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  1. A large expanse of open space with two trains parked on half finished train tracks with diggers and other vehicles around the sides

  2. Christopher Harborne (left) and Ben Delo (right)

  3. A headshot of a woman with a dark blonde bob. She has pink lipstick on.

  4. A treated image of Kemi Badenoch and Andy Burnham close up

  5. SDLP leader Claire Hanna at Parliament Buildings, Stormont, in Belfast

  6. Ben Delo stands next to a woman at the launch of UnHerd's new club on 23 November 2022 in London. Both are holding champagne flutes and smiling

  7. Ben Delo sits in front of a blackboard in a brown leather armchair. He has short brown hair and wears a blue blazer, black t-shirt, black trousers, grey socks and black loafers. A maths equation is written on the board behind him.

  8. An industrial building with signs for the Dumfries and Galloway Standard and the Galloway News on its front

  9. Ray Bainbridge is bald with a navy suit, white shirt and blue tie. He is standing in a wood-panelled room with a green carpet and rows of seats blurred in the background.

  10. A woman in a red dress with medium length brown hair being interviewed, standing by the River Thames.

  11. A voter is placing a ballot paper in the ballot box at the polling station.

  12. Two people are hugging. One is wearing a black top and the other a checked shirt and sunglasses. People are stood behind them holding up signs. One reads: "If In Doubt Vote No, Care Not Killing".

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    Pro-assisted dying campaigners hold pink placards during a protest near Big Ben

  14. Anti-assisted dying campaigners react after MPs voted against the assisted dying bill. Three women stand in a line holding up placards which read: Let's Care Not Kill, Kill the Bill and First Do No Harm. They are smiling and wear t-shirts which support their campaign.

  15. A man wearing glasses, a dark suit and a spotted tie poses in front of a colourful event backdrop. Visible branding includes “Broadland,” “South Norfolk,” and “Reform UK,” with a rosette and lapel pin attached to his jacket.

  16. Image of a woman with white shoulder length hair and a man with round glasses, both wearing orange lanyards and sitting in an office. In the background can be seen a Union Jack flag and a map of England.

  17. Parliament Buildings at Stormont, a large white stone building with pillars and a lawn in front.

  18. Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell leaving in a prison van from the High Court in Edinburg after sentencing. It is a side view of Peter Murrell who looks straight ahead. He is bald and wears glasses as well as a white shirt and black blazer.

  19. Zack Polanski is wearing a dark coloured jacket and green shirt. He has stubble and short, dark hair. He is stood in front of two microphones and a red background.

  20. A long crescent of Georgian houses in Edinburgh. They are four storeys tall and build of pale sandstone. There are trees in front of them with no foliage. A few cars can be made out in the distance.

  21. A polling station sign on a post. Polling station is written in black on white background, with an arrow pointing to the left below the words

  22. Andy Burnham is wearing glasses, a white shirt, a tie and a dark-coloured jacket. He has short black hair and is sat in front of a Union flag, which is red, white and blue.

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    Pro and anti-assisted dying campaigners gather outside Houses of Parliament to demonstrate their support and opposition as Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill reaches Third Reading debate and a critical vote on the Bill as a whole in the House of Commons in London, United Kingdom on June 20, 2025.