coronavirus “hit squad” will be monitoring a town as it teeters on the edge of a local lockdown. Middlesborough, in the north east, is at risk of being plunged back under restrictions as Covid-19 cases spiral.Town Hall bosses have started sending in "hit squads" to check that premises are keeping punters socially distanced after cases surged by 40 in just four days.Mayor Andy Preston said he feared the town was “on the fringe of something else” as he urged people to act responsibly.Swathes of the north have been placed under tough lockdown rules as health chiefs try to curb the spread of corona.Officers in Middlesborough will be carrying out flash checks on pubs and restaurants and can even use legal powers to shut them if they think.