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  1. Sir Ed Davey is smiling and wearing a blue suit, patterned tie and pale shirt. There are people behind him and Newcastle United's football stadium.

  2. Labour party council candidates and supporters listen to declarations in the Sunderland Council local elections at Silksworth Community Pool. There are four men wearing red rosettes looking to the left, some of them are taking notes. There are two people in suits behind them wearing turquoise rosettes for Reform.

  3. Zara Larsson wearing a yellow sparkly two piece outfit. She has long blonde hair and she is singing into a microphone.

  4. Ben Stokes celebrates taking the wicket of Ben Lategan

  5. A group of Reform UK members at the election count in Sunderland. They are cheering and holding a blue banner that reads, Let's Make Britain Great.

  6. A row of bus stands inside the new Bishop Auckland bus station. There is seating and a digital screen at each stand. A group of people is walking down the hall.

  7. An aerial map marking out the part of land earmarked for the development of 71 homes. It borders with an existing housing development on one side, with open land on the other side.

  8. Phil Jones and Sir Alex Ferguson look on in despair

  9. Nadine Askew wearing a camouflage military uniform and helmet. She is sitting on a dirt path beside some dry shrubs on what appears to be a military deployment. She is smiling.

  10. Clare McGlynn has short blonde hair, which reaches her shoulders and a fringe. She is wearing a red coat and scarf and has circular glasses.

  11. Marcus North

  12. England Test captain Ben Stokes stood on the outfield with the Sydney Pavilion in the background at the end of the Ashes series in January

  13. Wooden planks attached to green poles on the site of the future woodland. There are yellow dandelions and daisies in the grass.

  14. Hampshire's Maia Bouchier celebrates reaching her century against Somerset

  15. Duanne Olivier delivers the ball during a game for South Africa

  16. Two men standing in a bicycle repair shop. A white road bike is being held on a repair stand.

  17. A stock image of a child holding an adult's hand.

  18. Sid Patterson, a trustee of the DLI Friends, centre, with Carolyn Ball, county archivist and manager of The Story, left, and Ian Brown, Chair of the DLI Friends, right, and other members of the Friends. They are smiling as the ledger rests on a big grey cushion in front of them. Sid Patterson has short white and is wearing a green t-shirt and grey trousers. Carolyn Ball has short white hair and blue long-sleeved top. She wears glasses and a necklace. Ian Brown has glasses and is wearing a blue top.

  19. A man places a ballot paper into a black ballot box at a polling station.

  20. Part of the Waskerley Way path. The path is gravel and overlooks a lake. A wooden bench has been installed next to the route so visitors can enjoy the view.

  21. The Roker Hotel is a two-storey white building with an arched entrance and a seating area outside. A tall blue sign outside reads Roker Hotel.

  22. A worker uses a hoist to move components along the production line for the Qashqai model car at the Nissan car factory in Sunderland.

  23. A stock image of police officers wearing yellow high-viz police jackets. The back of an officer's jacket, with the word police is in the foreground. The background is blurred, with other officers, who are all unidentifiable, standing together.

  24. Trai Hume playing for Linfield and Sunderland