Inside the Force: 24/7

Officers from the Homicide team are investigating the shocking stabbing of a 15-year-old girl. Detective Sergeant Denise Knox and Detective Constable Kellam Chaytor work against the clock to charge the 23-year-old man with the attempted murder.

Middlesbrough police officers take on a spate of burglaries and thefts, including a suspected prowler seen wearing a Halloween mask and a pizza delivery driver who says he's been robbed.

Police tackle a fight over an alleged £40 debt, involving facial injuries from a meat-cleaver or mini machete, and a woman whose windows have been blown out by a shotgun while she's asleep.

A fight inside a pub escalates and spills out onto the street, leading to multiple arrests. And a woman who injured her ankle after drinking, allegedly assaults an officer.

As Middlesbrough officers prepare for another busy shift a call comes in reporting that a man is walking around a housing estate allegedly brandishing a nine-inch serrated sword. The man has barricaded himself into his house by the time armed officers arrive at the scene, and they try to coax him off the roof of his home and into the waiting custody van.

Middlesbrough police station's officers face the daily stark reality of substance abuse in the town, which has one of the highest drug-related death rates in Europe. PCs Tash Nicholls and Nancie Mitten are called to a domestic incident in which a man is having a psychotic episode after taking £400 worth of cocaine. Back-up arrives as they struggle to restrain the man, and three officers are left injured

Jon goes into business with old friend Adrian Chiles in a bid to save grassroots football from Hollywood, and Lucy struggles to keep up with new neighbour Kimberly Wyatt

PCs Jordan Vasey and James Boyd Bell are called to a suspected domestic incident, but upon arrival the suspect is struggling to breathe and in need of medical help having taken cocaine. PCs Will Douglas and Katie Welford respond to a call about a domestic between a mother and daughter that has resulted in a garden gate being set alight

Middlesbrough officers deal with drug and drink related urgent calls.

Reoffending is on the radar in this episode, including a report of a man wielding a knife.

A look at how officers at Middlesbrough station deal with the realities of drug abuse.