Tees

American

[teez] / tiz /

noun

a river in N England, flowing E along the boundary between Durham and Yorkshire to the North Sea. 70 miles (113 km) long.

Tees British

/ tiːz /

noun

a river in N England, rising in the N Pennines and flowing southeast and east to the North Sea at Middlesbrough. Length: 113 km (70 miles)

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In a statement, the Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys Trust said it would "fully support the process with transparency, openness and humility".

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

In 2022, an investigation found major failings in the care the Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys Trust provided to three teenagers before their death.

From BBC • Jan. 21, 2026

She told BBC Radio Tees she was "gutted" to find out he had died, as she had been hoping he would be well enough to tour again.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025

"I knew his face, but I had no idea he was a singer, guitar player and a songwriter," he told BBC Radio Tees.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025

The Tees often overflowed its banks—indeed, floods were not infrequent in these smiling English landscape countries, kept so fertile and green by the tiny streams which intersect them.

From Lewis Carroll in Wonderland and at Home The Story of His Life by Moses, Belle

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