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  1. Ben Kelsey, senior projects and performance manager, councillor Joe Quinn, cabinet member for planning, investments and assets, councillor Karen Allison, cabinet member for leisure, tourism, regeneration and high street, and Ian Lamming, senior pre-construction manager at Willmott Dixon, smile as they pose on a staircase inside The Light. The spacious venue has lots of windows and round light bulbs. Ben Kelsey is wearing a navy blue suit with a blue tie. He has short ginger hair. Joe Quinn is wearing a white shirt, brown jacket and grey trousers. he has short brown hair. Karen Allison is wearing black trousers and a blue shirt. her straight brown hair reaches her shoulders. Ian Lamming is wearing a dark grey suit and a pale blue shirt.

  2. Pick of the stats: Ipswich Town v Middlesbrough

    Side-by-side of Ipswich Town and Middlesbrough badges

    Ipswich Town's quest for automatic promotion took a hit after Tuesday's shock 2-0 defeat at Portsmouth which meant the race for second place is back on.

    The Tractor Boys currently occupy the second spot now only two points ahead of Millwall and three in front of both Southampton and Sunday's opponents (12:00 BST) Middlesbrough.

    Pompey were also the side to deal a blow to Boro's top two hopes after Kim Hellberg's side fell to a 1-0 home defeat last Saturday, but Ipswich's defeat at Fratton Park leaves the door ajar.

    With Boro picking up just one win in their past six games, three points at Portman Road could go a long way in securing a play-off place.

    • Ipswich have won just one of their last 10 league games against Middlesbrough (D3 L6), a 2-0 away win in December 2023.

    • Middlesbrough are unbeaten in their last four away league games against Ipswich (W2 D2), having been winless in their previous nine visits to Portman Road (D4 L5).

    • Ipswich have lost the fewest home matches in the Championship this season (1/21), and are unbeaten in their last 15 home league games (W10 D5).

    • Since the start of March, Middlesbrough have only scored 11 goals from 19 xG in the Championship – this is the biggest underperformance of any side in this period (-8). They failed to score in the defeat to Portsmouth last time out, despite having 20 shots and hitting the target eight times.

    • Riley McGree has been directly involved in eight league goals for Middlesbrough this season (5 goals, 3 assists), and could equal both his most goals (6) and goal involvements (9) in a single Championship campaign (both from 2022-23).

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  3. A manufacturing plant, which includes four wide steel poles pointing to the air on the left hand side which are a light blue. There is also lots of scaffolding in place and another large steel pole pointing to the air in the background.

  4. 'Blown our best chance of promotion in 10 years'

    A banner which says "your opinions" in white writing on a red background with Middlesbrough's club badge over a yellow square background on the right
    The Championship table from second to seventh as of 16 April 2nd Ipswich: Played 41, goal difference +29, points 75 3rd Millwall: Played 42, goal difference +9, points 72 4th Southampton: Played 42, goal difference +23, points 72 5th Middlesbrough: Played 42, goal difference +20, points 72 6th Hull City: Played 42, goal difference +4, points 68 7th Wrexham: Played 42, goal difference +3, points 64Getty Images

    On Tuesday, we asked for your thoughts on Middlesbrough's chances of automatic promotion - and whether they have enough to hold on to a play-off spot.

    Boro are fifth and three points behind second-placed Ipswich, having played one game more, but visit the Tractor Boys on Sunday (kick-off 12:00 BST).

    Kim Hellberg's side also travel to Wrexham on the final day - the Welsh side are currently seventh and eight points behind, though Boro do also hold a 17-goal advantage over the Red Dragons on goal difference.

    Here are some of your responses:

    Jezza: Play-offs for the Boro this season and unlikely to get to the final. Hellberg's Boro are an excellent possession-based team. Unfortunately, possession doesn't always transfer to points and a plan B is not evident.

    Andy: Think we've blown the best chance we've had for a good 10 years. We need a striker who can score, a team that doesn't just want to pass the ball into the net. So disappointed, praying the play-offs will be kind to us, if we make it!

    Andrew: I still think we can do it. We've had slumps before. I believe in Steve Gibson. I believe in Kim Hellberg. I believe in the players. I believe in the fans. Come on Boro!

    John: We can't score goals so a last day shootout with Wrexham looks ominous as was last year at Coventry. Even if we stay in a play-off place, we have no momentum and our record in the play-offs is not good.

    Luke: It's a must win this weekend for us to have a chance at automatics but due to our current run of form and lack of goals from our strikers in particular, my hopes have dwindled to almost zero for us going up automatically this year.

    Bernie: Miracles can happen. It's in our hands to beat Ipswich and get our act together. It's a shame we did not see the potential of [Josh] Coburn. I feel a player like him in our forward line would have given us a lot more options. I think the club may live to regret taking money for him and could cost [us] a huge amount if we don't go up. Come on Boro, go for it.

    Paul: Personally, I think we will be lucky to get a play-off spot, the other teams around us are on good runs and picking vital points up. I just can't see where our next three points will come from?

