Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough Borough Council is the local authority of Middlesbrough. It is a unitary authority and borough in North Yorkshire, England. It is based on the town of Middlesbrough, which is sometimes considered to spread outside the borough boundaries into the neighbouring borough of Redcar and Cleveland; the borough extends southwards to a semi-rural area. Whilst part of North Yorkshire for ceremonial purposes it is in the region of North East England. It had a resident population in 2001 of 134,855. A 2006 mid-year estimate suggests the Borough to have a population of 138,400. The borough council is one of the districts bidding to achieve city status in 2012, to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. The district was formed on 1 April...