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  1. EFL's 'Scan to Smile' highlights community work

    Millwall supporters involved in one of the EFL's club charity projects cheer and lift one of their team-matesEFL

    A new initiative highlighting the work of football club charities has been launched by the English Football League (EFL).

    'Scan to Smile' will be rolled out in stadiums across the EFL from Friday until the end of January, with supporters invited to scan QR codes on posters displayed around grounds.

    Each scan will unlock a short, uplifting story from a person whose life has been positively impacted by the support of their local club charity.

    The subjects tackled include mental health support, combating loneliness, improving physical wellbeing, employability and confidence.

    The EFL said it hoped the initiative would use "the reach and influence of football to offer fans a moment of positivity on matchday".

    Trevor Birch, chief executive at the EFL, said: "Behind every club are people whose lives have been positively changed through the work and dedication of their local EFL club charity.

    "This initiative gives supporters the chance to see that impact first-hand and reminds us that football truly is a force for good."

  2. Forest Green sign Mingi on loan from Stockport

    Forest Green Rovers have signed right-back Jay Mingi on loan from League One side Stockport County for the rest of the season.

    The 25-year-old, who can also play as a winger, has spent the first part of this campaign on loan with Crewe, making nine appearances.

    "Dynamism, power pace, great individual, met him yesterday and he fits right into our group," manager Robbie Savage told BBC Radio Gloucestershire.

    "Wants to get better, wants to play football, he will add so much to our team on the defensive side but also in the attacking sense."

  3. Large brown hairy pig walking over double yellow lines down a road. A tesco express shop is in the background.

  4. Roman Dixon in action for Everton

  5. Ryan Lowe looks on from the touchline during Wigan Athletic's game against Burton Albion in December

  6. A close-up photograph of a metallic sign, secured to a brick wall, which reads 'The Crown Court at Manchester Minshull Street' in engraved lettering.

  7. National League sign

  8. An elderly man's hand on a steering wheel in a car.

  9. Manchester United midfielder Kobbie Mainoo

  10. Cars parked outside a prison wall by the entrance to Forest Bank private prison, with the windowed entrance to the jail seen at the end of the car park. Barbed wire can be seen trailed along the edge of one of the rooftops.

  11. close-up picture of an unidentifiable baby's legs and feet as they sit on a cream-carpeted floor

  12. Kim McGuinness and Heidi Alexander sit side by side at a desk while signing the document. They are both looking at the camera and smiling. McGuinness, on the left, has mid-length blonde hair and is wearing a blue blazer. Alexander has mid-length light blonde/grey hair and is wearing a blue blazer.

  13. Tom Dingle smiling for a photograph. He has short dark brown/ black hair and is standing in front of a tree and a body of water.

  14. A family of four with two daughters pictured at a table during a meal. All are smiling.

  15. Police cars on a road with blue and white police tape cordon in place following a stabbing.

  16. Close up of actor William Rush with dark brown hair and hazel eyes wearing a red top and black jacket at an awards ceremony.

  17. Casemiro under floodlights

  18. Manchester piccadilly station platform pictured up close.

  19. Wunmi Mosaku is pictured in a yellow dress and diamond earrings while attending the 83rd Golden Globes awards at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles.

  20. A woman with brown hair and glasses smiles. She wears a yellow flowery top and dangly earrings.

  21. Calvin Harris holds his hands aloft while wearing a set of headphones on stage.

  22. Kaela and Jonathan Rigg stand together at a concert. She is wearing sunglasses and he is wearing a bucket hat. There is a large crowd and a stage in the background.

  23. Ronan Darcy playing for Chesterfield