Complex sentence: It is on the south bank of the River Tees, southeast of Stockton-on-Tees, and southwest of Middlesbrough, and has a population of 24,741 according to the 2011 census.
Split into simpler sentences: It is on the south bank of the River Tees, southeast of Stockton-on-Tees and southwest of Middlesbrough. It has a population of 24,741 according to the 2011 census.