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Aston Villa win Europa league
Aston Villa win Europa league

Sea of claret and blue as fans turn out for Villa victory parade

Crowds have gathered in Birmingham city centre to watch the team lift its first major European trophy in decades.
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  1. A male dancer wearing white trousers leaps high into the air next to a bull statue with glass buildings behind him

  2. A man wearing glasses, patterned blazer, and peach tie with lapel microphone standing outside Beacon Hill Academy main entrance, with a spiral sculpture and school buildings in the background.

  3. A rainbow collection of balloons spell out "proud" above the heads of a crowd of people on a street.

  4. Port Vale Football Club owner Carol Shanahan is seen wearing glasses, a lanyard, white blouse and black jacket with white piping. She is clenching her fists and smiling in celebration.

  5. Villa players celebrate in their kit atop a double decker bus

  6. ston Villa players celebrate during the Europa League winners parade in Birmingham

  7. Walsh is perhaps earing a light-coloured medical gown in a police mugshot. He has short brown hair with a blonde tinge.

  8. A blonde haired woman in a claret and blue football shirt with a group of young men stood behind her

  9. Split screen picture. On left presenter Ed James in a radio studio wearing headphones, glasses and grey blazer. On right actor Oliver Phelps, smiling wearing a pink jacket and black t-shirt.

  10. The Aston Villa team, made up of about 20 men, all wearing white uniforms with blue accents, are grouped together cheering. In the centre one of them is holding a large trophy above his head

  11. A group of Aston Villa fans celebrating in the street

  12. Excavators are parked in the middle of a large waste site. A man in a high-vis jacket can be seen walking through it.

  13. An artist's impression of how the Holbeche Place project could look

  14. Sarah Edwards is pictured with a closed mouth smile, wearing large circular black framed glasses, a green fleece jacket and blue jumper. She has black tight curly hair. In the background are green boxes and a shelf with various drinks bottles on it.

  15. Tom Hanks is standing up in the stands of a football stadium, with his arms held out and an open smile on his face He is flanked on both sides by men in navy suit jackets

  16. Perry is wearing a grey checked suit and blue tartan tie. He has two badges on his lapels. He has a grey beard and moustache and short hair.

  17. A photo of Marvin Ducksch playing football in a blue and yellow Birmingham City home kit

  18. A man in a white t-shirt, who is bald and wears glasses, sits on a sofa in a living room, holding a replica of a trophy and a photo frame.

  19. A man dressed in hi vis jacket stood infront of an emergency vehicle, with yellow signage

  20. An orange and black Class 730 electric train stopped at a railway station with a walkway over the track in the background. The platform is deserted. Trees line the other side of the track.

  21. Split view image. On left Ed James, grey blazer, black rimmed glasses and headphones. On right, Tom Hanks wearing a black shirt, tie and jacket smiling at camera.

  22. A browny/grey building with five columns at the front which are lit up. there are numerous windows on either side of the columns which go to three floors up. The building is ornate with stone arches above the columns. The sky is grey.

  23. A canal going from bottom right to halfway up on the left on the photo. There are trees to the right of the canal and smaller trees, as they appear on the image, on the left of the canal. There are lily ponds in the water and long grass around the edge.