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Local elections 2026
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  1. An overhead view of a motorway, where one side is heavily congested with traffic.

  2. A female police officer, in a yellow hi-vis jacket, walking down a street with a high street safety officer in a black outfit and stab vest

  3. A woman wearing a red hijab, blue coat and blue jeans is walking onto an orange and purple train carriage while holding bags.

  4. Nine men and women wearing various forms of formal evening dress pose for a picture at an awards ceremony. The man in the middle, in a dinner jacket and bow tie, is holding a black trophy. The group is standing in front of a black branded media wall featuring several sponsor names alongside the event name, The Signature Awards 2026.

  5. Two women are pictured in a selfie shot taken by the woman on the right. She has shoulder length curly hair and is smiling, her sister has shorter chin length hair with a fringe and is smiling widely

  6. Julia Kirby has short blonde tight curly hair. She has round purple-framed glasses and wears a black and white striped t-shirt and black knitted cardigan. She is smiling and standing next to a piano with posters spread out across the top

  7. A McDonald’s restaurant with a small car park and a white entrance with columns at the front.

  8. A man with short hair slightly smiles and looks at the camera. He is wearing a sport top and has his fist raised to the side. He is wearing a silver ring on one of his fingers.

  9. A brick wall painted with turquoise murals with the words Stay Wild in black lettering on a turquoise background on either side of a shuttered metal door covered in graffiti

  10. A man with short brown hair and a beard is wearing a dark-coloured raincoat. Behind him a wooden fence, a section of which is missing. There is a tree behind part of the fence and a building which appears to be boarded up.

  11. A police woman is walking alongside a security guard. The police officer wears a hat and her hair in a black claw clip while the security guard is bald but has tattoos on his head, and both forearms. He wears a black t-shirt and black body vest.

  12. Councillor Simran Cheema stood smiling in a park. She has long shoulder length brown hair, wears red lipstick and a double breasted black coat.

  13. A woman with long dark hair, wearing red lipstick and a black coat stands in front of a green space with trees and shrubs behind her

  14. A young man with a black polo shirt and a lanyard saying Nechells stands on a gallery of an exhibition hall with long white tables on the lower level where people sit counting. He has black hair and is smiling.

  15. Noddy Holder in a tweed flat cap, glasses and a jacket has his eyes closed as he leans his head towards Tom Seals who also has his eyes closed and is wearing a black quarter zip jumper. He is holding a red sign that reads: Shhh... I'm still in the land of nod

  16. A group of men sitting around a long table. In front of them are dolls' heads attached to the tables, each with different colour hair. There is hairspray, brushes and clips on the table and the dads are playing with the hair.

  17. Iqbal Mohammed and Abdul Rehman stand on the steps of Birmingham Magistrates' Court standing side-by-side. They both wear suits. Behind them you can see the doors of the court and the red bricks in an ornate arch over the doorway.

  18. A grassy field seen from a road. It is a slope, with trees in the distance. The sky is blue.

  19. A man stands in a city square. He is wearing a navy jacket, grey shirt and maroon tie. He has spiky brown hair and manicured beard. He is looking to the right of the camera at something. Passers-by can be seen in the square behind him, the Bank pub, a Caffe Nero and grassy areas. It is a sunny day.

  20. A block of brown chocolate with a purple sign behind which reads Cadbury in gold writing

  21. Sir Keir Starmer has a serious expression and is looking at the camera. He has short grey hair and is wearing black-framed glasses, a black suit and white shirt.

  22. A balding man with a beard sat in a white armchair chatting to other men. He is wearing a blue blazer, grey trousers, blue shirt and claret tie

  23. A man with a bald head and a faint beard with a grey jacket and white shirt in front of a blurred background

  24. A WMR Class 730 train can be seen on tracks. It has several carriages with orange and maroon livery and black front end.