Presenters from across the BBC broadcast live from Middlesbrough during We Are Middlesbrough week 20-24 May

Published: 10 May 2019

BBC Breakfast, the BBC News Channel and BBC Radio 5 live will all be reporting from the North East town as part of We Are Middlesbrough which runs from 20-24 May and includes a BBC hub pop-up newsroom in the town’s centre.

We Are Middlesbrough aims to shine a spotlight on Middlesbrough, telling the stories that matter to the people of the Teesside town. The stories will air across the BBC’s national and regional news outlets, online platforms and social media.

BBC national news presenters and BBC local radio presenters who will be broadcasting live from the BBC hub newsroom include:

Simon McCoy, from the BBC News Channel, will be at the BBC hub on Monday 20 May and will be presenting Afternoon Live from 2-5pm
Scott Makin will be presenting his BBC Tees show live from Middlesbrough on Monday 20 May and BBC Look North regional news programme will be broadcasting a film about Middlesbrough each night

Local people are being encouraged to come down to the Cleveland Centre to share their interesting stories, to meet the BBC teams and to be involved in the editorial process.

The North East digital team will be using its platforms to bring stories from Middlesbrough to a wider audience through news stories on the website, features and videos on the website and on social media.

A page is already running for people from the town to get in touch with the stories they want us to report and we are following those up before and during the week of We Are Middlesbrough Reporters from the digital team will also be based at the pop-up newsroom during the week.

There will also be photo opportunities and the chance to meet various BBC Tees and BBC Look North presenters in the shopping centre throughout the week.

Monday 20 May, 10.30am-midday - Jeff Brown from BBC Look North
Monday 20 May, 11am-midday - Scott Makin from BBC Tees
Tuesday 21 May, 11am-1pm - Colin Briggs from BBC Look North
Wednesday 22 May, 11am-1pm - Carol Malia from BBC Look North
Wednesday 22 May, 10.30am-midday - Gary Philipson from BBC Tees
Thursday 24 May, 11am-1pm - Paul Mooney from Look North
Friday 25 May, 11am-1pm - Jen Bartram from Look North
Friday 25 May, 11am-1pm - Paul ‘Goffy’ Gough from BBC Tees

The BBC hub in the Cleveland Centre also includes an interactive exhibition which is open to the general public from 10.30am to 5.30pm every day.

People can have a go at reading the news on the BBC Look North red sofa and can try out virtual reality headsets showing a state of the art 360-degree BBC film as well as participating in some of the CBBC Horrible Histories’ games.

The exhibition will give people the chance to get hands on with future technology in the BBC Blue Room and to present the weather forecast.

The BBC Young Reporters team will also be working with teenagers across the town throughout the week to find out the stories which are important to them.

We Are Middlesbrough runs from Monday 20 May in the week leading up to Radio 1’s Big Weekend, which is being held in the town’s Stewart Park on 25 and 26 May.

For more information about We Are Middlesbrough follow #BBCWeAreMiddlesbrough on social media.

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