We are Middlesbrough

20 May - 24 May 2019

We Are Middlesbrough - live from Cleveland Centre!

BBC News is focusing on Middlesbrough this week - with shows coming live from Cleveland Centre every day ahead of Radio One's Big Weekend.

Local people are encouraged to come down to the Cleveland Centre to share their interesting stories and meet the BBC presenters.

BBC Breakfast, the BBC News Channel and BBC 5Live will all be reporting from Middlesbrough as part of We Are Middlesbrough, which runs from 20-24 May.

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.

Local people are 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.

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

Mon 20 May, 10:30-12 – Jeff Brown from BBC Look North
Mon 20 May, 11-12 – Scott Makin from BBC Tees
Tues 21 May, 11-1 – Colin Briggs from BBC Look North
Weds 22 May, 11-1 – Carol Malia from BBC Look North
Weds 22 May, 10:30-12 – Gary Philipson from BBC Tees
Thurs 24 May, 11-1: Paul Mooney from Look North
Friday 25 May, 11-1: Jen Bartram from Look North
Friday 25 May, 11-1 – 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.

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.