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  1. A woman dressed in a blue hospital uniform and wearing blue plastic gloves gives an injection to a woman by sticking a needle in her left upper arm.

  2. Peter Mason, a man with a short grey beard and wearing glasses, is pictured against a white background.

  3. A man with short grey hair, glasses and wearing a dark blue coat over a blue shirt, stands and smiles with his hands clasped in front of him. Behind him is a road and an old building on the other side.

  4. The yellow vehicle with lights on the cab can be seen by a pub in the city behind a small wall.

  5. Simon Edwards, a bald man with a grey beard, wearing a navy blue jacket over a white t-shirt. He is standing outside a stone building which has the words Hanley Town Hall in gold lettering on a arched window above a wooden door.

  6. A yellow mechanical digger in a street at night with a white building in the background

  7. A row of soldiers in long grey coats and tall black fur hats with black feathers holding a variety of silver brass instruments on a footpath with grass on either side.

  8. A woman with curly long brown hair, a grey suit blazer and black dress. She is standing next to a minibus that is light pink and has yellow lines on it. The logo reads "Link Up"

  9. Two men, one wearing a blue and white shirt, the other wearing a red and white shirt, are sitting together and smiling at the camera. Behind them is a field, a hedge and a countryside landscape in the distance.

  10. A man with short dark hair and dark facial hair is wearing glasses, a white shirt and dark blue jeans. He is holding a black walking stick and is standing next to a beige dog with short curly hair. They are standing outside a red brick industrial unit building with green corrugated metal doors. A sign with a white fluffy dog on it reads "training dogs, changing lives"

  11. A squirrel is eating a nut in a tree in Coventry

  12. Robins cannot fault Coventry effort in defeat

    Stoke City boss Mark RobinsAFP via Getty Images

    Stoke's former Coventry boss Mark Robins remains popular among Sky Blues fans

    Stoke City boss Mark Robins said his side were not at their best but were unlucky to lose out to his former club Coventry City.

    Ephron Mason-Clark grabbed a late winner in a tight game of few chances.

    "I think the manner of the defeat is even more difficult to take," Robins told BBC Radio Stoke. "I'm disappointed with the result, I'm not disappointed with the effort we showed – the lads have given everything and we've been really competitive.

    "I can't remember any clear-cut chances that they had – there was some good play but they play for corners, long throws and put you under pressure that way.

    "We didn't mark properly from the long throw and we got punished for it, that's the disappointment for us.

    "In terms of overall play, it was pretty nip and tuck but we had the best chance of the game with Mill (Manhoef) right in front of the goal from a Sorba Thomas cross and we didn't take it.

    "That was huge – had we taken that, it could have been slightly different. I thought one or two were off it today, we didn't get enough of a spark when we needed that."

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  14. Ephron Mason-Clark

  15. A man with very short white hair and brown and grey facial hair is taking a selfie. He is wearing grey in-ear headphones and a pink t-shirt. There is grass in the back

  16. A light installation, with vivid blue and yellows colours lighting up the inside of a cathedral building. There is a central section which is lit up in pink and purple lighting.

  17. Staffordshire County Council's logo is on the side of a glass building. There is a tree in the foreground.

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  19. A young boy smiles whilst looking at the camera. He appears to be in a living room. He is wearing a khaki coloured shirt over a white T-shirt.

  20. Fireworks in the sky behind a large building and trees.

  21. Robins on a high before Sky Blues reunion

    Robins: 'We've got to be pleased with where we sit'

    Mark Robins says he wishes he could bottle the current feeling around Stoke City as he prepares for a reunion with former club Coventry.

    The Sky Blues are top of the Championship, four points ahead of the second-placed Potters, who have won their past three games, scoring nine goals and conceding only one, to boast the Championship's meanest defence.

    Robins was sacked by Coventry a year ago on Friday after seven-and-a-half years at the helm but says that doesn't give any extra significance to Saturday's clash at the Bet365 Stadium (15:00 GMT).

    "Them being my former employers is just a quirk of the fixture list, but it's a brilliant game regardless," Robins told BBC Radio Stoke.

    "Three points is what's on this game. They are top of the league and have been flying, scoring plenty of goals along the way. We're in second, on their coat-tails.

    "When you look back at our incremental improvement from last season we have got to be pleased with where we sit, with almost a third of the season gone.

    "I'm pleased with the way things are going, but we can improve still further."

    Robins admitted the past 12 months had "gone quick" adding: "I was out for six weeks, something like that, and then got the opportunity come and manage this brilliant club.

    "There's a lot happened in between. I am delighted to be here. I look forward to seeing what the next 12 months brings.

    "I said last season, when we were in dire straits by comparison, that we have to try and enjoy it. I'm really pleased with what's happening, everyone's enjoying it at the moment, if you could bottle this feeling it would be good.

    "With a third of the season gone this weekend… it's going to be an interesting one – it is as competitive as it has ever been."

  22. Mark Robins of Stoke City and Frank Lampard of Coventry City stand in front of red and blue squares respectively waving

  23. A large pile of waste material, with a blue HGV in the foreground which appears to have dumped the rubbish.

  24. Two men wearing dark suits are seen shaking hands. They are stood in what appears to be a churchyard.