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  1. Tamworth sign defender Handley

    Tamworth have bolstered their squad with the signing of goal-scoring defender Tom Handley from Merthyr Town.

    Handley, 25, scored seven goals in 44 appearances for the National League North club last season.

    He is Tamworth's fifth signing of a busy summer as they ready themselves for next season's National League campaign.

    Tamworth finished in 11th place last season.

  2. Tommy Simkin, wearing a red Stoke City warm-up top, claps his hands together with goalkeeping gloves on before a game for the Potters.

  3. Djibril Soumare points at the camera with both hands and is wearing a black Stoke City hoodie

  4. A yellow gritting lorry at a depot

  5. A stock image of a classroom with chairs and tables with a blackboard in the background

  6. A hospital with ambulances parked outside it. The hospital building is several storeys high, and has red and yellow cladding on the lower part.

  7. Matthew Craig in action for Barnsley.

  8. A police car is parked on the road alongside a grassed hill. There are two large blocks of flats in the background.

  9. An artist impression of the planned development shows the homes surrounded by green fields with trees and bushes

  10. Tamworth sign duo Dyson and Bailey

    Oliver Dyson in action for Spennymoor TownGetty Images

    Oliver Dyson made 41 appearances for Spennymoor Town in National League North last season

    Tamworth have signed midfielder Oliver Dyson and left-back Joshua Bailey.

    Dyson, 26, who has previously featured for York City and Barrow, joins the National League side from Spennymoor Town.

    Bailey, 20, started his professional career with Shrewsbury Town and has joined Tamworth after an impressive season with Worcester City, where he scooped the players' player, supporters' player and young player of the season awards.

  11. New Stoke crest installed at bet365 Stadium

    A picture of Stoke City's new club crest. A shield showing a Staffordshire knot, the club's foundation date of 1863, their red and white stripes, and a kiln.Stoke City

    Stoke City have announced the club's new crest has been installed at bet365 Stadium.

    The Potters adopted a new design last summer following several months of consultation with fans and revealed a "phased" introduction at their home ground with similar updates to be made at their Clayton Wood training complex "over the coming seasons".

    At the time the club said the idea was to produce a crest "that is truly synonymous with Stoke City Football Club and the city of Stoke-on-Trent" and offered a choice between staying with the current one or adopting a new one.

    The alternative - a shield depicting a Staffordshire knot, the club's foundation date of 1863, their famous red and white stripes, and a kiln, in a nod to the area's link to the ceramic industry - received 68% of the vote.

    Stoke owner and chair John Coates said the new crest showed the "history, traditions, work ethic and togetherness" of the club and the city.

    "We can all look at the club crest and reflect that it truly represents what it means to be Stoke City," he said.

    "We are determined that our new crest will come to represent a new and successful era on and off the field.

    "Our supporters can be assured that, as the 2026-27 season approaches, we are all working relentlessly towards that aim."

    A picture of the outside of Stoke's home ground the bet365 Stadium showing the new badge in two locations on the wall.Stoke City

  12. A woman with long blonde hair and wearing a grey top, smiles as she sits at a table in a restaurant.

  13. Gordon Shovlin wears a navy blue vest with Great Britain written on the front in white lettering. He is bald with a white beard. He is pictured standing in a sports hall while other men play basketball behind him.

  14. Bishop of Northampton David James Oakley. He is wearing a black clerical gown and a pink skull cap.

  15. A police mugshot of Robert Alexander in a grey prison sweatshirt

  16. A woman with blonde hair and sunglasses in a white top holding a hand fan

  17. A police car with its boot open is parked across a road behind blue and white police tape. Police officers are talking to each other and inspecting the scene, by a pedestrian crossing with traffic lights. Other vehicles can be seen parked in the background.

  18. Kyle John in action for Port Vale. He is wearing the club's yellow and black striped away shirt

  19. A close up of a stationary box filled with stationary in a classroom. The background is a blurred image of children sitting at their desks.

  20. Bill Cash wears a navy V-neck jumper over an open button collar shirt. He is smiling at the camera. He is sat on a sofa next to a table with a lamp on it.

  21. A pupil with her back to the class, drawing on a whiteboard.

  22. Tamworth sign midfielders Bramble and Roberts

    TJ Bramble in action for Welling United in 2023Shutterstock

    TJ Bramble has 21 caps for Antigua and Barbuda

    Tamworth have signed Antigua and Barbuda international TJ Bramble and fellow midfielder Morgan Roberts.

    Bramble, 25, joins the Lambs after turning down the offer of a new deal with National League South side Maidstone, where he spent one season.

    Former Northampton Town and Swindon Town attacking midfielder Roberts, 25, made the move to Staffordshire after leaving Brackley Town following their relegation from the National League.

  23. A close-up of a man wearing a black, full-face balaclava. He is standing in front of a white background.

  24. A composite image, with Christopher Awdry on the left in a blue jumper. He is wearing glasses and is looking directly into the camera as he sits on a sofa in a living room. On the right is a still from the Thomas the Tank Engine animation. Thomas is a bright blue locomotive with the number 1 on his side. There are tracks on the ground leading left to right and there are animated trees in the background