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  1. Scottish Secretary Douglas Alexander, Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh and Chancellor John Healey during a visit to Shell UK's St Fergus Gas Terminal in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. They are wearing orange high-vis jackets and green hard hats, as they walk past gas terminal infrastructure in the rain.

  3. Gas Platform in the North Sea

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    A split screen image. On the left, James Cook wearing orange high-vis overalls. On the right, a view of a platform on Rosebank.

    • UK
    A composite of the front pages of the Metro and the Times on 22 October 2026.

  6. The Jackdaw gas platform and drilling rig in the North Sea.

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    A group of protesters holding up various signs, protesting against Jackdaw gas field drilling.

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    Split-screen showing Jackdaw gas field on the left, and editor Simon Jack on the right

  9. Aerial view of the Jackdaw site, with a blue BBC Verify frame around it.

  10. Scottish Secretary Douglas Alexander, Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh and Chancellor John Healey during a visit to Shell UK's St Fergus Gas Terminal in Aberdeenshire

  11. Glenn Campbell - bald man with dark green jacket, standing in front of a chain linked fence

  12. An aerial view of the Jackdaw site inside a blue Verify frame

  13. A close up shot of a lit ring on a gas hob

  14. A mostly yellow-painted gas platform and allied grey rig stand in calm blue seas with a clear blue sky behind them. It is sunny.

  15. Glasses of whisky on a wooden-topped table

  16. Close-up of shallow water with patches of white foam swirling on the surface, surrounding a small mossy mound with a young plant growing from it, and bits of debris caught in the current.

  17. Sharon Dudley from Lydiard Millicent near Swindon with shoulder-length brown hair and glasses, a blue t-shirt and a transparent walking aid on her arm sitting on a wooden bench with a grey dog on her lap with a house brick wall and window in the background.

  18. A computer generated view of how the meat processing plant might look with cars and lorries parked outside

  19. Ian Haggis, wearing a shirt and tie and sun glasses, pictured sitting in a plane

  20. Men in neon jackets hand out bottles of water next to several pallets of bottled water

  21. A young woman with long brown hair in a black Annandale Distillery T-shirt stands with her arms folded, smiling. Behind her are the wooden containers and pipes of a whisky distillery.

  22. A drop-off zone at Gatwick Airport, showing two cars parked up and passengers walking to terminals. There is a huge sign saying charges apply.

  23. Andy Burnham leaving Downing Street. He is wearing a dark blue suit, blue tie and glasses. He is carrying a red folder.

  24. GE Aerospace logo displayed on the side of an aircraft and on a jet engine.