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    Ballot papers are counted by staff at the count for the Holborn and St Pancras by-election at the headquarters of Camden Council at 5 Pancras Square in Camden, north London

  2. Caroline Lucas in the BBC Newsnight studio.

  3. A generic image of a woman having an ultrasound scan with her baby visible on a screen behind her

  4. A man and woman enter a polling station as voting continues in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election on October 08, 2026 in London, England.

  5. There is a semi-circular wooden desk acorss the middle. On the left Kirrie Jenkins sits with her blonde hair tied back in a black suit and white stripy shirt. In the centre is speaker of the house David Ashford in a navy suit with a purple tie, he has dark hair. On the right Chris Thomas is in a black suit, white shirt and light yellow tie. He has short grey hair and wears glasses.

  6. Andy Burnham smiles next to Friedrich Merz, both in navy blue suits, with green foliage in the background.

  7. An image of a train crossing the Royal Border Bridge over the river Tweed in Berwick

  8. A woman is on the left with blonde hair and is smiling. A man pictured in the middle has short, grey hair and glasses, and a woman on the right has brown skin and dark brown hair.

  9. Image shows a man with glasses and a beard. He is wearing a dark green gillet with a white shirt and blue tie. He is standing in front of a yellow wall with framed pictures on it.

  10. Scene of a fruit and veg stall at a market, with several shoppers picking up bowls of peppers.

  11. Reverend Doctor Luke Larner, sitting in a chair and turning back to look over his shoulder and directly at the camera. He is seated inside a church, with further rows of seats behind him and an alter in the background. Larner is wearing a black t-shirt and a sliver of his white dog collar can just be seen around his neck. Larner has a bushy beard and shaved head.

  12. Protesters outside the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh holding banners and cards about the disgraced surgeon Professor Sam Eljamel

  13. French finance minister Roland Lescure, wearing a dark suit and tie and glasses, during a BBC interview

  14. A row of Victorian terraced houses in Cardiff.

  15. Kemi Badenoch grins at supporters after leaving the stage at the Conservative Party conference

  16. A woman wearing a yellow top looks at two documents

  17. Kemi Badenoch is giving a speech. She is wearing a blue top with a round neckline and pleats over the chest.

  18. A close up image of Lubna Speitan looking to her side.

  19. Kemi Badenoch is stood at a lectern, wearing a blue dress. She is stood in front of a blue backdrop and Union flag. She has right hand held up as she speaks.

  20. Kemi Badenoch waving at a podium

  21. Kemi Badenoch and her husband waving and smiling surrounded by union jack flags after her speech

  22. Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and Dan Jukes pictured in the undercoverfilming by Verbatim Investigations and broadcast by Channel 4 News.

  23. Traffic build up at Newport on M4