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  1. A Cumberland Council worker wearing hi-vis flourescent yellow clothing holds a yellow sign with black text that reads "sorry for the inconvenience while we improve your roads". In the background there is a van with Highway Maintenance written across its back doors and a road with cars on it.

  2. A display at Kendal Museum which features heads of animals such as zebras and antelopes, affixed to the wall. Items are also displayed inside glass cabinets and include other stuffed animals and skeletons.

  3. White clouds cover a bright blue sky almost in streaks, reaching over the horizon. There is a grassy bank in the foreground, looking out to the sea, with the shape of a long vessel visible on the horizon on the left hand side of the frame.

  4. An adult grey seal and a grey seal pup lie on the sand at a beach on South Walney Nature Reserve near Barrow, Cumbria. The adult seal is grey and the seal pup is much smaller, white and covered in fluffy fur.

  5. Luke Thompson is topless and has light brown hair. He is looking at the camera and has a large chest tattoo which depicts the Sunderland AFC logo and the Torreense logo. In between the two logos there is writing.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

  12. 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.

  13. 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.

  14. 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.

  15. 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.

  16. 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.

  17. 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.

  18. 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.

  19. 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.

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

  21. 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.

  22. 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.

  23. 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.

  24. 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.