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  1. The entrance to Stoke On Trent City Council's Civic Centre.

  2. A woman with brown hair, a blue top and a blue and green scarf is holding a red high heel from the 1920s. there is a shelf of high heels in the background and a painting on the wall

  3. A small brown dog stands in the snow, which has a number of footprints in it. The dog looks slightly off to one side and has a light red harness around its neck.

  4. Cup win shows injuries won't halt Potters' progress

    Mark Elliott
    BBC Radio Stoke's Stoke City commentator

    three stoke city players in their red and white striped kits clap, with the middle one putting his right hand to his midriff.Rex Features

    Despite losing the consensus pick as the best goalkeeper in the Championship and all of their recognised full-backs, Stoke City's defence keeps keeping clean sheets.

    Ashley Phillips and Ben Wilmot have been immense at the heart of a back four that has become ever more patched up and were again in the FA Cup against Coventry.

    The players who have covered at left and right-back have done so bravely and intelligently.

    The biggest compliment anyone can give Tommy Simkin is that the young goalkeeper has not looked out of place since replacing the injured Viktor Johansson.

    He made a couple of smart saves against Coventry and will take immense confidence from the way he has acquitted himself over the past few weeks, never looking out of place.

    It is very difficult to succeed long term in the face of such issues, but two league wins and another in the FA Cup have left Stoke in a much better position than anyone could reasonably expect given the circumstances.

    But this was not a backs-to-the-wall performance by any means.

    Stoke created five or six clear-cut chances, had a goal ruled out for a close offside and Lamine Cisse's brilliant winner deserved to be decisive.

    Having taken time to adapt to English football, Cisse is offering a realistic alternative to the established Million Manhoef now as a genuine option in attack.

    Coventry hit the woodwork twice and had moments of their own but cannot claim they were hard done by.

    They are obviously an excellent Championship team and with players on their way back from injury and the transfer window still open, Stoke have once again shown that a cup run and a place in the play-offs are there for the taking.

  5. 'Technique and strike were perfect' - Robins

    Robins: 'The goal was deserving of winning any match'

    Stoke manager Mark Robins hailed the "perfection" of Lamine Cisse's late winner against Coventry City in the FA Cup third round.

    Robins told BBC Radio Stoke: "We had some good chances and good play, and didn't take them. Then you're almost waiting for a sucker punch, and it almost came in the second half as they hit the post a couple of times.

    "The goal was deserving of winning any football match because the technique and the strike were perfect. It was brilliant to see it hit the back of the net.

    "We're down to the bare bones and I'm trying to give people rests, but they had a really strong team out there and we managed to fashion chances for ourselves.

    "We have seven players out - Junior Tchamadeu went down with an injury last night and I'm hoping he's going to be OK. We don't know yet."

  6. A wide entrance to a road off a roundabout, with a queue of traffic on the other side of the road. A sign for Cannock and Stafford can be seen on the right

  7. Beck-Ray Enoru in action for Tamworth

  8. A bare tree standing in a misty field with snow on the ground.

  9. A man with short grey hair wearing large black glasses with blue tinted lenses. He is wearing a grey suit, white shirt and a blue tartan tie

  10. A trio of images making up a composite image - with a woman with long brown hair on the left, with a green lanyard over a cream jumper; in the middle is a man with a short black beard in a pantomime costume from medieval times including a feathered hat; and on the right, a man with a short brown beard in a light blue top with a black bandana with different coloured designs on it.

  11. Kain Adom celebrates scoring a late winner for Gateshead at Yeovil in August

  12. Stoke's Tchamadeu injured as Cameroon exit Afcon

    Cameroon's Junior Tchamadeu is stretchered off during the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-final against MoroccoGetty Images

    Junior Tchamadeu started four of Cameroon's five games at Afcon

    Stoke City full-back Junior Tchamadeu saw his first Africa Cup of Nations campaign with Cameroon end in painful fashion.

    The 22-year-old was carried off on a stretcher with a knee injury after just 24 minutes of their quarter-final defeat by the hosts Morocco in Rabat.

    Tchamadeu, who scored his first senior international goal in a 2-1 win over South Africa earlier in the competition, was injured after Morocco's Manchester United defender Noussair Mazraoui accidentally landed on his knee following a challenge.

    Morocco won the game 2-0 and will now face either Algeria or Nigeria in the semi-finals on Wednesday, 14 January (20:00 GMT).

    Stoke host Coventry in the FA Cup third round on Saturday (15:00 GMT) but the Potters will now be concerned as to the severity of Tchamadeu's injury when he returns to England.

  13. A Co-op shop that has the frontage destroyed leaving bits of debris strewn across the floor. A telehandler can be seen in front of it with it's two prongs in the air and a sign is in front of that with "Co-op" on it and its opening times.

  14. A polar bear rolling around in snow

  15. Forward Vidigal leaves Stoke by mutual consent

    Andre Vidigal warming up for Stoke CityShutterstock

    Andre Vidigal scored five of his seven goals for Stoke in his first six games

    Stoke City have announced forward Andre Vidigal has left the Championship club by mutual consent.

    The 27-year-old Angola international joined the Potters from Portuguese side Maritimo before the start of the 2023-24 season on a three-year contract.

    Vidigal went on to make 43 appearances for Stoke - and scored seven times - but has not played a league game since December 2024.

    His last appearance for Stoke was against Cardiff City in the FA Cup last February.

  16. Striker Duku leaves Tamworth by mutual agreement

    Manny Duku in action for Maidstone United Getty Images

    Manny Duku has spent most of his career in non-league football but did have a loan spell in League Two with Cheltenham 2018-19

    Dutch striker Manny Duku has left Tamworth by mutual agreement.

    The 33-year-old joined the Lambs at the start of the season and went on to score seven goals in 29 appearances.

    "The club would like to thank Manny for his efforts and professionalism during his time at The Lamb and wish him the best of luck for the future," Tamworth said in a brief statement.

    Duku, who has had League Two experience with Cheltenham Town and played in the Scottish Championship, leaves with Tamworth 11th in the National League, seven points off the play-off places.

  17. Snow covers the houses and buildings in a town as we view it from the air. Beyond are snow-covered fields.

  18. Amy and Ben Grainger stand smiling in a library, with book cases visible behind them. He's wearing a light brown tee-shirt and her a plaid top. They are standing next to Councillor Nick Lakin in a grey suit and blue tie

  19. Snow on a street, with cars parked either side

  20. A mugshot of a man with white hair, a balding head and brown eyes. He is wearing spectacles and a navy jumper.

  21. A waterway flanked by greenery and trees

  22. BBC TV presenter Nick Owen stands in the studio leaning on one of the cameras, while smiling. The Birmingham landscape is projected on the screen behind him.

  23. David Juggins - a man with grey hair and wearing a blue Great Britain athletics outfit - smiles as he holds a union flag after finishing an event.

  24. The back of a police officer who is wearing a hi-vis police vest over a black top.