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  1. A close up of white hanging cascades of wisteria and green foliage against a backdrop of blue sky.

  2. M6 Lune Gorge Castle Howe Bridge. It is a brutalist concrete structure with numerous pillars, running over a body of water with a gravelly path on one side.

  3. Artist's impression of how the entrance to Carlisle's railway station will look - there is a wide paved area along with landscaping.

  4. An aerial view of the Sellafield site. It is a large industrial-looking estate with several buildings and roads, surrounded by fields.

  5. 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.

  6. Bluebird creates a plume of spray as it travels across the lake at 100 mph (160km/h). A mass of photographers are taking pictures from a small boat nearby, while sheep graze unbothered in a field on the far shore.

  7. Margaret Morgan standing on Main Street in Cockermouth. She has short grey permed hair and is wearing a grey hoodie with pink lining and a black bodywarmer. She is looking at the camera with a neutral expression. The background is blurred and there is a pollarded tree behind her, cars and shops.

  8. Two divers manoeuvre Bluebird next to a wooden jetty on Coniston Water. Bluebird has a tail fin and a jet engine. Trees and hills are in the background.

  9. Brantwood - a substantial, pink-hued house stands beside Coniston Water. In the distance, hills and mountains rise above the village.

  10. An ariel view of Windermere with the green hills of the Lake District stretching beyond its shore. Lots of boats are tied up and much of the picture is taken up with rows of houses making up a small town amid trees

  11. A large bruise on a woman's lower leg. The bruise is almost the width of her calf and scratches can be seen. Pairs of shoes and a bench can be seen in the background.

  12. The restored Bluebird K7, which crashed killing Donald Campbell in 1967, takes to the water in Coniston, Cumbria, during the Bluebird K7 Festival. Spectators are in the foreground, out of focus, and Bluebird with support craft are on the water. Beyond Bluebird are two sailing boats, one with a white sail and one with red. Bluebird is a long, low, blue vessel, similar in design to an old fashioned racing car. Beyond the water are green fields and scattered trees.

  13. Bluebird - a craft that looks like a cross between a plane and a boat - leaves a plume of spray behind as it moves across Coniston Water. Trees fill the background.

  14. A woman wearing a grey jumper and sitting on a grey sofa. She has brown hair tied back in a ponytail. She is reading a purple booklet bearing the title 'Staying safe, finding hope'.

  15. Langdale CofE Primary School in the Lake District, Cumbria. The school building is built with picturesque blue slate. It is in a green environment and has a dry stone wall surrounding the premises. Its grassy grounds are filled with parents and children on what looks like a sports day.

  16. Katie Smith is a woman in her 40s standing behind a partially open door of a white car which has a learner sign on the roof. It is a rural location with a stone shed and fields behind her

  17. A woman with grey hair, wearing a yellow hat and stone gilet, sits on a mobility scooter. She's smiling, and behind her are crutches. She is outside, on a path lined with green bushes

  18. A sparrowhawk dips its talons into a river - it has brown and white plumage and bright yellow eyes and talons. The surrounding greenery is mirrored on the water's surface.

  19. Bluebird K7 "planes" on Coniston Water. The blue craft is throwing up a large spray behind it as it glides on top of the lake's surface. On the far shore, sheep are grazing on an incline.

  20. Alfie Goodwin standing on a pavement with Carlisle Castle in the background. He has short brown curly hair and blue eyes. He is wearing glasses with a dark rim and a cream hoodie.

  21. A general view of entrance to The Forum in Barrow, Cumbria. The signs above the glass doors and windows are black and white. There are show posters on the windows.

  22. Lily, a pupil at Cockermouth School, stands in front of the astro turf cricket pitch wearing a sports hoodie.

  23. Applethwaite Green Care Home is a long 1970s style building made of concrete sits at the top of a short curving drive. It is two storeys and has several windows with shrubs to the left hand side of the drive and trees behind.

  24. An injured man is lying on a stretcher, which is being pulled up a hill using ropes and a pulley. Four mountain rescuers in white helmets surround the man to assist him, while other rescuers stand on the path below. They are all in a wooded hilly area.