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  1. Ben McKinney batting for Durham

  2. A general view during local elections outside a polling station on May 05, 2022 in Sunderland, England. A black and white sign reading: "Polling station" is tied to a black metal gate. there is a grassy field behind it that leads to a tall stone church.

  3. Tom, a man with short brown hair and brown top, with his son, also called Tom, who has brown hair, a brown jacket and blue top, holding a cockerel. There is a wooden and mesh cage behind them in an allotment and some trees.

  4. The register office in Barnard Castle is within a two-storey beige stone building with white windows. It is next to an arched doorway, a cafe and a shop.

  5. A cramped cell with bunk bed and shoes on the floor. There are small cupboards to the side and objects on top of cupboards.

  6. General view of Premier League ball

  7. Washington F-Pit Museum. The red stone building with large green-framed arch windows is located behind a green, metal fence and a number of leafless trees. The large metal pit head stands to the right of it. A long section of the machinery leads down to the building.

  8. FPL team of the week

  9. Sunderland Station is a tall glass building with sliding doors. A large sign above the entrance reads Welcome to Sunderland Station. The Tyne and Wear Metro's yellow logo is next to it. Advertising posters cover the bottom windows showing photos of coffee and food and reading Retail Unit To Let.

  10. Tom Lawson looking to the right of the camera with pursed lips. He is mostly bald with bits of brown hair on the side of his head and a brown and grey beard. He is wearing black, rectangular glasses and a black top. He is sitting on a beige sofa which has stripes down it. Behind him there is blue and white patterned wallpaper.

  11. Ed Davey has short grey hair and is wearing a khaki jacket over a black jumper. He is standing next to Newcastle Lib Dem leader Colin Ferguson as they plant flowers in a memorial garden in Heaton, Newcastle. Colin Ferguson is wearing a khaki jacket and has short brown hair. Both men are smiling as they talk to each other.

  12. Councillor Karen Allison stands in front of Seaham seafront on a sunny day.

  13. Stock image of a grey-haired woman with a nurse in a blue gown. The woman is wearing a white medical gown and standing sideways by medical equipment. She is being helped by the nurse who is wearing white gloves. The woman looks nervous. You can only see the back of the nurse's head.

  14. Large multi-storey brick building with several windows. A set of windows on the bottom floor are boarded up. There are two people walking past the building.

  15. Connor Brown looking directly into the camera and smiling. He has dark hair, brushed to his right, and is wearing a navy suit, white shirt and red tie.

  16. Tawanda Muyeye batting

  17. The original display which is now being decommissioned. It has a series of grids with blue lines that indicate where the tracks and junctions are located. It has since been switched off.

  18. A close up image of a section of Hadrian's Wall with its destinctive square blocks. A knotted purple and green plastic poo bag has been pushed into a crack in the wall

  19. Grey castle ruins are illuminated by thousands of stars in the sky. The milky way is visible, as are shooting stars. In the foreground, there is a silhouette of a man looking up at the sky with a torch.

  20. Sarah McManus, who is wearing a green jumper and a grey blazer, stands in front of the soon to be decommissioned system at the control room in South Gosforth. In the background are two controllers who are discussing how the network is currently operating.

  21. Scaffolding blown down

  22. A car with a yellow coloured bonnet with blue lettering that reads 'Police Proud to Protect'.

  23. Seven rowing boats on the water which are full of rowers wearing fluorescent clothing. The River Tees is wide and is silver-coloured in the light. Some boats are travelling down the river, while other rowers are preparing to set off.

  24. Two little grey cygnets on a black pond.