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  1. Matt Hancock in a Port Vale hoodie

  2. A general view of a two-storey wedding venue building partially obscured behind a large tree and several bushes. A large white sign in front of a low brick wall says "Slater's".

  3. A man with a blue beanie hat, glasses, a black beard, white shirt and grey coat, walks towards us on the pavement outside a court building.

  4. a woman with blonde hair and a blue top holding a photo frame with photos of her parents

  5. A photo of a black Audi car with its boot open and next to the central reservation of the M6. A police officer is stood next to it

  6. A coal mine headstock viewed from above.

  7. Sue Paige, a woman in a blue long-sleeved too is holding a collage of black and white photos of her parents

  8. Two men, one with short grey hair and the other wearing a grey hat, smile as one takes a selfie of them. A blue plaque with "The Antelope" on it is mounted on a wall behind them.

  9. A man stood in a park, on a frosty foggy day. He is wearing a black denim jacket, a white hoody, a black cap and black sunglasses. He has tattoos on his neck. He is stood in front of three bare trees

  10. A woman with long hair who is wearing a white top is smiling at the camera

  11. A woman wearing a long winter coat and a hi-vis jacket, stands at the side of the road and holds a road safety sign which says "20 is plenty by my school".

  12. Port Vale manager Jon Brady on the touchline during the FA Cup win over Fleetwood

  13. A black and yellow Avanti west coast train parked in a station

  14. Several bins filled to the brim lined up at the side of a road.

  15. Gossip: Stoke's Drameh move could collapse

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    Stoke City's move for Hull City full-back Cody Drameh, 24, could fall through due to his fitness. (The72)

    Millwall are reportedly rivalling Stoke and Preston North End to sign veteran midfielder Barry Bannan from Sheffield Wednesday, but Owls boss Henrik Pedersen is hopeful the 36-year-old will stay at the club. (Edinburgh Evening News)

    Stoke and Swansea City are battling Celtic for the signing of Crystal Palace winger Jesurun Rak-Sakyi, 23, who is on loan at Turkish Super Lig club Caykur Rizespor having spent last season with Sheffield United. (Celts Are Here)

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  16. Injuries threatening Stoke's stellar season

    Mark Elliott
    BBC Radio Stoke’s Stoke City commentator

    Divin Mubama holding his arms out looking exasperated with a blurred image of the crowd in the backgroundGetty Images

    Stoke City are well overdue some luck.

    Just as Eric Bocat made his return to the matchday squad to ease an injury crisis that had left them without a fit full-back, the Potters lost every recognised striker in their ranks.

    Robert Bozenik was already out after a shoulder surgery when injury-plagued Sam Gallagher suffered another setback ruling him out of another game.

    Then a horrible tackle from QPR captain Jimmy Dunne sent Divin Mubama to hospital with a suspected broken leg.

    It's a terrible shame for on-loan Manchester City forward Mubama, who has been working hard to try to make the best of his first season of senior men's football, and Stoke fans will now wonder whether they'll see him in red and white again.

    It was even more frustrating, coming as it did in a game peppered with poor challenges from an Rs team intent on spoiling and happy to take a point.

    They were overly physical, determined to waste as much time as they could and devoid of any attacking ambition - a sad shadow of a club with such a proud history of fielding teams with a commitment to entertain.

    Stoke were dominant but couldn't find the goal that would have given them the victory they deserved statistically and morally, despite creating some good chances.

    Now, two points off the play-offs in seventh, they go into a game against Middlesbrough in midweek desperate for reinforcements that PSR constraints heavily restrict their ability to find.

    Injuries are threatening to spoil an amazing season but a fourth successive clean sheet offers hope and a brilliant foundation on which to build.

    What they can do in what's left of the transfer window now takes on added importance.

  17. A man wearing a navy suit and tie with pink, navy and white stripes stands in the street.

  18. A stock image of the roof of a blue taxi with a "TAXI" light illuminated on it

  19. A man with a stubbly beard and short brown hair is standing at a window overlooking the River Thames and the Houses of Parliament.

  20. A man with brown hair, a grey suit and pale grey tie with standing in front of a sandstone building.

  21. One woman and two men wearing dark jackets and in inflatables costumes, looking like they are the backs of a reindeer, gingerbread man and a Santa. The people all standing in front of a yellow and white car