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  1. A children's playpark which has a section cordoned off with red traffic cones, red plastic gating and red and white taping. The gating is placed over two holes in the ground where trampolines once were.

  3. Boro miss opportunity against resilient U's

    Nathan Albon
    5 Live Sport reporter at the Riverside

    Middlesbrough's Callum Brittain takes on Oxford's Jin Woo JeonGetty Images

    As the gulls swooped around the Riverside looking for tasty morsels… there were no such delights for Middlesbrough today.

    Real sense of opportunity missed as second from top played second from bottom.

    Oxford clung on at times, but came with a clear gameplan. They came on the team bus, and they parked that bus… Blocks, tackles, clearances, the lot.

    And they were a threat on the break - twice hitting the woodwork through Stanley Mills and Myles Peart-Harris in the first half.

    So Oxford drag themselves closer to safety, but they're still five points adrift.

    And Middlesbrough, who were two points clear before losing to Coventry on Monday, now find themselves winless in two and three points behind the leaders

  4. Hellberg wants to move on quickly from Oxford draw

    Hellberg: 'It wasn't our day' v Oxford United

    Middlesbrough boss Kim Hellberg refused to dwell on the disappointment of being held at home to relegation-threatened Oxford United.

    Boro missed the chance to close the gap on leaders Coventry as they drew 0-0 with Oxford, who hit the woodwork twice in the first half.

    Hellberg told BBC Radio Tees: "We knew that was going to be the game. If we score early, it could open up a little bit. We didn't, they had some chances in the first half, they could have scored.

    "We had some chances through the game, especially in the second half.

    "At the end it's 0-0, there's no goal, you have to take the point and move on.

    "This is the part when you play against these teams when they defend with their heart all the time.

    "We should have scored, that's how it is, but we didn't. It's one point to add to the tally and we keep moving on."

    Boro, who are three points off the league leaders with a six-point gap to Millwall in third, host another relegation-threatened side in Leicester City on Tuesday

  5. A football with National League branding

  6. A snow-topped mountain with the stone circle in the foreground which is made up of around 20 large stones on a grassy field. There are fields and trees below the mountain. There are no clouds in the sky and it is a bright, light blue.

  7. The Old Town Hall which is a red brick building with a clock tower on the left on top of a one storey extension. The main building on the right is a rectangular building with three storeys. It looks run down with the windows boarded up.

  8. Andrea Raine has long brown hair with a long fringe. She is wearing silver hoops and a silver necklace. She is wearing a black blazer and a sheer red top. She is smiling while holding up a royal silver medal with a green ribbon, which is in a navy box.

  9. Gary Lawson - a gritter driver - sits in the front cab of a yellow gritter vehicle. He is wearing a white shirt and navy tie and a blue fleece with the yellow branding 'ECON' on it. Gary has short grey hair and wears silver rimmed glasses.

  10. Goalkeeper Seny Dieng wearing yellow football kit and gloves.

  11. Pamela Hargreaves is looking straight at the camera and smiling brightly. She has long blonde hair and blue/ brown glasses.

  12. The back of a girl with long dark hair in a ponytail who is sitting looking out a window with white net curtains. She is wearing white pyjamas with black love hearts.

  13. Alison Barnes is smiling at the camera. She has mid-length brown hair and large brown glasses. She is wearing a chunky yellow necklace and a yellow rosette.

  14. Pick of the stats: Middlesbrough v Oxford United

    The club badges of Middlesbrough and Oxford United side by side

    Middlesbrough had their six-game winning streak in the Championship ended by Coventry City on Monday night - a result which meant the Sky Blues returned to the top of the table and Boro dropped to second place.

    Oxford United are without a win in their past four games, including three defeats, and are six points adrift of safety with 14 games remaining.

    • Middlesbrough are unbeaten in their past 11 league games against Oxford (W8 D3), with their last defeat against them coming in February 1990 (1-3) under Bruce Rioch.

    • Oxford have lost 11 of their 14 away league matches against Middlesbrough (W2 D1), scoring just nine goals across the 14 matches (0.6 per game).

    • Middlesbrough have won their past three home league matches without conceding a goal – they last won and kept a clean sheet in four straight league games at the Riverside between April and September 2018 (5), under Tony Pulis.

    • Only Sheffield Wednesday (1) have scored fewer Championship goals in 2026 than Oxford (4). However, all four of those have been netted in away games, only failing to score in one of their four matches on the road since the turn of the year.

    • Middlesbrough are the only side yet to drop a point from a winning position in the Championship this season, going on to win all 18 games when taking the lead.

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  15. An aerial view of the level crossing that spans the two railway tracks that run down the centre of the frame. Red and white barriers on either side of the crossing are raised. There are cars parked and red-bricked residential houses on both sides of the tracks.

  16. La Voix is standing in front of some costumes from the exhibition. She has short, bright red hair, and is wearing a black sparkly top, with silver diamond buttons, and silver hoop earrings. Behind her are an array of her costumes, all brightly coloured. There is a bright pink and orange one to her left, and a Captain Cook inspired drag costume to her right.

  17. Man in black jumper and black beanie walking on snow covered quayside in front of green Tyne Bridge and red Swing Bridge in Newcastle

  18. A thick, grey plume of smoke rises from a green, metal industrial warehouse. There is a fire engine parked out front and firefighters walking in front of the building.

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    A black and white image of Russell Bowen, who is looking solemnly right at the camera. He is wearing a black cap and white t-shirt. He has short dark hair and facial hair.

  20. Three buses are parked outside Stanley bus station. It is a grey glass building with a white clock tower rising above it.

  21. A view of woodland with a car park and path leading into the trees.

  22. 'Sky Blues loss will be forgotten with Oxford win'

    Shaw: Oxford a game Boro 'have to win'

    Middlesbrough's upcoming game against Oxford United on Saturday (15:00 GMT) is a must-win as they fight for automatic promotion, said the Northern Echo's Dom Shaw.

    The U's are six points away from safety in the bottom three, while Middlesbrough's defeat to Coventry City on Monday means they now trail the Sky Blues by one point at the top of the table.

    The Teesside club then host a struggling Leicester City side on Tuesday, 24 February (19:45 GMT), who are also in the relegation zone after a six point deduction.

    But while the journalist sees Oxford as a "kind fixture" for Boro following a difficult loss to the league leaders, he does believe a victory will go a long way in rebuilding morale.

    "If Boro can win both of those games - and even better, if they can win at least one emphatically - [it will help] get rid of any anxiety in the stands even before it's even allowed to settle in," Shaw told BBC Radio Tees.

    "There was such a buzz about the place, about Boro, about the town ahead of Coventry. That hasn't disappeared because of one defeat.

    "If you go and win well against Oxford on Saturday, that Coventry defeat will be forgotten about."

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