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  1. A number of police vehicles and officers stand behind a cordon in a street of terraced houses.

  3. A man is pictured in a circus ring dressed as a clown, with a red nose and white face paint around his mouth. He is wearing a blue jacket and hat with white sleeves seen under his jacket. He is smiling while posing with his elbows resting on a dressing room mirror frame, with light bulbs around it.

  4. Michelle-Zoe Woodward in standard PCSO uniform near a display poster.

  5. Eric Morecambe clowns for the camera wearing his glasses off centre.

  6. A strange-looking line-drawing of a bicycle painted in white paint on a road

  7. Dave Fishwick stands smiling widely with his arms outstretched to the sides/ He has very short dark hair and is wearing a blue checked suit jacket and a white shirt

  8. A number of police vehicles and officers stand behind a cordon in a street of terraced houses.

  9. Jack leach bowling for Somerset

  10. Liam Livingstone, wearing Lancashire cricket whites, celebrates with his hands held up to give a high-five and a smile on his face after taking a wicket against Kent

  11. Vicky Glass smiling into the camera in a grainy photo. She has red hair tied up in a white scrunchie. She has small hooped earrings and is wearing a long sleeved black top.

  12. Florentino Luis looks on for Burnley during their Premier League match against Brighton in April

  13. Macdonald's mugshot. He was very short white hair, balding on top nd a short white heard. He has black-framed glasses and is wearing a navy tshirt under a grey zipped top

  14. Head and shoulders of Kerry Robinson standing in the doorway of her home. She has blonde hair, parted down the centre and tied back and is wearing a pale grey tshirt and smiling

  15. A woman using a laptop as she holds a bank card

  16. Ashley Fletcher playing for Blackpool in their orange kit, on a rainy afternoon

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    The Manxman in Douglas Harbour alongside the Ben-My-Chree in Douglas Harbour on a rainy day.

  18. Liam Livingstone whipping a shot away through the legside, batting for Lancashire in a T20 game

  19. External view of HMP Garth with a close up of a sign saying 'Welcome to Garth' with the prison building in the background.

  20. Aerial shot of Towneley Hall in Towneley Park, Burnley surrounded by trees.

  21. A green squishy ball with a light green and darker green swirly pattern, circular black eyes, a black curved line for a mouth and pink circles for cheeks is in a mini plastic container made to look like a bamboo steamer. The packaging for the illegal toy, placed next to it, and also on a larger box of stock behind it, has writing including 'Rainbow mystery', 'Squishy bun', 'One set sugar edition' and 'will you find the super rare golden glitter dumpling?!' on it, with colourful cartoon images of toy squishy buns.

  22. Everton

  23. 'Everton astonished by flawed judgement'

    Football reporter Shamoon Hafez picture byline banner

    This is the single biggest claim made by one club against another in Premier League history.

    Four years on from being deducted points for breaching PSR rules, Everton continue to be punished for those indiscretions.

    There is a feeling that the latest ruling makes it a triple jeopardy for one single sanction - the points deduction they received at the time, the financial implications of merit money reducing by dropping down the table and now this claim from Burnley.

    Everton's hierarchy have reacted with astonishment at the panel's decision to award this compensation claim to the Clarets and feel the judgement is flawed and one that is hugely excessive.

    While this took place on the watch of former owner Farhad Moshiri, the Friedkin Group are now having for fork out significant sum of money for the claim against the football club, and it is not known whether any contingencies were put in place to claim the sum back from the Iranian's business.

    Nevertheless, it is understood this ruling has no impact on the current ownership's transfer plans for the summer or direction of the club. In fact, sources have said it will embolden them to drive Everton forward and back towards the top echelons of the Premier League.

    There is a feeling, though, that the amount awarded is grossly unfair in comparison to the £10m fine handed to Chelsea in March after they admitted making £47m in secret payments to unregistered agents and the £5.5m punishment given to West Ham in 2007 over the transfers of Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano.

    Tuesday's news came out of the blue as Everton were not given a date by which a ruling should be handed down - the same principle which applies to Manchester City and their 115 charges for allegedly breaching financial rules.

    Everton have immediately appealed the decision, but feel it could potentially have huge implications for Premier League football as a whole if they are not successful.

  24. Everton to challenge compensation ruling

    Football issues correspondent Dale Johnson byline banner

    Everton have been told they must pay Burnley £35m over the impact of breaches of the Premier League's financial rules.

    The case - heard by a Premier League commission - relates to the 2021-22 season, when Everton were found to have broken profit and sustainability regulations (PSR) over a three-year period.

    Burnley argued the breach impacted their chances of staying in the Premier League, and sought compensation for the losses associated with being relegated.

    The Clarets have been awarded £26m in damages and a further £9m in interest.

    In a statement Everton said: "Everton Football Club is surprised and angered by the decision of a Premier League Independent Disciplinary Commission to order a compensation payment to Burnley Football Club in relation to Everton's PSR breach in June 2022.

    "Everton has appealed the decision and is clear in its belief the ruling is fundamentally flawed in both law and fact.

    "The Club does not recognise the findings of the panel in determining Burnley's relegation from the Premier League in May 2022 was caused by a sporting advantage gained by Everton due to a breach of Profit & Sustainability Rules, for which a substantive sporting sanction has already been received.

    "This ruling sets a dangerous and unworkable precedent for English football, given it is constructed on a principle that a club can be in breach of financial rules at any point in a financial year.

    "Everton believes the panel's ruling misrepresents the clear evidence presented by its legal representatives and that an appeal will be successful.

    "The Club is confident of its ongoing PSR compliance and has also obtained confirmation from the Premier League of its clear position that this ruling should not be the cause of any future PSR sanction. Evertonians can be assured that ownership are focused, with strengthened resolve, on delivering their vision of returning Everton to the top echelon of English football.

    "No further comment will be made on this matter until the appeal process has been successfully concluded."

  25. Back of a police officer wearing a green hi-vis with the word police on it