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  1. A Google Streetview screenshot of the land earmarked for development by Gleeson Homes in Oxenholme. The area is a green field surrounded by trees.

  2. A screenshot from a video showing firefighters putting out the blaze. A charred, mangled building reveals where the wooden pigeon loft used to be. A sketal frame is all that remains, with the rest of the building collapsed into a pile of black debris on the ground. The firefighters, in protective gear and yellow helmets, spray a jet of water towards the site, white steam rising from it.

  3. A patch of land which has been scorched and there is a black patch of ashes. It is on countryside land and in the distance there is a Cumbria Fire and Rescue appliance which a firefighter is exiting from.

  4. Dolly Parton has her mouth open in a bright smile. She has voluminous blonde hair and is wearing a white top covered in rhinestones.

  5. Tim Farron talking to a woman outside Westmorland General Hospital; the woman has her back to the camera.

  6. The Carlton cinema seen from the front of the building. The building is made of two main sections. The left side is an 1830s three-storey building painted white with some black detailing, including the sash windows. Around the windows are some decorations such as arches. At the top of the building there is a roof terrace surrounded by a black fence. The section on the right is a metal sage green building on one level, with a tall pitch roof. It has a large window and entrance at the front and the name of the building across the top.

  7. Westwinds Residential Care in Workington is a grey building with a conservatory attached to it. It has a small patio and two cars parked in front of it. It is a wet grey day.

  8. A Cumberland Council yellow road sign which displays a work person digging at the side of the road. There is another highway sign in the distance and an orange traffic cone at the side of the grassy verge.

  9. A large crowd of several hundred people is walking together across a wide sandy beach at low tide on a bright, sunny day. The photograph is taken from behind the group, looking toward the sea and a distant shoreline.

  10. A brass WW2 artillery shell. The shell is being held by a hand which is in shot. The shell is about 15-inches in size.

  11. A red helicopter flies low in the Wasdale Valley above Ill Gill, Kirk Fell. The gill is steep, black and runs very deep. A mountain rescue volunteer is being winched by the helicopter over the ravine. There are emergency vehicles in the distance. Grey scree slopes and bracken feature on the green terrain.

  12. Matthew Stewart leaves court in Carlisle, outside Carlisle Magistrate's Court. He has blonde/strawberry blonde coloured short curly hair and stubble. He is wearing a black biker jacket which is large silver zips.

  13. Stone benches which have metal plaques with different carvings are position on a walking trail in Carlisle. The benches, which are place in front of woodland, have a Roman-era design.

  14. A rainbow umbrella, a swirling colour wheel, has been placed in the middle of a field of parched, brown grass. More beige fields, separated by trees, stretch out into the horizon under a grey, cloudy sky.

  15. A brick retaining wall on the A684 at Smorthwaite which has partially collapsed. The wall also includes a culvert, with an arched structure. There is moss on part of the wall and bricks on the ground.

  16. Andrew Stewart, a man in his 60s with short, grey hair and glasses, smiling. He is sitting in the driver's seat of a bus, one hand on the wheel, the other arm perched casually on the widow edge as he leans out towards the camera.

  17. The white head of a gull in close up. It has a yellow beak with an orange blob at the end

  18. A close-up of Teddy, poking his head out of a red backpack. He is a brown terrier-type dog. He has some fur missing from his top lip under his nose.

  19. A pair of ospreys, predator birds with a brown and white feathers, which grow darker and form a shadow around their orange eyes. They are in their nest, which looks like a particularly tall pile of sticks.

  20. A general view of Maryport seen from above. There are houses in the foreground, with Christ Church to one side, the marina and harbour in the distance.

  21. From left Terry Steele, his son George, and his father Chris. Terry is a middle-aged man who has thinning grey hair and is smiling, and wearing a fleece with the Cumbria Fire and Rescue Service crest on it. George is younger and the tallest of the three, has short fair hair and is wearing a puffa-jacket style fleece. Chris has short grey hair and is also wearing a black puffa jacket. They are all standing in front of a fire engine.

  22. Two men shaking hands

  23. A red fox pokes its head out of tall green grass

  24. A number of cyclists wearing different coloured outfits, ride past during a race held on the streets of a city.