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  1. A Google Streetview screenshot of the A69 pictured by the Tesco junction. The dual carriageway is busy with traffic. Three cars and a red heavy plant vehicle are stopped at red traffic lights opposite Tesco, which other traffic flows through the junctions. A Tesco petrol station sigs is visible on one side of the road.

  2. A car transporter vehicle is on fire on the side of the M6 motorway in Cumbria. Fire fighters are using a hose and water hydrant to tackle the blaze. Large flames and plumes of smoke are rising into the sky above the vehicle.

  3. Queen Elizabeth II opening Calder Hall in 1956. She is standing on a stage in front of a pulpit with three microphones in front of her. The stage is a raised round structure painted in white surrounded by a white and brown balustrade, with a white cover over the top. The Queen is wearing a dark hat with a white band around it and a dark coat. Behind her are sat eight people, dresses smartly. The stage is set in front of an industrial building with two chimneys coming out of it. There is also a nuclear cooling tower partially in view next to it.

  4. A woman with dark, shoulder-length hair wearing a dark blue jumper sits in a garden with her elbow resting on her knee and her head in her hand. Her face is obscured by her hand and in her other hand she holds a white mug.

  5. Composite image. The top photo shows Robson Green, Liz White and Gurjeet Singh standing in front of a black BBC and North East Screen backdrop during an interview, with a red BBC News microphone visible in the foreground. The lower photo shows Bamburgh Castle overlooking a cricket match being played on a green field below under a clear blue sky.

  6. Carla looks at the camera. She has brown eyes and thick long dark hair. She is wearing red liptstick and there is a wooden wall behind her.

  7. Jean Scott-Smith, with her parents, in a black and white photo from the 1950/60s. Jean is wearing a wool high jumper and has short curly hair. Her dad is wearing a checked blazer and white shirt and her mum is wearing a flowery dress and cardigan. They are sitting outside her home in Shap.

  8. The picture is taken from behind a young mum with light brown long blonde hair. We can't see her face but we can see over her shoulder, she is holding a baby in her arms. The young baby is wearing blue and has dark hair.

  9. Four kittens play in a carpet-lined box. The grey and black kittens are sat with each other, with one of them scratching the wooden surface.

  10. Child playing with colourful model train set surrounded by books and crayons. Only the child's hands are visible and the sleeves of a blue jumper. There is a drawing of a purple owl on the cover of a green book.

  11. Usman Saleem sits on a wooden bench outside his taxi firm. He is wearing a silver suit, black shoes and socks and a white shirt.

  12. The tower of St John's Church in Workington. The tower sits centre against a backdrop of a bright blue sky. There is lots of scaffolding completely surrounding the tower, where a construction worker wearing a fluorescent jacket walks on the floor.

  13. The bird looks at the camera. It has ruffled black and white feathers. Its beak is black and sharp. It has yellow feathers around its eyes and beak. Its body is largely made up of white feathers with black stripes. The camera has captured the bird behind a tree bark.

  14. The sign at the entrance to the coroner's court in Cockermouth. It is a white sign on a silver metal pole with various logos and names of government organisations, with the most prominent words across the middle reading HM Coroners Service Cumbria. The gable end of a brick two-storey building with a pointed tiled roof stands at right angles to a single storey flat-roofed extension which appears to house the main entrance. Behind the smaller building is a Sainsbury's shop front. Cars are parked outside the coroners office. On the opposite side of a narrow street, with no pavement, to the right of the building building are much older two and three storey stone buildings in a terrace.

  15. A car is being rammed into a brick wall. There are shopping trolleys in the background.

  16. Peregrine falcon perched on a carved stone ornament of a historic building, showing grey-black wings, a cream and black barred chest, and bright yellow feet and eye-ring. The bird is facing left, with a leaded glass window and stone architecture in the background.

  17. A side-by-side mug shots of Tjay O'Neil and Dean Smith. They are both wearing grey T-shirts. O'Neil has shorth brown hair and grey eyes. Smith has short straight blonde hair and blue eyes.

  18. A football player in a red kit runs out of a stadium tunnel carrying a ball, with teammates following behind. Red stadium steps and seated spectators are visible in the background, and a red scarf hangs above the tunnel entrance.

  19. A race track which has green grass either side of the curved track. There is a silver rally car driving around a curve. The race track is in woodland.

  20. Close-up of the back of a yellow hi-viz jacket with reflective bands and a blue POLICE label. A second officer in matching jacket is blurred in the background.

  21. A picket line of teachers and supporters stand along a roadside in low sunlight outside a brick building, holding handwritten signs and teal union flags. One sign reads 'Concerned school, concerned children, concerned staff'.

  22. Kendal's historic town hall, with a clock tower, situated on the streets in the centre of the town and surrounded by busy roads and shops. An England flag is flying at the top of the building.

  23. A group of people in white, light blue and gold costumes with metallic mass covering most of their faces. The sky is dark and they are holding up long sticks with animals on them. There is a clock tower in the background which is lit up. The person at the front of the picture is looking into the camera and holding up their hand with their mouth open. There are crowds on either side of the people in costumes.

  24. A red squirrel holds a nut in its hands. Its hands are held together and it is hunched over a branch in woodland. The squirrel has brown, grey and bright auburn coloured fur. Its ears perk high and it has beady black eyes.