Birmingham & Black Country

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  1. Dozens of men and woman stand outside the council building with some holding a banner that says "Save our green space - say no to battery storage units"

  2. A computer generated image shows what the scheme at Birmingham City Hospital could look like, with apartment blocks, grass and trees and people walking on the footpaths.

  3. Mohammad Siddiqui mugshot - He has brown combed-over hair and a long brown beard.

  4. The head and neck of a woman with dark hair tied high, with loose strands on each side of her face. A pink sleeveless top she is wearing can just be seen, and she has silver hoop earrings with a heart-shaped charm. She is in a room with a white wall and blue geometric-print wallpaper.

  5. People in colourful costumes walk down a street. In the centre of the street, there is a man in a green silk costume, which includes a cardboard statue of a bearded man attached to his shoulders.

  6. An eight-year-old girl wearing a yellow top is sitting in a hospital room with a small plastic tube and device attached to the front of her neck. She is smiling, has no hair, and there is an orange giraffe image painted on the right side of her face.

  7. People waiting in a bus shelter by the side of a road. Metal shutters are down on a shop to the right with a pile of rubbish on the pavement outside. Other shops are visible behind the bus stop, with groceries in crates on the pavement.

  8. A three-lane road with three buses on it. A red bus is at a bus stop facing away from the camera. Another bus, with Dudley marked as its destination, is at a bus stop on the other side of the road facing the camera. Between them, a bus heading for Bearwood is driving towards the camera.

  9. A generic image of a residential street on a cloudy day. There are houses on the left and there is a three-storey block on the right. There are cars parked on both sides of the street.

  10. Two police officers are wearing a bright yellow jacket in this generic image. The word police is visible in full on the jacket worn by the officer on the right, in white lettering on a blue background.

  11. Stock image of a Cumbria Police car being driven on a motorway. The vehicle has a yellow-and-blue livery and its flashing blue lights are switched on.

  12. More than 10 students in white tops are visible on the left and centre of the photo. King Charles is on the right and wearing a grey suit, and three other men are in the background.

  13. A man sits on a city street with a dog resting its head on his lap. The man is facing away from the camera and is wearing a blue top, purple hat and has a green sleeping bag over his legs.

  14. A man stands inside a room, which has wooden chairs with maroon cushions and maroon curtains. He has short grey hair and is wearing a grey suit jacket, a white shirt and a dark blue tie.

  15. A blurred photograph of Lesley Whittle. She has shoulder-length brown hair and is smiling at the camera. Behind her are people wearing blue tops but we cannot see their hands or faces due to how close they are to Lesley.

  16. A road with two lanes and a filter lane turning right, with parked cars in the distance. The road is lined with grass verges and trees and there are lampposts uniformly spread out along both sides.

  17. A police officer stands on a street. She is wearing a high-vis yellow jacket, a black hat and black trousers. She is standing on a section of the street that has been cordoned off with blue and white police tape. There is a four-storey building with shops on the ground floor to her left.

  18. The remains of the house after the fire, with the chimney still standing and blackened rubble around it. There are burnt trees to the side and mountains in the background, with smoke still visible in the air.

  19. A woman holds a bunch of yellow and orange flowers. She has short brown hair and she is wearing a tiara that says "retired" on it. She is wearing a pale green uniform. A banner saying "RETIREMENT" in capital letters can be seen in the background.

  20. Wasim Omar, Mohammed Sharif and Ali Hassan appear in police mugshots. Wasim has dark curly hair and a beard and is wearing a blue top. Mohammed has dark hair and a beard and Ali also has dark hair and a slight beard.

  21. A row of black bins with the number 81 on them are positioned outside a property and its front lawn.

  22. Five teenagers stand in a line wearing school uniform. There are two boys on the left and then three girls to the right. They are wearing dark blue blazers and white shirts, some are wearing ties. One of the boys is holding a purple BBC Radio WM microphone.

  23. The back of a police officer, who is wearing a yellow hi-vis jacket with silver reflective strips. There is a police logo on the back with a blue background and silver lettering. In the background are two other police officers in the same jackets, who are wearing black police hats

  24. A woman with dark hair and glasses, with a bun on the top of her head, sitting in a room with manufacturing equipment and wearing a black leather jacket