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  1. Five people stand together on a city pavement outside a building entrance while posing for photographs. A crowd of spectators and photographers lines the background behind barriers. The group is dressed in casual clothing, including jackets, a scarf, and a blue checked shirt. Trees, shopfronts, and urban buildings are visible along the street, and the pavement appears wet, reflecting the ambient evening light.

  2. A group of about 15 Eden Rivers Trust volunteers of different ages smile as they take part in a Himalayan balsam event at Wetheral. They are standing on a mound of leaves surrounded by trees and overhanging leaves. Many are wearing baseball caps and sunglasses.

  3. Dave Myers, wearing a multicoloured scarf and black coat, walking. He has long black hair and a dark beard with flecks of white in it.

  4. Andy Airey from Cumbria, Mike Palmer and Tim Owen walk from Litcham to Taverham. Tim Owen wears a purple top, Mike Palmer wears a turquoise top and Andy Airey wears a white shirt. The three have charity flags attached to their rucksacks and are walking along a dry mud and grass path between rough hedges and trees.

  5. Four people walking outside court, three faces are blurred. The fourth person, a man wearing a blue suit, a white shirt and sunglasses, has a beard and uses a white stick and sunglasses.

  6. A group of eight residents objecting the plans are huddled on the pavement on one side of Dilston Bridge. The picture was taken in winter as they are all in coats, some with scarfs and hats, and the trees in the background have no leaves. The bridge itself is single carriageway with the lanes split by a double white line designating no overtaking. There is a low (about waist height for an adult) grey brick wall on the far side which is the only one with a pavement. On the near side, only a small amount of wall is visible, with a mown grass verge before the bridge proper. In the distance the road bends to the right with a black and white arrow sign to show a steep turn.

  7. A Google Streetview screenshot of the viaduct on Eastern Way in Carlisle. The single-carriage road has a footpath on one side and a footpath and cycle lane on the other, with a metal parapet.

  8. Chad Russell, left, who is wearing a green shirt with the words Firetrap written in black, is standing with his son Corey, who is wearing a black hoodie with a golden coloured logo of a crown. They are standing in front of a GNAAS rapid response vehicle, which features a yellow and green stripe, and a circular logo featuring a GNAAS helicopter on the passenger door. They are inside one of the hangars' which is made up of breeze blocks and white corrugated metal.

  9. Cyndi D'souza is sitting on a black sofa in her front room and smiles into the camera. She is wearing a light-coloured floral top and has a long brown wig.

  10. The grand, early Edwardian building in red brick with contrasting pale stonework around the arched windows. An ornate corner tower on the right is topped by a dome, arched windows and carved detail in the stone. The building is in front of a road and is fronted by iron railings and a small garden under a clear blue sky.

  11. Aerial map of farmland with a patchwork of green and tan fields, split by a dark, near-black band of trees along a stream (Skitwath Beck/Swithbath Beck). A pale road, 'Regional Rte 71' curves diagonally across the bottom, and a small dark tarn sits in one of the tan fields. 

  12. A Millom Coastguard Rescue Team vehicle is parked on sands at Drigg beach in Cumbria. The vehicle is navy and yellow and is decorated in emergency fluorescent colours. The vehicle has 'search and rescue' detailed on its side.

  13. Two water bike riders on Coniston Water. The water is calm and is a dark blue colour. There are hundreds of green trees on the shoreline.

  14. A stock image of a woman looking at her mobile phone, which she holds with both her hands.

  15. Snow covered rooftops on houses near Carlisle in Cumbria in January 2024. The view over the houses reveal large gardens which are all dusted in white snow.

  16. Ed Davey is stood in a field with a herd of cows behind him with trees in the distance. He is wearing a navy coast and blue shirt.

  17. Passengers sitting on a train, including a brown dog looking over a seat with its tongue out. A woman in the foreground, whose long blonde hair is in a ponytail, reads a book by the window.

  18. A Cumberland Council employee faces away wearing a fluorescent jacket with the 'Cumberland Council' logo displayed. There is a highway maintenance van parked in a street.

  19. Contractors inspecting two large rainwater harvesting systems on a farm. The systems are two large plastic black containers which are placed to the side of an industrial barn. There is a blue cherry picker to the rear with three workpeople standing on it.

  20. Sedgwick Cricket Club members playing cricket on their pitch in Sedgwick. It is a large grassy patch of land with a clock tower and church in the background. The players are all wearing white.

  21. Sam is sitting perched in the cockpit of a GNAAS green, yellow and white helicopter in a large hangar. His mother, father, brother and sister are also standing in front of the plane, wearing winter outdoor clothing, and all smiling at the camera.

  22. Three tawny owlets sit on a branch. They have beige speckled feathers and sit burrowed in their feathers with their eyes closed. The sky is bright blue and stands out behind the owls.

  23. Gillian Livingstone, a woman in her seventies, with her arms in the air. She is wearing a brown coat with a fur-lined hood pulled up over her head and a grey scarf. She is standing on a hill with a path going uphill behind her.

  24. A white sign reading 'Barrow Park Leisure Centre' stands in front of shrubbery at the entrance to large, industrial-looking building. The second story is composed of grey corrugated metal, while the lower floor is composed of red brick.