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  1. Two men and two women stand around Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch and speak to her outside on the grounds of Huntsman. All five people are wearing formalwear and Badenoch is looking and one of the men and listening to him.

  2. From left to right: Middlesbrough boss Kim Hellberg, Ipswich forward Jack Clarke, Coventry manager Frank Lampard, Millwall winger Femi Azeez and Hull striker Oli McBurnie

  3. Hellberg relishing automatic promotion run-in

    Middlesbrough head coach Kim Hellberg has urged his players and the fans to enjoy the push for automatic promotion to the Premier League.

    Second-placed Boro are two points clear of Ipswich in third, having played a game more than the Tractor Boys, and host promotion rivals Millwall in a vital encounter on Friday lunchtime (12:30 BST).

    The Lions are also just two points back in fourth and would leapfrog Boro with victory at the Riverside.

    "It's one month of the Championship left and that is an intense period," Hellberg told BBC Radio Tees.

    "All of the games will be important. Big games, a lot of games to play in a short amount of time, but this is what we're in the sport for."

    Despite Ipswich having a game in hand, the fact Boro visit Portman Road on 18 April means their promotion fate is still in their own hands.

    Hellberg said it will be a lot of "hard work, emotions and ups and downs" but stressed it is important to "enjoy these moments because you don't get so many".

    "To be in this position with seven games left, one month left, it is a brilliant position to be in and a very good time to be alive," he added.

    "Of course, when you play against a rival at the top, it will be crucial to get the points.

    "I'm just looking forward to it."

  4. Wind turbines in fog and solar panels covering the ground.

  5. National League football on a grass pitch

  6. Dozens of Sheffield United fans, mostly dressed in red and white club shirts, look on in anguish in the lower tier behind the goal at Wembley Stadium during the Championship play-off final moments before their second goal against Sunderland was disallowed by VAR for offside.

  7. A computer generated image of the proposals shows large grey industrial units. A road separates the site from abother industrial sire and residential houses.

  8. An aerial view of the fields next to Levendale. A red border surrounds the area where the homes would be built. It includes three large empty fields and several with rows of greenery. Houses can be seen in the upper left hand corner of the picture.

  9. Several cars parked on Grange Road. Shops run along both sides of the street which has old terrace buildings of two and three storeys. There is yellow bunting stretching above the road.

  10. The outside of the venue, which has a graffiti sign on the wall outside with Rage It Out written in orange letters on top of a hammer and baseball bat drawing. A black-and-yellow circle surrounds the writing. To the right is a corrugated metal shutter with the word 'entrance' written in green above it. On the right of the door is another, large bit of street art.

  11. Side-by-side images of Roy Hodgson smiling while wearing a grey suit, a white shirt and a red and blue spotted tie, and Lincoln City players celebrating in their lilac third kit

  12. A staff member at Live North East plays with a child while wearing a blue jumper which has the logo of Live Well North East on the black. Two parent watch from a distance after they have finished an exercise class.

  13. An exterior view of Alnwick Castle in Northumberland. A grey brick, turreted castle with long windows and archways

  14. The Gables Care home is a two-storey brick building on a residential road. The main building is slightly hidden behind trees but a sign reads The Gables Care Home.

  15. Two bin men in orange hi-vis are pouring bags of waste into a bin lorry with different compartments. A large slogan on the side of the lorry reads "Don't let your recycling go to waste".

  16. Championship clubs spend more than £69m on agents fees

    Sindre Walle Egeli in an a blue Ipswich Town shirtGetty Images

    Ipswich signed Sindre Walle Egeli for a club record £17.5m in January

    Championship clubs spent just over £69.5m on agents fees over the past 12 months according to figures released by the Football Association, an increase of £6m on the previous year.

    The figures cover the period from February 2025 with Ipswich Town the top spenders, paying £11.7m having spent the first three months of the accounting period in the Premier League.

    Southampton (£8.3m) and Leicester (£5.8m), who were relegated alongside Ipswich are the second and third-highest payers on the list.

    Troubled Sheffield Wednesday were the most frugal when dealing with agents, spending £534,559.

    Wrexham come in sixth on the list with an outlay of £3.6m while current Championship leaders Coventry spent just short of £1.5m.

    Championship agents' fee spending

    • Ipswich - £11,738,920

    • Southampton - £8,381,358

    • Leicester City - £5,866,587

    • Sheffield United - £5,005,498

    • Norwich - £4,020,206

    • Wrexham - £3,660,584

    • Swansea - £3,088,645

    • Middlesbrough - £2,900,314

    • Bristol City - £2,774,990

    • Hull City - £2,450,431

    • Stoke City - £2,088,886

    • Birmingham City - £1,996,502

    • Millwall - £1,982,348

    • Preston North End - £1,831,233

    • QPR - £1,829,036

    • Watford - £1,612,833

    • Coventry - £1,497,990

    • Derby - £1,409,507

    • West Brom - £1,346,030

    • Oxford - £1,235,536

    • Charlton - £904,698

    • Portsmouth - £831,818

    • Blackburn - £676,980

    • Sheffield Wednesday - £534,559

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  17. An oil tanker is parked on a rural road. It's a large blue and white lorry with Rix on the side. In the distance there is a sign saying Bilton and a couple of houses

  18. Metal gates at one of the entrances to Saltburn's Valley Gardens. They are open, leading on to a path with trees in the background. Wooden fences stand either side of the gates.

  19. Jacob Francis standing in front of the driver's door of a large white van. His hands are behind his back. His hair is short and brown and he is wearing a khaki t-shirt.

  20. A large blue metal sign is being secured by a man in orange hi-vis at the problem car park. The sign reads: Car Park Closed Overnight. This car park is closed between 10pm and 6am. Any vehicles remaining during these hours must contact 01642495345 to arrange release. A release charge of £50 will apply.

  21. Rory Handy wearing a dark-green-brown blazer with a black shirt underneath. He is standing in front of a grey fence and pointing his hand towards it. Behind the fence is a large wooden structure dumped on the ground. There are trees in the background.

  22. 🎧 Pressure on Boro in automatic promotion chase

    72+ EFL Pod: Hodgson returns & Vale fixture concerns

    "I don't think that expectation is there externally [for Millwall].

    "So I think they can go in and attack this game. They will be the ones with less to lose, whereas Middlesbrough - the pressure is on them. Given the position they're in, it feels like if they don't do it, they are throwing it away."

    The 72+ team are joined by Middlesbrough loans manager Tommy Smith to discuss the upcoming contest for second place between Middlesbrough and Millwall on Friday lunchtime (12:30 BST) and why it's the Lions who enter the fixture with the advantage.

    Listen to the latest episode of the 72+ podcast on BBC Sounds

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