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  1. Tamworth extend Kelly loan for further month

    Gabriel Kelly in action for Stoke City during a pre-season friendlyGetty Images

    Tamworth have extended the loan of midfielder Gabriel Kelly for a further month.

    The 19-year-old has played five league games since his arrival from Championship side Stoke City in September.

    Kelly is yet to make a competitive first-team appearance for Stoke but has captained the Potters' under-21 side this season.

  2. A man inside a pub with two television screens mounted to walls, playing a football game. He has a shaved head and light stubble on his face. He is wearing a black hoodie.

  3. A man with short grey hair and glasses is wearing a green polo shirt under a brown jacket. He is standing in front of a large building with red and yellow cladding.

  4. A police mugshot of a man with short black hair, a tiny crucifix tattoo on his right cheek, a short beard and a grey top.

  5. Rachel Shenton and husband Chris Overton stand on stage at the Oscars. Overton holds up the Oscar as Shenton stands in front of a microphone.

  6. Wimborne Town celebrate after beating Crawley Town

  7. A man wearing a black waistcoat and black trousers and a woman wearing a blue ball gown are holding a disco ball trophy in the middle of a dancefloor with spotlights focussed on them. There are people standing around the edge of the room applauding.

  8. Large bags of the cocaine covered in netting.

  9. A bride in a white shoulderless wedding dress and glasses linking arms with a bearded man in a blue suit, white shirt and blue tie, holding a bouquet of white flowers

  10. A wedding photograph showing three people standing together in an elegant indoor venue. The person in the centre wears a dark blue suit and holds a bouquet of white flowers. On the left, another person wears a black suit with a grey waistcoat and bow tie. On the right, a person wears a strapless white wedding dress and glasses, with one hand resting on the centre person's arm.

  11. A man with short blond hair and wearing a blue top smiles at the camera. He is in front of a black background.

  12. People watch on as a band plays at the top of the stairs in front of the monument at the National Remembrance Gardens

  13. Darren Beckford wearing a white Port Vale shirt

  14. 'It's becoming harder not to get carried away'

    View from the Press Box graphic, with words saying Mark Elliott, BBC Radio Stoke and a picture of a yellow BBC Sport microphone

    In truth, at half-time, Stoke City's trip to Portsmouth felt like a game too far as the Championship form teams went toe-to-toe at the end of a three-game week.

    After a tough run of fixtures, Portsmouth edged a first half low on quality, like the slightly sharper of a couple of punch-drunk and unlikely contenders.

    Stoke midfielder Ethan Galbraith revealed harsh words were said in the away dressing room at the break.

    Substitutions soon followed and to labour the metaphor, Stoke collectively bit down on the gumshield, found the energy they needed in the championship rounds and forced a gutsy win that took them, however briefly, to the top of the league.

    Previous iterations of Stoke City would have fallen apart as the match went on but this team has an obvious tenacity and greater resolve.

    It's fitting that Jack McGlynn and Ben Wilmot, two of the stars of the opening third of the season, scored the goals that sent Stoke into the international break with a win.

    Potters manager Mark Robins was quick to praise his side and urge everyone involved not to get too carried away, but it's becoming harder not to.

    Stoke have won five league games away from home in a row for the first time since 1947 and they've taken 29 points from their last 12 games.

    This team's biggest strength might just be their ability to find a way to get a result in hostile environments, even when they're not playing well.

    They've put themselves right in the mix at the top of the table with a great chance to tackle the depths of winter and the busiest part of the season with genuine confidence.

  15. An aerial view of the top of a clock tower standing in the middle of a town.

  16. Two girls in their nighwear are smiling as they sit next to a Christmas tree with wrapped presents in their hands

  17. A silhouette of a soldier surrounded by poppies

  18. Robins reacts after another win on the road for Stoke

    Robins: ‘Everybody needs to be proud of it’

    Stoke boss Mark Robins spoke to BBC Radio Stoke after the 2-1 win at Portsmouth.

    For a written selection of his quotes, click here

  19. Burton Albion v AFC Rushden & Diamonds

  20. Port Vale v Scunthorpe

  21. A red road closed sign

  22. A row of five layers of bricks outline the plots of houses on a building site. There is a digger and another construction vehicle in the background

  23. Stafford Rangers manager Graham Deakin

  24. A composite image featuring a pony at a McDonald's drive through on the left and on the right a father and daughter in blue t-shirts standing in front of a building