonde hair.

  20. Abbi Hewitson, a woman with long red hair standing and smiling at the camera, wearing a black top. She is smiling. There is a white radiator behind her.

  21. A campaigner holds a 'Say No To HMOs' sign written on cardboard. The person is wearing a green insulated jacket.

  22. A pile of bright blue foamy balls have been piled on a gravelly beach. The balls vary in size with some showing signs of decay.