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  1. Jordan Brown playing for Leyton Orient against Shrewsbury Town in January 2025

  2. Black kitten looking alert on a blanket. It's all black apart from a triangular white patch under its chin that looks like it has a napkin round its neck. It has green eyes and white whiskers and spiky white eyebrows

  3. Matthew Spedding has his blood pressure checked by Theo Petrocelli inside the barber's shop which has postcards and souvenirs on the walls. Matthew is seated and smiling at the camera wearing a grey tshirt. He has wire rimmed glasses and short mousy hair. Theo is wearing a black cap and tshirt, has silver wire-rimmed glasses, a long salt and pepper beard and tattoos on his arms

  4. James Kent has a ginger beard and is wearing a grey beanie hat with a dark blue coat.

  5. Last Pundit Standing - finding the BBC's next football expert

    The BBC's search to find a new football expert is under way, with 12 content creators competing in Last Pundit Standing to win a role as BBC Sport's next football content creator.

    The first two episodes of the show - co-hosted by former Watford captain Troy Deeney and YouTuber and football presenter James Allcott - are available to watch on iPlayer, as well as BBC Sport's YouTube channel and TikTok account, with new episodes every week until 11 August.

    The contestants, who were chosen from more than 400 applicants, will be whittled down through a series of tasks staged at iconic football locations as the creators are challenged by some of the biggest names in the game.

    Read more about the show here

    Watch the first two episodes of Last Pundit Standing now on BBC iPlayer

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  6. A man, dressed in a suit, and a woman in a wedding dress toast champagne in a woodland.

  7. The match umpire removes Lancashire Lightning' Phil Salt's bat due to it being too big during the Vitality T20 Blast North Group match between Northants Steelbacks and Lancashire Lightning

  8. Street view image of St Michael's Church of England High School, a rectangular two-storey grey rendered building with red brick pillars either side and white windows behind a large lawned area to the front.

  9. Kane Williamson of Middlesex

  10. Alice Davidson-Richards of Surrey

  11. The entrance to Grange Park Youth Centre, a single storey, white rendered building with large black-framed windows and blue doors that have full length photos of smiling young people.

  12. A group of protesters, including MP Lorraine Beavers holding bright yellow placards saying "stop the stink". There are ten protestors in all, with nine standing behind placards and one lady seated in a wheelchair.

  13. Police custody image of Aaron Cane with brown beard and receding brown hair wearing a grey t-shirt.

  14. Ollie Wright in action for Yeovil

  15. Rehan Ahmed

  16. Sam Cook

  17. James Anderson

  18. George Drissell (centre) is congratulated by Matt Potts (left) and Ollie Robinson (right) for taking a wicket

  19. Burnley's Hountondji makes St Pauli loan move

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    Burnley striker Andreas Hountondji has joined Bundesliga side St Pauli on loan for the 2025-26 campaign.

    Benin international Hountondji joined the Clarets from French side Caen in the summer of 2024. He made 10 appearances, before joining Standard Liege on loan for the second half of last season.

    The 23-year-old featured 18 times in Belgium, scoring four goals and assisting twice.

  21. Illuminated heritage tram on Blackpool promenade at night with Central Pier in the background and the Big Wheel lit up.

  22. A commercial site on Meadow Street, Great Harwood, showing green fields in the background.

  23. A high-reach excavator starts to demolish Blackpool's former Bonny Street police station.

  24. Rows of gravestones in Rawtenstall Cemetery. Many of the graves are adorned with flowers.