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  1. Bluebird - a craft that looks like a cross between a plane and a boat - leaves a plume of spray behind as it moves across Coniston Water. Trees fill the background.

  2. A woman wearing a grey jumper and sitting on a grey sofa. She has brown hair tied back in a ponytail. She is reading a purple booklet bearing the title 'Staying safe, finding hope'.

  3. Langdale CofE Primary School in the Lake District, Cumbria. The school building is built with picturesque blue slate. It is in a green environment and has a dry stone wall surrounding the premises. Its grassy grounds are filled with parents and children on what looks like a sports day.

  4. Katie Smith is a woman in her 40s standing behind a partially open door of a white car which has a learner sign on the roof. It is a rural location with a stone shed and fields behind her

  5. A woman with grey hair, wearing a yellow hat and stone gilet, sits on a mobility scooter. She's smiling, and behind her are crutches. She is outside, on a path lined with green bushes

  6. A sparrowhawk dips its talons into a river - it has brown and white plumage and bright yellow eyes and talons. The surrounding greenery is mirrored on the water's surface.

  7. Bluebird K7 "planes" on Coniston Water. The blue craft is throwing up a large spray behind it as it glides on top of the lake's surface. On the far shore, sheep are grazing on an incline.

  8. Alfie Goodwin standing on a pavement with Carlisle Castle in the background. He has short brown curly hair and blue eyes. He is wearing glasses with a dark rim and a cream hoodie.

  9. A general view of entrance to The Forum in Barrow, Cumbria. The signs above the glass doors and windows are black and white. There are show posters on the windows.

  10. Lily, a pupil at Cockermouth School, stands in front of the astro turf cricket pitch wearing a sports hoodie.

  11. Applethwaite Green Care Home is a long 1970s style building made of concrete sits at the top of a short curving drive. It is two storeys and has several windows with shrubs to the left hand side of the drive and trees behind.

  12. An injured man is lying on a stretcher, which is being pulled up a hill using ropes and a pulley. Four mountain rescuers in white helmets surround the man to assist him, while other rescuers stand on the path below. They are all in a wooded hilly area.

  13. An onlooker in the foreground takes a photograph as Bluebird travels past on Coniston Water. The craft is blue and rocket shaped. There are white bubbly waves around its body and a large white spray from the engine at the rear.

  14. The Civic Hall in Whitehaven. It is a dark cube-shaped building with a flat roof, pictured from one corner. There are large windows above a glass-fronted entrance with block paving in front. Along the upper front portion of the building's side are five billboards with lights sticking out above them. However, none has any poster attached and all are plain white.

  15. A sign outside the Waterfront car park on Barrow Island saying the car park is closed. The car park gates are closed and the car park is empty.

  16. The outside of Allerdale House, the main office of Cumberland Council. There is scaffolding to the left of the entrance archway, which is made of large, tan-coloured blocks under a grey metal arch. The large logo of Cumberland Council sits above a glass automatic door. A sign in one of the glass panes reads Welcome to Allerdale House and has writing below it.

  17. A sign outside HMP Haverigg warning it is an offence to help a prisoner escape. The black sign is outside a barbed-wire fence and has a royal emblem at the top.

  18. A plume of spray rises from the back of Bluebird as it travels across Coniston Water. The machine looks like a cross between a boat and a plane. Painted blue, it has a tail fin. Trees can be seen on the shoreline.

  19. A beaver swimming in a river. Its brown fur is wet as it glides through the water, with one deep, black eye looking ahead and two small ears tucked behind. The rippling water reflects the green foliage above, with small leaves floating alongside the animal.

  20. St Robert and St Alice Chapel at Dodding Green. The building is white with black window sills and a slate roof. There is a central doorway under a pitched roof. To its left is a wing that stands proud of the main building and has three windows, two on the ground floor and one centrally above. There is also a small window on the first floor above the roof over the main door. The part of the building to the right of the door is a single white painted wall with no windows.

  21. Deborah, wearing a blouse and black cardigan, smiles at the camera. She has grey hair and glasses on her head and is standing in an empty church.

  22. A green and yellow sign reading 'Private Estate Keep Out' is nailed to a tree trunk, with woodland trees and path out of focus behind.

  23. A blue and white sign saying "Welcome to HMP Haverigg". It is in front of hut-style buildings painted brown outside the main gate of the prison.

  24. The Bluebird hydroplane on Coniston water. There are peaks in the background.