    Lewis: Sorry to say it but we've blown it. Southampton are flying and look like they'll take second. Unfortunately, history, combined with current form, gives me no faith we'll do anything in the play-offs. We've got absolutely no clue how to score goals. At least we'll know what position to spend the Hackney money on!

    Francis: We've been hampered by the same issue we've had for years, no striker. We've signed plenty of forwards that can play all along the front line but no player that has a natural instinct for goal.

    Without that threat teams have been able to set up against us and prevent us getting anything. In a certain respect we are quite lucky to be playing Ipswich and Wrexham as they need to beat us for their own promotion chances as much as we need to beat them for ours.

    This may produce more open games with more opportunity for us to take three points. Having said that, I think realistically automatic promotion is gone and that we might possibly be fighting Wrexham on the last day to remain in the top six.

  5. Section of three railway tracks with grass on the left hand side of the image next to a fence. There are trees in the background.

  6. Animal care assistant Amy Robinson, who has long brown hair, with Charlie, a brindle and white lurcher dog wearing a green and yellow harness. Amy is crouched down on a country road cuddling Charlie. Amy is smiling. Charlie is facing the camera.

  7. Nine men and women using gardening tools to fill raised wooden flower beds with soil. They are also adding plants. There is an old stone building in the background.

  8. Joanne Howey is wearing a long-sleeved wedding dress with white gloves. She is holding a bouquet of red roses and a little boy. Her husband Christian Howey is standing next to her outside the white door of the registration office. He is wearing a red tie and a dark grey suit. He has short brown hair.

  9. The exterior of the University Hospital of North Tees. The brick building has signs on it that read: "Urgent & Emergency Care". There is an ambulance parked out front and a paramedic pushing a wheelchair.

  10. A firefighter in a high-vis uniform crouches beside a horse which is on its side and stuck in the mud. The horse is brown and has its eyes open.

  11. A young man and woman smiling at the camera. He has blond hair and a brown padded jacket, while she has brown hair with a fringe, is wearing glasses and a fluffy brown coat.

  12. How are Boro fans feeling about promotion race?

    Middlesbrough Have Your Say banner

    It's been quite a few days on Teesside.

    Boro's last-gasp defeat by lowly Portsmouth dealt their automatic promotion hopes a huge blow on Saturday as Ipswich capitalised to take over second place.

    However, the Tractor Boys also lost to Pompey on Tuesday night, though their south coast rivals Southampton kept up their winning streak to climb into fourth, above Kim Hellberg's side on goal difference.

    Just three points separate four teams in the battle for second but Boro head to Portman Road for a crunch match on Sunday (12:00 BST) while Ipswich also visit Southampton during the run-in.

    So how are you feeling, Boro fans? Has this run of three points from six games blown your chances, or is the door still open to get things right in the final four games? And does the final-day trip to Wrexham make you fear for even a top-six finish with the way things are going?

    Click here to have your say.

  13. Three people in red overalls and blue hats, one with a red life jacket and two with yellow life jackets. There is another person with dark blue overalls and an orange life jacket. They are surrounding a dolphin laid on a blue matt on rocks on the coast. There is a large concrete block wall behind them.

  14. The Baltic Centre For Contemporary Art is a tall red-brick building on the River Tyne. Near the top, black bricks are laid in way that spells Baltic Flour Mills. The white Millennium Bridge is in the foreground of the photograph with tall buildings and a crane in the background.

  15. Middlesbrough manager Kim Hellberg scratches his head from the touchline as he tries to figure out their slump.

  16. A tree branch in the foreground has leaves on it while in the distance is a blurred image of a major road with traffic driving along it

  17. A couple of bouquets of flowers leaning against a brick wall with a Winnie the Pooh teddy bear. There is a police officer dressed in black standing further down with his arms crossed. There are vehicles parked in front of them, including a white police car. A group of people can be seen gathered on the drive of an adjacent brick house.

  18. A row of motorhomes parked on a seafront on a grey day.

  19. Sweet Trap in Shotton Colliery. The unit is based on the ground floor of an end-of-terrace building and the shutters are pulled down. The sign is bright pink with blue lettering and advertises cakes, shakes, book and vapes. The upper level has a central bay window with two smaller windows on either sides, with white vertical blinds. The cream paint is coming off the building in parts. There are solar panels on the roof.

  20. Aran Sadler stands behind a green and white motorcycle holding two trophies. He has black hair and beard and is wearing black biking gear and a baseball hat

  21. View of a Victorian building - a former pumping station - in red brick with two high storeys and with tall windows, and a pitched roof with a small turret in the middle. To its side is a line of four brick buildings with pitched roofs and a separate high chimney. The scene is reflected in a body of water in front, with a line of leafless trees on either side under blue skies.

  22. The four-way junction has red-bricked semi-detached houses on the corners, and an Iceland store on the right. There are grey fences and yellow lines on each of the corners, and a crossing area on each side, but further down.