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  1. A town centre road which is having new tarmac put down. It is covered with mud and tracks. A white vehicle is being driven along it while workers in yellow and orange hi-vis outfits move about the site. High street buildings and trees are visible on either side of the road.

  2. Elizabeth John is in the left image. She is wearing a white shift and blue jumper with a blue tie. She has earrings and her hair is tied back and she is smiling. and Ethan John. Ethan John is in the right image. He is wearing a red jumper and is looking up and smiling. He is outdoors and has a fence behind him.

  3. A teenage boy and girl pull on a tug of war rope. The boy has short blonde hair, wearing a white polo with various printed logos and a pair of bred and black shorts. The girl has curly red hair tied in a bun, a white rugby shirt, black leggings and muddy black boots. They are standing on a heavily grooved surface inside an untidy barn. A boy with curly hair and a white polo is sat on a cream settee in the background. A man in a black t-shirt stand behind him watching the pullers.

  4. A police mugshot of a woman with long black hair.

  5. The inside of a shipping container, focused on a cardboard box full of rolling tobacco with a pile of small blue boxes and packets of cigarettes behind it. Two full black bin bags are on the left and a pile of cardboard boxes on the right.

  6. Tomas Kalinauskas in action for Burton

  7. Adam Peaty on the blocks preparing to race

  8. A CGI image of a four storey, red brick, block of flats with bushes, grass and parked cars in front

  9. A large green and white building with a vertical "Holiday Inn Express" sign mounted on the side. Four police officers stand outside the hotel next to blue and white police tape. Behind the tape, bricks and debris is lying in the ground.

  10. Nathan Lowe

  11. A mugshot of a woman with long black hair. She is looking into the camera and has blue, green eyes.

  12. A mugshot of a man with brown curly hair, which is partially covering his eyes, with a black beard and a grey shirt.

  13. Tyrese Shade in action for Eastleigh

  14. Elizabeth John is in the left image. She is wearing a white shift and blue jumper with a blue tie. She has earrings and her hair is tied back and she is smiling. and Ethan John. Ethan John is in the right image. He is wearing a red jumper and is looking up and smiling. He is outdoors and has a fence behind him.

  15. A large orange sculpture with a domed top is set within an open expanse of countryside - with hills and parkland in the distance behind.

  16. A group of medical staff are gathered together in hospital scrubs and are smiling at the camera.

  17. Dr Kainth is looking at the camera ans smiling. She is wearing scrubs and a stethoscope around her neck. She is wearing glasses and had dark hair tied back.

  18. Marko Marosi in his yellow goalkeeper's shirt

  19. A side view of a fire engine. There is white lettering on a black roll-down panel which says Staffordshire Fire & Rescue Service.

  20. Potters' preparations 'a joy' - Johansson

    Stoke City goalkeeper Viktor Johansson in his blue shirt holding the ball in his left hand as he prepares to restart the playGetty Images

    With less than than two weeks to go, Stoke City's preparations for the new Championship season are a "joy to be part of", says goalkeeper Viktor Johansson.

    The Sweden international has been getting to know the club's new arrivals this summer and says the six recruits - strikers Robert Bozenik and Divin Mubama, winger Sorba Thomas and defenders Aaron Cresswell, Ashley Phillips and Maksym Talovierov - have settled in well.

    "The new boys have fitted right in and it's got that family feel - it's a joy to come in every day," Johansson told BBC Radio Stoke.

    "You can see the new connections starting to feel and it's a nice feeling.

    "Of course it takes a bit of time but it's what you do. You speak about things - 'what do I think', 'what do I do?' - this group want to know everyone's story and when you get to know a person you can speak about everything.

    "We've got to that stage where, if I need to say something, I can say it to anyone and I think that's what you want as a football club - that openness."

    Having drawn 1-1 with Premier League Wolverhampton Wanderers in a friendly at the weekend, Stoke take on another top-flight opponent, Burnley, in their final warm-up match on Saturday.

    Johansson says he is starting to "see glimpses" of the things they have been working on with boss Mark Robins in their play as they start to focus on their opening game of the new season, at home to Derby County on 9 August.

    "It's a great squad and one of the best changing rooms I've been in," he said.

    "Everybody wants the same thing."

  21. A brick-built statue depicting the head of Josiah Wedgwood in a stylised fashion. It is positioned on a grass verge.

  22. Burton Albion head coach Gary Bowyer wearing a black jacket with the Burton badge on in yellow

  23. A West Midlands Railway train with carriages painted purple on the outside and orange doors.

  24. A prison corridor, viewed through a set of metal bars. There are two men walking along the corridor away from the camera. In the foreground is a potted plant and fish tank as well as a green bin and two smaller red bins with blue lids.