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  1. An older woman with frizzy red hair tied up in a ponytail and wearing a knitted blue cardigan walks out of a building. She is holding a hand over her mouth.

  2. Hall Park Lodge. The one-storey stone building is next to a pedestrian lane that leads to the main road Washington Street. The lodge has sash windows with Halloween decorations. Heras fencing surrounds the gable end of the property where the damage has been caused.

  3. A tyre with Pirelli branding on it.

  4. Photo taken of a blue bus which green hills and white clouds painted on it with fire engulfing the back of it. You can see orange fire and black smoke.

  5. A woman wearing a white t-shirt and white cap smiles as she rings a metal bell. It is outside and dark.

  6. A general view of Moot Hall in Keswick. It is in the middle of a pedestrian area and has a turret with steps in front of it. The brick building also has a black clock with golden numbers and features.

  7. Smoke coming from the white industrial building at night-time. The thick plume of dark smoke is lit from behind by floodlights on the building exterior. A long, low-level factory building is silhouetted against the lit background.

  8. A general view of the entrance to the magistrates court in Workington. A white sign with blue lettering says West Cumbria Magistrates and County Court. The sign is at the top of a long sloped lane leading to the court's car park and main building. There are several cars in the car park and the building has a flat roof and brick face, with a black metal canopy at the entrance.

  9. The sign at the entrance to the coroner's court in Cockermouth. It is a white sign on a silver metal pole with various logos and names of government organisations, with the most prominent words across the middle reading HM Coroners Service Cumbria. The gable end of a brick two-storey building with a pointed tiled roof stands at right angles to a single storey flat-roofed extension which appears to house the main entrance. Behind the smaller building is a Sainsbury's shop front. Cars are parked outside the coroners office. On the opposite side of a narrow street, with no pavement, to the right of the building building are much older two and three storey stone buildings in a terrace.

  10. David Cameron (right) talks to CEO of GlaxoSmithKline, Andrew Witty, during a visit to the Ulverston site. They are both wearing dark suits. Mr Cameron has dark hair while Mr Witty has fair hair and glasses.

  11. A tall yellow crane is operating next to a large steel bridge. The area on the ground underneath the bridge is blocked off with temporary construction fencing.

  12. James Titcombe sitting on a scooter-type bike in Vietnam. The bike is red. He is wearing a grey helmet, glasses and a kagool. He is smiling at the camera. Behind him there is what looks like an advertising board and a large barn-like structure.

  13. A dark, empty high street at night is lit by a single yellow street light. The shops on either side are closed apart from one takeaway.

  14. Martin and Patricia Evans smile at the camera. He is on the left and has short grey hair and glasses, and is wearing a grey suit with a light blue shirt and darker blue tie. She is on the right, has short greying hair in a bob, glasses and is wearing a blue and red floral dress and a white jacket with a flower attached to the lapel. He also has a buttonhole flower, suggesting they are at a wedding. People can just be seen seated at tables behind them in a room that appears dark in the picture.

  15. Audrey Yeardley and Sue Hanson sit outside Tan Hill Inn, Richmond. The pub is a beige stone building, with a blackboard sign that welcoming customers to "Britain's Highest Inn at 1732 metres". Audrey Yeardley wears a zebra-print black and white blouse, black trousers and a green scarf. She has brown hair ad wears glasses. Sue Hanson wears a blue knitted tank top and blue long sleeved top. She has long grey hair tied back in a ponytail.

  16. Sean Parnaby standing on a bridge in Maryport. He has short white hair and trimmed beard. He wears glasses, a grey coat and dark jumper. He is smiling at the camera. The background is blurred and shows a glimpse of the harbour and businesses in the distance.

  17. Entrance to Cumberland Infirmary. The three-storey, red-brick facade is dominated by rows of windows on each floor, and a large plate-glass entrance in the middle. A Union Flag has been raised on a pole on a small grassy area outside the building; cars are parked in the entrance area.

  18. Stock image of a sign reading "Road closed". It is red with white lettering. Red-and-white traffic cones are placed either side.

  19. A Google Streetview image of the blocks of flats at Friargate which Westmorland and Furness Council wants to exclude from the boundaries of a conservation area in Penrith.

  20. A section of road between Newby West Roundabout and the new Cummersdale Roundabout on the B5299 at Dalston Road in Carlisle. The road and its markings are new with a temporary 30mph speed limit sign to the side. On the left is a grass embankment, on the right a flat area of grass and a few trees.

  21. Luke Pollard in a suit, standing with a shovel on a patch of grass, next to a sapling and a small, black plaque on the ground.

  22. The entrance to Furness General Hospital. A blue sign shows directions to different departments in front of a road heading down to the main entrance, above which is a sign of the hospital's name. A white car and an ambulance are parked outside. Scaffolding sits on an upper part of the low, brick-built building.

  23. A view downwards to the foot of the arch of a bridge over a river, shown in two sections. On the left, two fire officers can be seen holding poles and ropes with what appear to be floats. The view is vertiginous, past the edge of the bridge and looking down on the crew, who seem small below. On the right, the goat is in the water at the edge of the arch base. The water looks grey and cold.

  24. A chicken peering out a wooden enclosure in a roofed barn. There are more chickens in soft focus behind it.