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  1. Daka hopes Leicester can harness fans' energy

    Leicester City striker Patson Daka celebrates on his knees with hands over his face in pink and black away kitShutterstock

    Daka has scored four goals for Leicester City this season

    Leicester City striker Patson Daka says they have to use the energy of their fans as they battle to secure their safety in the Championship this season.

    The Foxes are awaiting the result of their appeal against a six-point deduction for for breaching English Football League financial rules.

    They currently lie 22nd in the table, one point inside the relegation places ahead of Tuesday's game against Bristol City at the King Power Stadium (19:45 GMT).

    "The fans really push us, to be honest," Daka told BBC Leicester. "Even when you don't feel like pushing yourself more, you can find that extra energy within you because of the fans.

    "We are there for each other, we know that its only us, we have to keep pushing ourselves and help your friend. We don't have to play individually."

    The 27-year-old Zambia international scored his fourth goal of the season on Saturday against Ipswich, and is enjoying his extended run in the side as they battle to stay in the division.

    "It's been good, and it's always about trying to give my best every time I'm given the opportunity, and I'm trying to give back to the team the trust they have given me," Daka added.

    "Hopefully I can score more goals in the remaining games, and help the team. That's my job - I need to do more, and do it consistently."

    Leicester City were moving out of the bottom three on Saturday before rivals West Bromwich Albion scored a late equaliser at Sheffield United to stay above them.

    "The results of the other teams don't really concern us," Daka said. "They can lose all their games, but if we don't win our games as well then nothing is going to change.

    "We are just focusing on ourselves, make sure we win our games and the rest will solve itself."

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  4. A car parked in a road. The car is a metallic grey colour and there are shrubs in the background.

  5. Elly Cutkelvin and Paul Crewe stood in the sunshine on a park just off a road in Saffron Lane

  6. Country lane with tree on right hand side

  7. Police cordon in Narborough Road in Leicester

  8. A head and shoulders picture of Nila Patel wearing silver jewellery round her neck and on the centre of her brow.

  9. A green petrol can marked with the words 'bike neat' in pen placed on a carpet

  10. people from different faiths sit at tables in a large hall looking towards a stage

  11. HMP Fosse Way is pictured behind a tall fence. It is a tall white-cladded building.

  12. A newborn calf sleeps in the hay next to it's mother

  13. Baby gibbon holding on to mother's fur

  14. Four children holding certificates, standing in front of a row of snowploughs

  15. Woman smiling wearing a cycling helmet and t-shirt

  16. Pick of the stats: Leicester City v Bristol City

    The Leicester City and Bristol City club badges side by side. The Leicester one depicts the face of a fox inside a white circle with Leicester City Football Club inscribed around it on a blue background. Bristol City have a Robin inside a red circle with the words Bristol City around it on a red background.

    Leicester City are back at home on Tuesday (19:45 GMT) hoping for a first Championship win in 11 attempts.

    The Foxes have drawn three of their opening four games under new head coach Gary Rowett.

    Bristol City will be happier away from home after suffering an eighth home defeat of the season to leaders Coventry City on Saturday and now have as many points on the road as they do at Ashton Gate (25).

    • Leicester have won three of their past five league games against Bristol City, though are winless in the past two meetings (D1 L1).

    • Bristol City have won just two of their past 20 away league games against Leicester (D7 L11), though these victories have come across their past five visits.

    • Leicester have lost each of their past four home league games - they have never lost five in a row outside of the top-flight before.

    • Bristol City have won two of their past three away league games, and are looking to win consecutively on the road for the first time since November 2024.

    • Bristol City's Scott Twine has been involved in 10 goals in 14 away starts in the Championship this season, scoring five and assisting five.

  17. Nick Geraghty with his wife Rose at Bradgate Park

  18. A family ride a roller coaster at a theme park

  19. A worker delivers food waste bins

  20. Image shows a map illustration of where the drive thru and convenience store will go. The entrance is on Warwick Road just before the roundabout and part of it backs onto Wistow Road.

  21. A farmer is standing in a green field with his flock of sheep behind him. Beyond the field, you can see houses. He is wearing a coat and black t-shirt.

  22. Billy Searle of Leicester Tigers scores a try during the Prem Rugby Cup semi-final against Bath at Mattioli Woods Welford Road Stadium. Various Bath players watch on in background

  23. George Furbank of Northampton Saints

  24. Leicestershire police armed officers at the door of a police van at Aylestone Road in Leicester.

  25. Gantry partly hanging lose and more of it on the ground of speedway track.