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  1. Gossip: Boro finally set to seal Joseph deal

    BBC Sport's gossip column graphic which has 'gossip' written in white letters on top of a blurred out floodlit football stadium

    Middlesbrough's £5m move to sign Hull City forward Kyle Joseph had stalled last week but the deal is now back on with paperwork being finalised and the 24-year-old is expected to link up with his new team-mates at their training camp in Portugal later this week. (Mail)

    Wolves have reportedly identified Aston Villa attacker Lewis Dobbin, 23, as a potential summer transfer target, with Middlesbrough and Southampton also linked with the English former Preston loanee. (Lancashire Post)

    For more transfer news and rumours, read Thursday's full gossip column here.

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  3. A mother and her seal pup are lying on a mud flat. The pup is feeding from the mum lying on her side. The pup is half the size of the mother.

  4. A group of residents celebrating outside Durham council HQ after a planning meeting. Some are clapping and have their hands in the air.

  5. Aidan Matthews is smiling and wearing a dark top in a kitchen with tiles and cupboards behind him.

  6. A red tractor has gone into the front of a semi-detached house, caving in the window and some of the brickwork. At its height, the tractor reaches the top window. The scene is surrounded by yellow and red temporary barriers.

  7. Emily smiles at the camera. She has long wavy brown hair and red lipstick on.

  8. An empty stretch of the sandy beach at Redcar looking to the sea which is slighty frothed up by the waves. There is water pooled on the sand further inland.

  9. A CGI image of what the new housing development would look like. Terraced homes line a street with a few cars parked on drives and people outside their homes in a Stepford style beloved of graphic designers when depicting new developments. The sky is realistically cloudy, however.

  10. Jodey Whiting is looking towards the camera. She has blonde shoulder-length hair with a silver hairband and is wearing a silver coloured scarf and a light blue jumper.

  11. The yellow and green double decker X70 bus to Newcastle leaving a bus station.

  12. A school meal on an orange three-compartment tray containing a blue cup of water, a dessert on a skewer and a main meal which looks suspiciously too healthy. It appears to be a chicken roast dinner, with stuffing, carrots, broccoli and gravy. Large silver trays containing food, including broccoli, are laid out beneath heat lamps in the background.

  13. A row of motorhomes and cars parked on a Saltburn seafront on a grey day.

  14. Robin Blair is standing in front of his fruit and vegetable stall and smiling at the camera. He has short white hair and rosy cheeks. He is wearing a blue body warmer and a green jacket underneath.

  15. Kathleen Wilson is stood with her arms crossed outside a very overgrown backyard. The house behind it has cracked paint and all of the windows have been boarded up or filled with concrete blocks.

  16. A close-up grainy photo of Nathan Bushby and his sister. Nathan has short light brown hair and is smiling. He is wearing a blue polo top and has his arm around his sister who has long black hair and is wearing a light blue top.

  17. School children celebrate an England goal.

  18. An endangered ring-tailed lemur inspects a handcrafted nest, woven together using dried grapevines, twine, and rope searching for an Easter treat, at London Zoo. It has a white furry face with black eyes, head and nose. It has a greyish-red body.

  19. Emily Moore smiles at the camera in a school picture. She has brown eyes and long light brown hair.

  20. Pupils at Linthorpe Primary School, all dressed in red or white football shirts, clapping and cheering after watching England score a goal. St George's Cross bunting has been draped across the assembly hall.

  21. Rebekah Tadd is smiling. She has long blonde hair and sunglasses on top of her head pushing her hair back. She is wearing a two-tone blue scarf around her neck and a tweed jacket.

  22. EFL players exit World Cup over weekend

    Raul Jimenez, wearing Mexico's green shirt with white Adidas stripes and a white and red collar, looks dejected as he claps his hands after Mexico's 3-2 defeat to England in the last-16 of the World CupGetty Images

    Seven English Football League players went out of the World Cup over the course of the weekend.

    Wolves striker Raul Jimenez and West Ham defender Edson Alvarez were in the Mexico team which lost 3-2 to England in a thrilling last-16 contest at the Azteca Stadium in the early hours of Monday morning.

    Jimenez netted three times for his nation at the tournament, including a 69th-minute penalty against the Three Lions, but will now return to Molineux to prepare for the Championship season after signing from Fulham this summer.

    Southampton forward Cyle Larin and Norwich City midfielder Ali Ahmed both featured for Canada in their last-16 encounter with Morocco on Saturday, but could not prevent the co-hosts from suffering a 3-0 defeat.

    Larin scored two goals in the group stages for Canada to help them progress to the knockouts for the first time in their history, while Middlesbrough defender Alfie Jones was also part of the squad but did not play.

    Leicester City duo Jordan Ayew and Abdul Fatawu played for Ghana in their 1-0 loss to Colombia in the last 32 on Saturday.

  23. Joan Airey is sitting in the front seat of a helicopter and smiling brightly at the camera. She has short, white hair and is wearing a large green headset. A man is poking his head out from behind her.

  24. Two men in green overalls stand either side of, and manipulate a larger than life-size puppet with a frame covered with plants and flowers. They are standing in front of a brick building, with a bank of shrubs on either side. To the left a man in an orange shirt is taking a photograph.

  25. Emma Price, tanned and smiling, with long blonde hair in loose curls. She is wearing a strappy green satin dress and holding a cream beaded clutch bag. Next to her is a stand of black and white sketches.