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  1. Matthew Weller wears a grey beanie hat under a dark hooded top.

  2. A white marble style headstone with a picture of James Bulger top centre and engraved with a tribute and message of love from his parents. Either side are two cherub or angel statues with their heads smashed off.

  3. A view of a narrow street of terraced houses in Wolverhampton, with cars parked along both sides.

  4. A white sign with the words Kent Police written on it in blue, with the Kent Police logo to the left. Behind the sign are green trees

  5. A man running in a blue tshirt, below him is a family portrait.

  6. Kevin Screech on the right with his daughters. They are on the pitch surrounded by other fans at a Southampton FC game. They are all wearing Saints tops.

  7. Two re-enactors holding weapons and wearing replica medieval clothing face off against one another in a makeshift arena watched by a crowd of spectators. On the left, a young man wearing a white tunic looks angry as he prepares to swing an axe while holding a white and green, round shield. Facing him is another man wearing a blue tunic and holding a similar shield, whose back is to the camera. In the background, spectators are smiling and taking pictures.

  8. Close up of a wooden carving depicting a wild man. He has textured brown shaggy hair, a beard and hollow eyes. He has a bare torso and is holding a club across his back.

  9. A street view, showing a large warehouse building with a road lined with cars and a grassy bank with trees on either side.

  10. Amber O'Brien smiles as she holds a strand of her blonde hair. She wears large hooped earrings.

  11. The former Bishop of Truro, the Right Reverend Bill Ind stood speaking to his parishioners in his final service as Bishop at Truro Cathedral in 2008.

  12. Sheffield Steelers 'not going anywhere'

  13. Prof Kevin Dutton (with red sunglasses on) and his three teammates taking a selfie with a coast and sea as background on a sunny day.

  14. L to R - Wenshuo Liu and Xinyue Luo, 2025 Climate Stripes Scholars from the University of China

  15. Two neighbouring residents standing beside a black iron railing outside a brick townhouse, with a window visible behind them.

  16. Runners approach the finish area on The Mall, with Union flags lining the route and Buckingham Palace visible in the background.

  17. Sophie Martin standing in front of a gate to a field with sheep grazing. She is a young woman, with dark hair tied back, wearing sunglasses and smiling.

  18. Thorny Gale Trig Pillar, which features a bronze plaque, standing on the top of a hill. A green valley and fells are in the background.

  19. The players' entrance at Borough Park in Workington. It is a white double door with the red badge of Workington AFC and across it. A sign above reads Welcome the Borough Park and lists those allowed to enter. It is set into the outer brick wall of the ground which has been painted a brownish red. A red sign warns of CCTV in use and sits next to a smaller white sign which gives a phone number for latecomers who have arrived after the turnstiles have closed.

  20. Adam Salisbury wearing a black baseball cap and black fleece standing in a hospital corridor with his artwork on the walls. He is smiling.

  21. A rugby ball branded with the Widnes Vikings logo is positioned on the crash in the middle of the stadium.

  22. Harry Newton, 88, who has a bald head with white patches of hair on the sides and round-framed glasses, smiles at the camera in front of a garden lawn. He is wearing a red t-shirt with the logo of the British Heart Foundation in white, and the word 'Harry'.

  23. PC Thomas Fairbrother‑Wilcock has short dark brown hair and stands in full uniform in front a police van.

  24. Four people, including three of them wearing dark clothing, are prominent in the photo. Two buildings and railings are behind them.