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  2. An aerial image taken with a drone of fire damaged properties in Stourbridge, showing burned out homes.

  3. Left to right - A man wearing a yellow and black top stands in a charred field with his hands in his pockets; in the middle, an older woman with white/grey hair and a blue floral dress is smiling and holding a small brown tortoise; right, A scattered arrangement of Panini football stickers, all of which feature Robbie Williams, a man wearing a black football top with brand logos and the letters RW in gold type on the front.

  4. A man wearing a mainly red top, shorts and socks is playing hockey, holding a stick with the ball next to it on a blue surface. People in the crowd are blurred in the background.

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  6. Ben Johnson poses in his red-and-white striped home Stoke City shirt

  7. 🎧Trip to Saints and a new signing

    A Cold Wet Tuesday Night (Extra): New signing!

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

    Join Lucas Yeomans and Ben Rowley as they discuss new signings and Southampton away.

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

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  8. A large red brick building with multiple sections set back from one another and a ramp to the right side. There is a sign above the glass entrance doors which reads Prince of Wales Centre. The section to the left of the entrance has a number of archways containing colourful murals.

  9. Two firefighters in protective clothing, one of them aiming a water jet at a tall grey building which appears to have been damaged by fire

  10. A woman wearing glasses is looking directly at the photographer. She has short grey hair and is wearing a lanyard.

  11. West Ham and Leicester players looking dejected after relegation

  12. A man wearing white glasses and a yellow coat and a woman wearing a grey jumper with a brown coat are pictured from the shoulders up, stood in front of a grassy area with houses in the background.

  13. Two women are standing in a purple radio studio. There are tv screens behind them. Both are looking at the camera and smiling. The woman on the right hand side of the photo is wearing a cream-coloured jacket, while the woman on the left hand side of the image is wearing a black leather jacket.

  14. A red haired man in a green open collared shirt, stood next to him is his daughter in a graduation cap and gown with a police uniform underneath. they are both smiling at the camera.

  15. A woman wearing a yellow dress, with her long blonde hair styled half-up, and a man with grey hair, wearing a black blazer and black shirt, sit in front of a brick wall with the MasterChef logo in the centre, an M surrounded by black, white, yellow and blue circles, eating a large plate of spaghetti and meatballs.

  16. George Hirst poses with his arms crossed in Stoke's red-and-white striped home shirt

  17. A man wearing a light-coloured jumper is looking at a dog who is sat to the side of him. They are outdoors, in what appears to be a garden with a fence nearby behind them.

  18. Blue and white police tape surrounds a tall blue clock outside a brick-built shopping centre. There are police vehicles parked either side of the cordon and a fire engine visible too. The scene is ser against a grey cloudy sky.

  19. No Stoke doom and gloom after opening loss - Robins

    Robins: 'It's what we do moving forward that matters'

    Stoke boss Mark Robins insists there is no "doom and gloom" around the club following their opening-day home league defeat by Swansea City as he prepares his side for Saturday's trip to Southampton.

    The 10-man Potters won 2-1 at St. Mary's a year ago - their third victory in their first three Championship matches last season.

    They travel to the south coast having lost 2-1 at home to the Swans last weekend but Robins told BBC Radio Stoke the result has not had a negative effect on his squad,

    "It's [the Southampton game] on the back of the defeat on Saturday and everything around you is doom and gloom - it isn't that," Robins said.

    "You shake things off, we look back at what happened and what we maybe could have done better.

    "We were in that game, I don't think we deserved to lose, we could and should have had three points from it with the chances that we had.

    "So whilst you're not fluid or free flowing - they weren't either, they looked like they have a settled squad, a settled way of doing things and I thought we coped with that apart from two moments down the side that ended up costing us goals."

    Robins has overseen a busy summer of ins and outs at the club, as well as changes in training and off the field to try to avoid a repeat of last season's injury crisis.

    He said that transition will continue to develop on the pitch.

    "There will be a way of getting players in the positions that they're really comfortable with and that takes a little bit of time," he said.

    "[We've had] interesting conversations, when the work's getting done, things are sort of dripped in. You can see things happening in training that might mean certain differences to where people want to be or feel most comfortable on the pitch, where those partnerships start to be formed."

    Robins is also confident last season's win at St. Mary's will give the players - especially those who were part of it - added belief when they take on the Saints.

    "Obviously each season is different but we go down with the same aim. It's a great place to go and play your football and we look forward to it.

    "You can have good memories of places and you can glean something from that and if you can do that, then brilliant.

    "It's what we do now, it's what we do moving forwards that matters. The fact you've been somewhere and taken the points is a good experience.

    "I think last season we ended up without the ball so much, so can we have the ball a little bit more? - which will impact the game in a positive way."

  20. A red bus can be seen partway through a smashed window at the front of a store. There is red and white tape to identify a cordon around the scene.

  21. 'I thought he'd play a role in the Premier League'

    George Hirst smiling in his blue Ipswich Town home kit after the side sealed promotion last seasonGetty Images

    Stoke City are being heavily linked with Ipswich Town striker George Hirst and Tractor Boys fans feel it could be a coup for the Championship side.

    The Scotland international scored 11 goals in 42 games during Ipswich's promotion run last season, though he only netted three times in 26 appearances in their previous Premier League campaign after issues with his knee.

    "No offence to Stoke but I was expecting him to rock up at one of the parachute teams, if I'm honest," Richard Woodward of the Blue Monday podcast told BBC Radio Stoke.

    "I did think he has a role to play for Ipswich maybe but things have shifted a bit with Kieran McKenna moving on.

    "I think the key thing for him is confidence. He struggled for consistent minutes but when he got in the team, when he was fit - and he has had a few injuries - I can't praise him enough."

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  22. Pick of the stats: Southampton v Stoke City

    The Southampton and Stoke City club crests side by side

    These two sides are hoping to bounce back from defeats on the opening weekend of the Championship season - both losing 2-1.

    Stoke managed only 22 points away from home last season while Southampton's home record was only bettered by the promoted duo of Coventry City and Ipswich Town.

    • Southampton won 2-0 away against Stoke in their most recent league meeting in January but have not won back-to-back league games against the Potters since October 2006.

    • Stoke City are unbeaten in each of their past five away league games against Saints (W4 D1); among 2026-27 Championship opponents, the Potters are only on a longer unbeaten streak away to West Ham United (6).

    • Southampton have won their first home game in just one of their past 14 league campaigns (D8 L5 since 2012-13), though it did come last season, scoring twice late on to beat Wrexham 2-1.

    • Stoke City lost each of their final seven away league games last season, last having a longer losing streak on the road in the Football League between August and November 2003 under Tony Pulis (8).

    • After losing to Swansea, Stoke will be hoping to avoid losing their opening two games of a league campaign for just the third time this century, after 2010-11 and 2019-20.

  23. A woman with shoulder length blonde and brown hair is looking at the camera smiling. She is wearing a light brown top and blue blazer. Behind her there is a rail of white shirts and brown wooden walls.

  24. A shopfront with pictures of fruit in the window and an orange and red signage which reads "Iceland".