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  1. A National League football with 'HUFC' written on it in pen being kicked by a grey boot with a blue sock

  2. Burton appoint Benson as new CEO

    A view of the pitch at Burton Albion's Pirelli Stadium from the halfway lineShutterstock

    Burton Albion have appointed Adam Benson as their new chief executive officer.

    Benson will swap his role as Oxford United's current chief commercial and marketing officer for a new position at the Pirelli Stadium.

    He has previously held senior positions at rugby union sides Wasps and Gloucester, as well as at Reading during the Royals' time in the Premier League and the Championship.

    "I am incredibly proud to be entrusted with the role of chief executive officer at Burton Albion," Benson told Albion's website.

    "It was clear from the very first conversation that the club and its vision is aligned with my own values of ambition, hard work and integrity."

  3. A close-up view of a police car, with the word 'police' visible across the side.

  4. A Staffordshire bull terrier, which has brown fur with lighter speckles, is looking upwards whilst crouching on an area of grass. The dog has a collar on with a metal tag in the shape of a bone.

  5. 🎧'Stoke's next challenge'

    EP 15: 'Stoke's next challenge'

    The latest episode of BBC Radio Stoke's A Cold Wet Tuesday Night podcast is out now.

    Lucas, Matt and Louis discuss Stoke's next steps and battling it out in the weather in their 0-0 draw at home to Bristol City.

    Listen above or on BBC Sounds here - and don't forget to subscribe to get each episode into your My Sounds feed.

    Listen on BBC Sounds

  6. A metal hopper in plastic wrapping is shown at an angle, having slipped from a lorry. There is a red forklift truck at the side of the lorry and other vehicles in the distance.

  7. A woman with light brown hair tied back and a fringe. She has silver framed glasses on, a purple hoodie and blue waterproof coat. She is standing inside a kennel building with grey metal cages for the dogs

  8. A woman in a black t-shirt and black apron is stood outside a cafe. She is smiling. There is a man sat at a table outside the business

  9. A bus driver leaning over the wheel in his cab whilst parked up. He is looking at the camera smiling. He has grey hair and is wearing slight tinted glasses with a silver frame. He also has a black fleece on with the sleeves rolled up showing off tattoos on his forearms.

  10. Football 0-1 Storm Boelo

    Mark Elliott
    BBC Radio Stoke commentator

    Jack McGlynn on the ball for Stoke against Bristol CityShutterstock

    Stoke City and Bristol City mustered only one shot on target between them as the stormy conditions at the bet365 Stadium dominated the game.

    This one finished Stoke and Bristol City 0-1 Storm Boelo.

    The weather might have won the day but a point for the Potters will feel like one gained if they can follow it up with a win against struggling Preston next week.

    The wind played havoc with both teams' attempts to break the other down but it was a compliment to Stoke that the visitors changed to a back five and by the end only one team looked like they really wanted a winner.

    The game was a learning curve for players like Luca Bombino who won't have encountered conditions like this too often in California and Stoke's other MLS import Jack McGlynn (pictured).

    Losing Lamine Cisse to injury early in the game was a blow but Stoke carried enough of a threat to move on from this one with confidence intact.

    Championship teams are judged on sequences of results and with three more fixtures to come, that look reasonably winnable on paper, they'll hope that this draw forms part of an unbeaten run in the same way the draw at Cardiff earlier in the season did.

  11. A woman with light brown hair tied back and a fringe. She has silver framed glasses on, a purple hoodie and blue waterproof coat. She is standing inside a kennel building with grey metal cages for the dogs

  12. A man and a woman running through a wooded area. The picture is taken from ground level. The woman is wearing a blue top with black running vest and black leggings, while the man wears black shorts and a white windbreaker and light blue cap.

  13. A woman with long black hair is wearing a black shirt, standing in a warehouse - behind her are lots of large cardboard boxes.

  14. A rainbow reflected in canal water in Telford with trees and a boat also seen.

  15. Weather made it 'really difficult' - Stoke boss Robins

    Ged Scott
    BBC Sport England

    Stoke City boss Mark Robins was wrapped up in his full winter coat for the weather-hit meeting with Bristol City at the Bet365 Stadium (24 October 2026)Jan Kruger -Getty Images)

    Stoke City boss Mark Robins was wrapped up in his full winter coat at the Bet 365 Stadium

    Stoke City boss Mark Robins understandably blamed the weather for his side's comparatively poor showing as the effects of Storm Boelo led to the Potters' first goalless draw of the season.

    "I can't be too critical and I don't want to be," he told BBC Radio Stoke, after the 0-0 stalemate at home to Bristol City. "I don't think it's warranted.

    "It was really difficult. They've changed shape. They've come for a difficult game and then the weather made it doubly so. But, if you can't win, don't lose.

    "When a team comes and sits like that, and it's the first time a team has come and done that, we've just got to take some learning from it.

    "We move it in different areas and it becomes a bit samey and we don't learn from that. We've tried everything.

    "From set plays we were dangerous. It looked like we were going to score from one of them. But, to be fair to them, they've thrown bodies in front when they needed to.

    "We had total control of the ball, total control of the game, but an easy option on it. We've been in positions where we've taken a safe position to get on the ball rather than something a little bit more incisive.

    "We've tried to do everything that we could to get a goal, but I didn't think we were good enough."

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  17. Stoke's Ethan Galbraith battles with Bristol City's Jason Knight at the Bet365 Stadium (24 October 2026)

  18. A woman with long brown and blonde curly hair, and wearing a white top, sits on a brown leather sofa in a pub next to an elderly man with a grey bowler hat, white hair and beard, and a white and black top. They are both looking at each other.

  19. A blue hippopotamus wearing a red and white football kit is standing at the side of a football pitch. The mascot is holding its arms up.

  20. A composite of two images. On the left two men holding beer glasses, sitting in front of a set of patterned curtains. They are wearing white t-shirts and waistcoats that appear to be made out of bar mats. On the right a man is wearing a black t-shirt is standing out the roof of a Citreon 2CV white and purple car. It is parked inbetween two speakers on a high street. He is looking at an apple mac.

  21. A flooded road with a red car stuck in the middle of a deep pool of water. There is a lorry and a van in the distance near the edge of the flooded area.

  22. A woman wearing a light pink coat is standing in between two pine trees, with fields behind her.

  23. Tamworth sign striker Carter on short-term loan

    Tamworth have signed Ramell Carter from Premier League side Hull City on a short-term loan deal.

    The 18-year-old striker came through Hull's academy but is yet to make any senior appearances for the club.

    He spent the first two months of this season on loan at high-flying fellow National League side Worthing, making six appearances.

    Carter started in five of those games, scoring his first senior goal in Worthing's 1-0 home win over Wealdstone in August.

    The Lambs are currently 18th in the National League, two points and three places above the relegation zone.

  24. A view of the main stand at Gateshead International Stadium