Middlesbrough Mayor Andy Preston made stamping out crime and anti-social behaviour a priority when he was elected in 2019 – and Middlesbrough’s Neighbourhood Safety Wardens are on the front line of that battle. We spent the morning on patrol in the town centre to find out what they do.

Six months on from catching Covid, Ian Davison was still in pain, exhausted and struggling to breathe. As the infection went and the days turned into weeks, the 55-year-old was "completely tired, all the time" and suffered from confusion, memory loss and a lack of concentration - known as "brain fog" - as well as pains in his legs, calves and ankles.

Tributes have been paid this week to former Middlesbrough Council member and civic Mayor Peter Porley who has died at the age of 90. He was elected Councillor for Park End ward in 1999, sitting on a number of committees and chairing the Licensing Committee.

What do you get when you cross a tiger with a squirrel? Answer? Safety for pedestrians, cyclists and school children in south Middlesbrough... The town's first ever ‘tiger crossing' has opened in Coulby Newham with Middlesbrough Council's road safety mascot Safety Squirrel on hand to inspect the works.