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  1. Housing Secretary Angela Rayner (right) speaking to emergency responders who fought the home-destroying Stourbridge fires

  3. A picture showing rows of green vineyard trees growing on a farm. Lines of trees can be seen in the distance.

  4. A woman wearing a yellow dress, with her long blonde hair styled half-up, and a man with grey hair, wearing a black blazer and black shirt, sit in front of a brick wall with the MasterChef logo in the centre, an M surrounded by black, white, yellow and blue circles, eating a large plate of spaghetti and meatballs.

  5. House destroyed by fire

  6. Thousands of people stood outside the Alexander Stadium

  7. Two men smile at the camera while holding a baby and a piece of white paper saying 'I'm still standing!'

  8. A woman with long auburn hair is smiling and holding two books. She is standing in front of bookshelves filled with colourful books. She is wearing a light blue shirt with dark blur stripes. The books in her hands are titled "first to finish" and "pole position"

  9. An aerial image taken with a drone of fire damaged properties in Stourbridge, showing burned out homes.

  10. Police tape outside of a shop and across a road in Birmingham city centre.

  11. Dominic Abdullah sat on sofa with his mother Silvia Abdullah

  12. An aerial view shows burnt houses after fires in the West Midlands.

  13. Narrowboats are moored beside a canal as visitors browse colourful stalls and displays at a canal-side festival.

  14. A composite image of Matt Hudson Smith and three young women

  15. Firefighters spraying water onto the burnt out remains of a house following a huge blaze in Stourbridge, in the West Midlands, which forced some people to flee after it started tearing through homes. Fire crews are making progress tackling huge blazes in the West Midlands that led to thousands of 999 calls and caused "extensive" devastation.

  16. Aerial footage Flames and a plume of black smoke engulfing houses on residential street in Stourbridge

  17. Split image showing damaged houses in a residential area to the left; and to the right a close up of a person holding up a phone showing a UK Government alert for wildfires

  18. Woman with long brown hair standing in front of fire truck

  19. Fire raging inside of destroyed house

  20. A green steam locomotive in a railway shed. On the front is the number 7029 on a black boiler cover

  21. A person sits on a striped sofa in a living room, facing the camera. The person is wearing a short-sleeved beige and white striped top, a necklace, and a nose stud. Tattoos are visible on both forearms. The background includes a white mantelpiece and wooden wall panels, with a shallow depth of field keeping the person in focus while the room behind is softly blurred.

  22. Fargo the black and white cat sits in front of a mural painted on a brick wall

  23. Fire and smoke from a fire near homes in Stoke-on-Trent

  24. A factory line of shells of cars- a man wearing a green jumper, safety goggles and a green glove is standing sideways working on one of the cars. Colleagues can be seen in the background also wearing green jumpers.

  25. A man with a crown on his head gives a thumbs up with his right hand. He is wearing a blue top including the words Great Britain and the crowd in the background is blurred.