Birmingham & Black Country

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  1. Artist impression of the HS2 viaduct being built in Birmingham. The bridge can be seen in the foreground against the Birmingham skyline

  2. A purple waste lorry sits behind metal gates. An orange cone can be seen in front.

  3. A man posing with his arm toward the camera. He is wearing a black and purple Black Sabbath concert t shirt. His hand is close to the camera, with a closed fist showing his Ozzy tattoo across his four fingers

  4. Bandmates Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne and Geezer Butler pose in front of yellow and white Grammy logos while holding a grammy award for Best Metal Performance at the 2014 Grammy awards

  5. A photo of a man in water on a sunny day. There is water up to his shoulders and he is wearing a yellow baseball cap. He is smiling.

  6. Generic image of someone playing a guitar at the side of a pedestrianised street with a blurred background of premises with lights showing. They are wearing a grey jacket and white polo-neck.

  7. A conductor wearing a black T-shirt that reads "Birmingham forever" leads a large orchestra playing a concert in a station, while a crowd watches behind him.

  8. Lee Baker taking a selfie wearing a blue t-shirt. He has a brown beard and short brown hair.

  9. Cars travel in either direction on a road, with a number heading towards the camera. There are double yellow lines on either side of the carriageway, and buildings on trees on both sides

  10. Two images put together as one, with a man on the left in a grey suit, white shirt and purple tie and a woman in mainly blue on the right.

  11. A large red panelled sign on the side of a grey building reads Very Light Rail National Innovation Centre in white lettering.

  12. A man in a black suit jacket and black polo-neck stands in front of a black hoarding for the Mobo Awards. He has black cropped hair shaved around the sides. He is smiling.

  13. Mr MacDonald is stood in a street lined with shops and busy with people. He has wavy bobbed brown hair, a beard, and is wearing a grey T-shirt.

  14. Ozzy Osbourne stands on the street where he grew up, he is dressed in black and wearing blue tinted glasses. Behind him is the road sign, Lodge Road, and you can see terraced homes.

  15. A woman with brown hair and glasses in an England football shirt, standing in a park with a metal barrier behind her. Her arms are raised in a cheer and she is smiling.

  16. Flowers and other tributes bury the bench on Black Sabbath bridge in Birmingham, featuring likenesses of the four band members on the back of the bench

  17. Floral tributes are left by the Sabbath mural, which is black and purple. Ozzy's likeness can be seen, with bunches of flowers lined up on the floor beneath it.

  18. The view down towards the departure boards at a railway station. Members of an orchestra play in front of the signs, with a large number of people surrounding them.

  19. A man wearing a jacket and a woman wearing a white wedding dress sitting inside.

  20. A black and white timber-framed pub that sits next to a road. In the background is a car park. A blue sign reads "The Navigation Inn"

  21. A woman with red hair, dark-rimmed glasses and a green and white top is looking towards a camera. There is greenery in the background.

  22. Passengers make their way to the train station in Wolverhampton. It has a yellow and black entrance with an old British Rail sign above the entrance and tram lines running past the front a few feet away.

  23. A composite of two grainy CCTV pictures showing a male in a light jacket and hat with a brim. His facial features are not clear, and he appears to have a surgical mask over his mouth.

  24. A man in a suit jacket, blue tie and red and white striped shirt smiles at the camera. He is bald, with a grey beard and glasses.