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  1. Mugshot of Mark Branker. His head is large and shaved and he has a neat grey beard. He is squinting slightly.

  2. Two block of flats are covered in scaffolding as they are being built in Sunniside, Sunderland. The site is fenced off with a tall yellow crane towering above the buildings.

  3. Manchester City defender John Stones

  4. A Google Maps screenshot of Sunderland City Hall, where the coroner's court is based. The concrete building features full-height widows across the length of each floor.

  5. Paul Fairless, left, is in a hospital bed. He is wearing a grey jumper and is smiling. He is laying next to his son, Charlie, who is wearing a beige coloured tracksuit with the words POLO printed in white. Both are showing a thumbs up to the camera.

  6. A group of young boys are using litter grabbers on a bank to clear plastic away from the river behind them. A woman is holding a large blue bag to collect litter. Other volunteers in hi-vis jackets can be seen further up the path with another blue collecting bag.

  7. A man wearing a dark red rain coat is standing outdoors with a green field behind him. He has grey hair and a stubbly beard. He is smiling for the photograph.

  8. Shay Bladen smiling into the camera. He has brown, short hair and has a navy blue dressing gown hood over his head.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

  11. Split picture: Left, Ollie Watkins celebrates for Aston Villa and right, Chelsea's Alejandro Garnacho looks disappointed after a defeat

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

  13. 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.

  14. Danni Wyatt-Hodge

  15. A view of a building site with a wooden fence surrounding the perimeter. Over the fence houses are being built with scaffolding up around them. The sweep of the road at the forefront appears new, but slightly dirty with soil and brick dust. The banks leading up to the fencing are unplanted soil.

  16. A cafe with booths along the right wall is full of people chatting or doing jigsaws.

  17. A road closure with blue barriers spanning a road and a red 'Road Closed' sign which has a slight green sheen of moss.

  18. Kieran Williams who has short, brown hair and a bit of stubble on his chin. He is wearing a grey hoodie which is zipped all the way to the top. He is standing in front of a collection of photos which says 'family' in the middle. The photo is slightly pixilated, like someone has taken a photo of the picture on another screen.

  19. Herrington Country Park. There is a large pond with ducks floating on it, with a green field and hill beyond atop which sits the Penshaw monument, a large structure made of big stone columns.

  20. Ian Poveda is running during a match. He has black curly hair and is wearing a blue Sunderland away kit. He has tattoos on his arm.

  21. An orca is surfacing from the water with his head away from the shot and his fin closest towards the camera. The water is black and swirling.

  22. A blue and white sign outside Darlington Memorial Hospital which is a large, brick building to the right of the photo. The sign points to the main entrance and emergency department in red. Behind the sign is a patch of grass and car park.

  23. An entrance sign for The James Cook University Hospital is in the foreground of the photograph. In the background, a number of ambulances are parked outside the hospital's Regional Major Trauma Centre.

  24. The chapel which is covered in scaffolding. It has a tall spire which is also covered. There are about six, large gravestones dotted on the green field in front of the chapel.