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  1. Cardiff's Taine Basham, Dragons' Chris Coleman, Ospreys' Ross Moriarty and Scarlets' Jake Ball

  2. Red squirrel stopping to stare while climbing a vertical tree trunk

  3. Front page of the Evening Post and Western Mail

  4. Students sitting an exam in a hall - they are sitting at exam-style desks and are looking down at their sheets of paper with pens in their hands

  5. The headteacher is wearing a green jacket and white shirt, standing in a classroom with desks and cabinets in the background.

  6. Ginger cat lying on its side on a theatre stage. Behind it the theatre is visible and two people stand behind it.

  7. A man with short brown hair and a goatee wearing sunglasses in a tractor-style vehicle, his dog is next to him in the image with his paws up at the glass of the vehicle.

  8. Neil Foden arriving at a previous court hearing

  9. Lancashire celebrate as Colin Ingram is bowled out by George Balderson

  10. A photo of Rachel Berry, and her new husband, Mike Berry, surrounded by guests during the blessing ceremony. Rachel wears a white long wedding gown, has a short haired, curly updo, and holds hands with Mike, who wears a navy suit. The celebrant stands inside two patio doors, wearing a suit. A silver balloon arch is behind the couple and over the head of the celebrant

  11. Six teams in Championship play-offs 'dilutes it' - Smith

    72+ EFL Pod: Blackburn bother & ballers as chocolate bars

    A potential move to take the Championship play-offs down to eighth place would damage the competition's credibility, according to former Huddersfield, Stoke and Middlesbrough defender Tommy Smith.

    The EFL board is set to discuss proposals to increase the number of teams in the end-of-season play-offs from four to six but Smith, who was promoted to the Premier League with Huddersfield via the play-offs in 2017 is not a fan of the idea.

    "It's not for me - I think it suits teams who don't really have a chance to get in the top six," he told the BBC's EFL podcast 72+.

    "From a credibility point of view the top six is there to be aimed at and you have to earn your place in it."

    The play-offs were first introduced for the 1986-87 season where sides finishing third down to fifth were involved along with the team third-from-bottom in the top flight.

    After two seasons the format was changed to be played out between teams finishing third to sixth in the second tier.

    "To finish eighth in the Championship and potentially get promoted to the Premier League it just doesn't sit right with me," added Smith.

    "Notoriously over the past years getting into the top six is tough and when you get in there after a long hard season it feels brilliant, so to make it a top eight it dilutes it."

  12. Dwayne Peel

  13. Giant mural of Demi and her dog in black and white

  14. Car on fire during the Ely riots, with flames surrounding it

  15. Cyngor Gwynedd HQ, Caernarfon, showing entrance to Dafydd Orwig council chamber, and coroner's office on the right. Blue skies can be seen behind the building in the background.

  16. Work on new Wrexham Kop Stand to start later this month

    Artist impression of new Kop StandWrexham AFC

    Wrexham have announced that initial work on the new Kop Stand at the Stok Cae Ras will begin later this month.

    The club have appointed McLaren Construction Midlands and North under a Pre-Construction Services Agreement for the work.

    Work on the new stand was originally due to begin in 2023 but was delayed because of what the club called "additional complications".

    Revised designs for the new 5,500-capacity Kop Stand were presented to Wrexham County Borough Council earlier this year, which were subsequently approved.

    In July, the club submitted a further planning application for the installation of up to 2,250 further seats in the new stand.

    That would take the potential capacity to 7,750 and take the overall capacity of the Stok Cae Ras to just over 18,000.

    The new stand, along with other works planned at the stadium, will make Wrexham's ground fully compliant with Uefa category 4 stadium standards.

    The work at the Stok Cae Ras, announced as one of the host venues for next summer's Uefa European Under-19 men's finals, is scheduled to be completed during the 2026-27 season.

    Wrexham CEO Michael Williamson said: "The new Kop Stand will be the heart of the reimagined stadium - increasing capacity, enhancing the experience for fans, and anchoring our place in our home city and as part of the wider Gateway Partnership regeneration plans."

  17. Composite image of former Traitors contestant Charlotte Berman and actress Joanna Page speaking to each other via video call

  18. The stark contrast between the city of Cairo and the iconic Pyramids make for a stunning view during the blue hour, Cairo, Egypt, Africa

  19. A police mugshot of Neil Foden. He has short white hair and is looking directly into the camera. He is almost entirely bald, with fine, grey very cropped hair on the sides. The background is all grey and he is wearing a white collared shirt

  20. Nathan Broadhead has a shot on goal for Wrexham

  21. Jake Ball in Scarlets pre-season

  22. A drone footage view of a lake near Bwlch Nant yr Arian

  23. Lucinda Strafford in a white dress, she has blonde hair and blue eyes

  24. Josh Adams in action for Cardiff and head coach Matt Sherratt with a ball in a pre-match warm-up