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  1. A split image of Andy Burnham and Wes Streeting

  2. A treated image showing Starmer in black and white on a black background, with an image of Laura Kuenssberg to the side

  3. A light blue rosette pinned on a navy blue suit. The centre of the rosette has the Reform UK logo on it.

  4. Andrew Harrison is wearing a black suit with a dark red tie with a light blue Reform rosette. He has close cropped grey hair.

  5. An election count, with four people standing behind a woman reading out results from a piece of paper. Two men and a woman all wearing red rosettes look disappointed.

  6. A close-up of a phone screen with six social media apps visible: Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Threads, X and Reddit.

  7. A row of shops with a road in the centre. A bus stop is on one of the footpaths and there are artistic pink signs reading Wakefield attached to the lamp posts.

  8. Lib Dem Councillor Dan Boatright-Greene is standing outside in the sunshine, wearing a stripy open-necked shirt.

  9. Andy Burnham speaking into a microphone

  10. Two Red Arrows jets, travelling in opposite directions, pass each other within a whisker. One aircraft trails blue smoke, the other red smoke.

  11. A composite for Angela Rayner getting out of a car dressed in green trousers, cream blazer and green sunglasses, Andy Burnham jogging with airpods in, a blue sports top, black shorts and orange trainers and Wes Streeting walking in a blue suit, blue shirt and burgundy tie.

  12. Undated handout photo issued by the Counter Terrorism Policing of Petro Pochynok, 35, who is charged alongside Roman Lavrynovych, 22, and Stanislav Carpiuc, 27, over a series of fires in north London last spring.

  13. BBC reporter Alison Freeman stands in Makerfield's high street

  14. Nick Allan has white hair and a short white beard. He is wearing a black suit and a blue tie. He has glasses and is standing in front of an Angel of the North statue.

  15. A head and shoulders shot of a smiling Nicky Brennan, who has fair hair

  16. An aerial view of Ashton-in-Makerfield in Makerfield, England.

  17. A blue and yellow Ukrainian flag flies, with a Union Jack in the background. It is a cloudy day.

  18. Lord Mandelson walking his dog

  19. Wes Streeting, standing next to Rosie Wrighting, both smiling at the camera. Wes wearing a blue suit, red tie and shirt, Rosie, has long blonde hair, tied back and is wearing a checked jacket. There is a flag behind them, a door and a picture on the wall to the left.

  20. Nicki Minaj holds a microphone. She is wearing a white, fluffy coat.

  21. Activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, known as Tommy Robinson, wears a Unite the Kingdom beanie at a protest

  22. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer during his visit to a police station in Lambeth, south London. Picture date: Friday May 15, 2026. He is wearing a dark suit and light shirt and is against the backdrop of a Metropolitan Police sign.

  23. A man with blonde hair is talking.