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  1. 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.

  2. 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.

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

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

  5. 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.

  6. Danni Wyatt-Hodge

  7. 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.

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

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

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

  12. 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.

  13. 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.

  14. 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.

  15. 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.

  16. 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.

  17. 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.

  18. A mugshot of Sains looking into the camera. He has short, brown hair and a short beard. He is wearing rectangular glasses and an orange t-shirt.

  19. Ben Kelsey, senior projects and performance manager, councillor Joe Quinn, cabinet member for planning, investments and assets, councillor Karen Allison, cabinet member for leisure, tourism, regeneration and high street, and Ian Lamming, senior pre-construction manager at Willmott Dixon, smile as they pose on a staircase inside The Light. The spacious venue has lots of windows and round light bulbs. Ben Kelsey is wearing a navy blue suit with a blue tie. He has short ginger hair. Joe Quinn is wearing a white shirt, brown jacket and grey trousers. he has short brown hair. Karen Allison is wearing black trousers and a blue shirt. her straight brown hair reaches her shoulders. Ian Lamming is wearing a dark grey suit and a pale blue shirt.

  20. Joanne Howey is wearing a long-sleeved wedding dress with white gloves. She is holding a bouquet of red roses and a little boy. Her husband Christian Howey is standing next to her outside the white door of the registration office. He is wearing a red tie and a dark grey suit. He has short brown hair.

  21. The outside of the terraced building which has a white door, one window on the ground floor and two on the first floor. It has a orange and blue logo on the windows and white sign above the door. The building on the left is cream with peeling paint. The building on the right has a white sign outside of it.

  22. Tahlia Wilson batting for Durham

  23. A firefighter in a high-vis uniform crouches beside a horse which is on its side and stuck in the mud. The horse is brown and has its eyes open.

  24. A file photo of university graduates. They are standing with their back to the camera and are wearing black robes with purple hoods and black graduation caps. All three have long straight hair.