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  1. National League football

  2. Jon Brady in a Port Vale tracksuit

  3. An elderly person's hand is resting on someones leg while another persons hand is resting on top of the elderly person's hand.

  4. A man is standing with his head in his heads in this generic photo. He is standing in front of a plain background and is mostly in shadow.

  5. 🎧 'An away win and a good boy'

    A Cold Wet Tuesday Night podcast

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

    Lucas Yeomans, Matt Sandoz and former striker Louis Moult discuss a rare away win at Watford, a first second-half goal of the season and Stoke City's resident 'good boy'...

    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 man with a white cap and a dark blue shirt smiles as he sits inside a fire station, next to a fire engine and another vehicle.

  7. A man with short white hair, wearing a blue jacket over a green shirt, stands in front of a metal fence. Behind the fence is some debris piled up along with charred patches of ground, walls and fences.

  8. A town centre with an open paved square surrounded by trees and buildings on two sides. There are people crossing a pedestrian area, and other street furniture such as bins, lampposts and bollards are dotted around the square.

  9. Asmir Begovic

  10. A man in a black balaclava looks out from behind a wall. There are blurred yellow lights behind him.

  11. A brick-built octagonal-shaped building with a wooden door and windows with metal lattice panes.

  12. A man with short grey hair, a beard and moustache looks at the camera. He is standing by a sign saying Stoke Book Festival

  13. An aerial view of destroyed homes after the Stourbridge wildfire on August 21,

  14. People gather for a memorial ceremony beside the Elysium Memorial, while standard bearers hold flags during a service.

  15. Stoke's deserved win proves Potters carry real threat

    Mark Elliott
    BBC Radio Stoke’s Stoke City Commentator

    Stoke players in a huddle before the game at Watford Rex Features

    When Jack McGlynn dummied to shoot, cut back inside around the attempted block from Edo Kayembe, and placed his shot inside the far post with his weaker right foot, Stoke took a lead their dominance deserved.

    At Watford they produced as good an away performance as we have seen from the Potters for some time, and Eric Bocat's low drive on the other side of the break wrapped the points up.

    At that point, it looked like Stoke could register a much bigger win than they eventually did, but despite fading as the second half wore on, they never looked anything other than in control.

    McGlynn, Justin Devenny and Ethan Galbraith have taken it in turns to provide goals and decisive attacking performances more generally over the past few games, and the latter was excellent again.

    But amongst the good performances from new signings there were reminders from those who have been around a little while longer that they still have something to offer.

    Lamine Cisse worked really hard up front, hit the bar and had two goals ruled out for offside, and Maksym Talovierov finally looks like the dominant centre-back Stoke thought they were signing when he joined last summer.

    Stoke still have work to do to achieve the capacity to maintain performance levels deeper into the second half of games, but when they are on it they look like a solid team that carries a real threat.

    If they can build on the past four games unbeaten and the three wins within that with another positive result against Sheffield United next week, they will have turned a shaky start to the season into a really good points return from the eight games before the first international break.

  16. A LNR train, with green and black writing, showing several train windows.

  17. Protesters holding 'Stop the far right' posters with anti-migrant protesters waving St George and union flags on the steps beyond a line of police

  18. A man with short grey hair is wearing a yellow, red and blue waistcoat over a white shirt. He is holding both his arms out and smiling as he stands in an old-fashioned wood-panelled room with ornaments on a wooden display behind him.

  19. A brown horse's head is right in front of us as it leans over a fence while standing in a field.

  20. The remains of three homes destroyed by the wildfires, with charred gardens and near a railway line.

  21. Anti-migration protesters waving St George flags and flanked by police officers

  22. Stoke boss Robins reacts after win against Watford

    Robins: 'That looks more like teams I've had in the past'

    Stoke City boss Mark Robins spoke to BBC Radio Stoke after their win against Watford. For a written selection of his quotes, click here.

  23. A row of police officers in high vis and holding shields stood facing crowds.

  24. The entrance to Knutton Lane Depot, showing open white metal gates leading to an industrial site with parked vehicles, warehouse buildings and signage.