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  1. Two female hikers - one dressed in gymwear; the other in a t-shirt and shorts - stand on a hillside overlooking a rural town and reservoir. Both have walking poles.

  2. A wooden bridge with a temporary grey wire fence in front of it. There is a tarmac path leading up to the bridge and a blue sign on the metal fence saying "Keep Out".

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  4. Leicester keen on Pompey's Murphy

    Portsmouth winger Josh Murphy looks on before a game Rex Features

    Josh Murphy began his career at Norwich and has also played for Cardiff and Oxford

    The future of Portsmouth winger Josh Murphy remains uncertain heading into the final hours of the summer transfer window.

    The 30-year-old has been linked with a move to Leicester City and on Saturday it emerged that Portsmouth had rejected a bid from the Foxes for their star player.

    BBC Radio 5 live reporter Chris Wise said that the bid fell "quite a way short" of Pompey's valuation.

    Portsmouth's stance is that he is not for sale and Blues boss John Mousinho reiterated this after Saturday's 1-0 victory over Preston which Murphy played 90 minutes in.

    "The only message I've been told is he isn't for sale and I'm pretty happy with that," Mousinho told BBC Radio Solent after the game.

    He then jokingly said that it would take a £50m bid from Real Madrid for them to even consider selling the winger.

    Last season in the Championship Murphy scored seven goals and registered 14 assists as Portsmouth secured their second-tier status.

    Clubs would have until 19:00 BST on Monday to finalise any deal for the attacker's services.

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  6. Zack George and his wife Samantha standing on a sports ground at Loughborough University. She has long dark hair and is wearing sunglasses on her head and a white vest. He is next to her, with cropped dark hair and wearing a white T-shirt. Both their tops are marked with a logo for Leo and Friends, which includes a cartoon lion portrayed with a halo and angel wings, sitting with a rainbow in outstretched human hands.

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  8. A Google Streetview image showing the exterior of the Central Mosque. It is a red brick building with a green copper dome on top.

  9. Group of people, from children to older people, walking through town centre hold placards calling for St Mary's to be saved.

  10. Cifuentes glad to see signs of new Foxes 'culture'

    Marti Cifuentes watching Leicester from the touchline during their game with BirminghamRex Features

    Marti Cifuentes replaced Ruud van Nistelrooy at Leicester this summer

    Leicester City head coach Marti Cifuentes says the win over Birmingham City offered real signs of a real "culture" growing within the team.

    The relegated Foxes beat the previously unbeaten Blues with goals from Abdul Fatawu and Ricardo Pereira.

    The result took them up to third with three wins from their opening four Championship games and it was successive victories after the setback at Preston North End two weeks ago.

    After the misery of their second Premier League relegation in three seasons, Spaniard Cifuentes knows that he has to rebuild the club's confidence and mentality.

    "I'm happy because it's never easy to win football games and at the same time we played against a good team that never made things easy for us," he told BBC Radio Leicester.

    "Overall, from the performance there are a lot of things we can improve but the main thing for me is about building culture and identity.

    "I see that the players care, and they are showing desire and commitment and the spirit we want to have as a foundation which is very positive.

    "I'm happy for the young guys and the way the experienced guys are helping. I'm happy to see the commitment from the guys from the academy who were on the bench today. That is definitely a solid foundation."

    Listen to the post-match When You're Smiling podcast on BBC Sounds

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  12. Bob Brown smiling at the camera with his team's boat in the background.

  13. People holding up inflatable letters spelling out Pride with a large crowd behind them.

  14. Abdul Fatawu celebrates for Leicester City

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  18. Former Lincoln City manager Steve Thompson

  19. Do Leicester need to sign before the deadline?

    Leicester v Birmingham preview

    "I think we need this transfer window to slam shut. Fatawu and El Khannouss and a few others we desperately need to cling on to."

    Owynn Palmer-Atkin and Steve Howard are joined by BBC Radio Leicester's Ady Dayman to talk about the latest transfers and the Foxes' home game against Birmingham City on Friday (20:00 BST).

    Leicester will be looking for back-to-back wins.

    Listen to the full episode of When You're Smiling and more on BBC Sounds.

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  20. Pick of the stats: Leicester City v Birmingham City

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    The EFL weekend gets under way with a mouthwatering clash between Leicester and Birmingham at the King Power on Friday night (20:00 BST).

    The two sides were playing two divisions apart last season but go into this match with the unbeaten Blues two places and one point ahead of the Foxes in the fledgling Championship standings.

    • Leicester City have won each of their past four league games against Birmingham City, two via a 2-1 scoreline and the other two via a 3-2 scoreline.

    • Birmingham City have won just two of their past 12 away league games against Leicester City (D2 L8), failing to win on any of their last four visits to the King Power Stadium.

    • Leicester have won each of their past three home league games and will be looking to win four in succession for the first time since April 2024.

    • Through their opening three Championship matches this season, Birmingham have faced just 18 shots in total and four shots on target – no side has faced fewer of either in the 2025-26 competition.

    • Amongst the 103 players in the Championship this season to have attempted 100+ passes, no player holds a better pass accuracy rate than Leicester's Harry Winks (96.3%), whilst teammate Boubakary Soumare ranks second (93.4%)

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  23. A two-storey building next to a four-storey building in Henshaw Street

  24. Police handout of Anthony Smith