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  1. A blue sign with white lettering for Haydon Bridge High School on a patch of grass covered with brown leaves. It is placed in front of a tree. To the right is a path leading to the school.

  2. A group of musicians on stage, most are wearing black but a musician in the centre is wearing a red jacket and playing the violin. There are more musicians playing violins, with a piano and viola as well. The stage wall behind them is wooden and lit up in a yellow light. The audience are sitting down in rows and the backs of their heads are in shadow. It looks very full.

  3. A CGI depicting an aerial view of how Metro Riverside will look. The shopping centre is covered in greenery and has solar panels on its roof. Buildings and homes are located around the centre and near the River Tyne.

  4. Michelle Liddle is sat in front of a wooden fence tilting a blue teacup to show tea leaves inside. She is wearing a grey t-shirt and her blonde hair is tied back.

  5. A group of representatives from Sir Bobby Robson's family, charity donors, clinical leads, Newcastle Hospitals (and the Newcastle Hospitals Charity), and the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation. Two are holding spades, and a patch of soil shows where the first ground has been broken on the project. Behind the group is a construction site surrounded by fencing where vehicles are working.

  6. A view from behind the goals of Gateshead FC's International Stadium

  7. A blue sign with white lettering for Haydon Bridge High School on a patch of grass covered with brown leaves. It is placed in front of a tree. To the right is a path leading to the school.

  8. A white and yellow search and rescue vehicle parked outside Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade watch house. The building is made of wood and painted white, blue and yellow.

  9. A small light brown terrier type dog has its face pressed against the bars of a cage, and a paw raised as if trying to climb through the bars.

  10. A yellow sign diverting traffic off the central motorway in Newcastle. Two cars are leaving the road and heading up a slip road. Rose Bridge can be seen in the distance across the motorway.

  11. A close up of the damaged sapling. It has been pruned by The Park's Trust.

  12. Penny Pocket is a woman in her 40s or 50s with dark hair which curls to her shoulders. She is wearing a red shirt. She is standing at the door to a shop with some postcards hanging from the wall outside.

  13. St Mary's Lighthouse in Whitley Bat. The causeway is revealed because the tide is out. The lighthouse is white, slim and has a number of windows running up the building. A house stands next to it.

  14. Mugshot of Toward. He has faint stubble and short dark hair on top in a drooped quiff with the sides shaved. He has a vacant look in his eyes.

  15. Sweet Trap in Shotton Colliery. The unit is based on the ground floor of an end-of-terrace building and the shutters are pulled down. The sign is bright pink with blue lettering and advertises cakes, shakes, book and vapes. The upper level has a central bay window with two smaller windows on either sides, with white vertical blinds. The cream paint is coming off the building in parts. There are solar panels on the roof.

  16. A temporary prop underneath the Gateshead Flyover. It is a huge red metal structure and is fenced off. The flyover above is made from concrete.

  17. Paula Mitchinson is smiling as she waits to board a train on Platform 1 at the Stadium of Light metro startion. She is wearing a navy blue Adidas jacket with Sunderland AFC's red and white crest. Her hair is short and grey. There is a green footbridge above the tracks.

  18. A section of road, on a curve, with a few cars at the far end to the right. Beyond the curve is a section of lush grass and a scattering of trees, in front of which are three road signs - two with black and white arrows and one round, blue sign with a white arrow - all to show the the direction of travel. The sky is a deep blue with white curls of stratocumulus and stratus clouds.

  19. Two large white blossom trees have bloomed on an estate in Darlington.

  20. Band of seven people posing in front of a drum kit and speakers while smiling. There are in a room with blinds on the windows. The person on the left is holding a whiteboard which reads: "AutismAble was Here". The person on the right is holding a black guitar. There are three women crouched in front of the drum kit. The man at the drum kit is smiling in a black top and holding the cymbal. There are wires strewn across the floor.

  21. Close up shot of plate of food with two triangle sandwiches and a breadroll and a packet of crisps. The plate is on a dark blue tray. It is on railing in front of a canteen diner.

  22. Seven rescuers in high-vis uniforms and helmets surround a horse which is on its side and stuck in the mud. The ground in the paddock, which is bordered by wood fences with metal gates, is think with dark, churned up mud.

  23. Newcastle manager Eddie Howe crouches on the touchline