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  1. The motorway has six lanes with a grass strip and a small fence down the middle. There are about a dozen cars on the rod. The road is bordered by tall green trees.

  2. A general view of the green field where the homes would be built. It is next to a road, with a housing estate visible in the distance.

  3. A line of volunteers wearing waterproofs are working in wet conditions to plant trees along a wide strip of grassland fringed on one side with a wire fence. In the distance is a silver gazebo.

  4. Paul Coughlin celebrates scoring century

  5. Meteors over a lighthouse at Bamburgh, perched on a grassy bank. The light in the sky is blue, with purple and green tones.

  6. Sofia Barton, a middle-aged woman of South Asian heritage, standing next to a framed piece of digital artwork depicting Koon Kiu Cheng and her husband Peter Cheng, the founders of Newcastle's Chinatown. The design itself is bright and colourful, surrounded by symbols and patterns.

  7. A frog with slimy green skin sits poised on a tarmac road. It is about to leap on to a yellow rubber glove, which is worn by a volunteer. It is a dark night.

  8. Artist's impression of the new centre. It is large and square made from red bricks with giant windows, and a landscaped garden and paths in front with people walking on them.

  9. Right-hander Matthew Potts with the bat above his head as he plays a shot through the offside in evening sunshine in Durham

  10. Somerset Women's Heather Knight in action, playing a cover drive.

  11. Fergus Crawley is wearing a blue top and blue cap with a closely trimmed beard and moustache. He is running in a park

  12. An older man wearing a blue cap, yellow glovas and overalls is standing next to a green steam train.

  13. 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.

  14. Stock image of a teckel dachshund - a small dog with dark hair - having fun at a beach. It is running along the sand at the water's edge.

  15. Marcus Harris celebrates scoring a century

  16. An artist's impression of how the new housing estate could look, with high-rise apartment-style buildings built around a paved walkway interspersed with benches, pocket parks, and trees.

  17. Sunderland's Daniel Ballard holds his forehead, wearing his team's away shirt, which is blue with a repeated pattern depicting a lighthouse through a circular structure

  18. Brian Brobbey pushes Cristian Romero into Spurs team-mate Antonin Kinsky during the Premier League match between Sunderland and Tottenham Hotspur

  19. People stroll along the market which is full of stalls, including fruit and veg and a coffee shop.

  20. Two banners have been attached to wooden stakes at the top of a hill. The banner on the left reads "Say no to solar panels and save your countryside". The one on the right says "Maiden Law solar farm the size of 250 football pitches from Burnhope nature reserve to Lanchester".

  21. Mugshot of Hall. He is clean shaven and balding with short fair hair, a drooped expression on his face and large ears.

  22. Mugshot of Adam Hall. He is clean shaven and balding with short fair hair, a drooped expression on his face and large ears.

  23. A blurred picture of a teenage boy in a school uniform. Specific details are difficult to make out.

  24. The entrance of the National Glass Centre in Sunderland. A large grey sign is suspended between two high cement pillars. A sloped path leads to the glass doors of the building. The fenced off roof of the building is visible in the distance.