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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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The Eels of Steel scheme, funded by Natural England, aims to accelerate the recovery of the type of fish in the Tees catchment.

From BBC ● May 7, 2026

The Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS trust said local departments had "extensive links" with community and voluntary services, to which patients could be referred.

From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2026

Rea's cousin and fellow musician Adrian Rea told BBC Radio Tees due to his relative's failing health "we half expected the worse but thought he'd at least see the new year in".

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

Moreover, he discovered one day, while taunting the junior apprentice with ignorance, that his "rivers of England" had also slipped his memory, and he laboriously restored that fabric of rote learning: "Ty Wear Tees 'Umber...."

From Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

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