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  2. Custody image of Thomas Dures: a young man with brown hair, wearing a grey hoodie.

  4. Row of people on strike wearing orange hats and waving various placards and signs outside the main entrance to Royal Liverpool University Hospital

  5. Charlton Athletic winger Rob Apter, pictured playing for Blackpool

  6. Burnley goalscoring legend Irvine dies aged 82

    Northern Irish footballer Willie Irvine of Burnley FCGetty Images

    Former Burnley and Northern Ireland striker Willie Irvine has died aged 82 following a long illness.

    Irvine was the joint top scorer in English football's top-flight in the 1965-66 season, with 29 league goals - alongside Liverpool's Roger Hunt - as Burnley finished third.

    He scored a further eight cup goals and his 37 goals in a season remains a club record he shares with Jimmy Robson.

    He had come through the youth system at Turf Moor and scored just 20 minutes into his debut in a 3-2 win at Arsenal in the penultimate game of the 1962-63 season.

    The then-teenager kept his place for the final game at home to Birmingham - and scored a hat-trick in a 3-1 win.

    In all, he scored 97 times for the club in just 148 games, establishing himself as one of the most prolific strikers of the period.

    Irvine also scored eight times for his country as he won 23 caps - and it would surely have been more had his career not been hit by injury.

    Following a broken leg at the age of 23 which affected his form, Irvine moved to Preston North End, where he continued to find the back of the net with regularity despite more injury problems.

    A move to Brighton followed and he helped the then-third tier side to promotion before a short spell with Halifax Town. He was forced to retire aged 29.

    Irvine remained living in Burnley after football and in more recent years had worked at Turf Moor, entertaining corporate guests and giving stadium tours.

    "Burnley Football Club are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of former Burnley and Northern Ireland International, Willie Irvine," the Premier League club said.

    Preston said their club was "saddened to learn of the passing of our former player Willie Irvine, who made 81 appearances for North End between 1968 and 1971.

    "Our thoughts are with Willie's friends and family at this difficult time."

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  9. A CGI image of the new tram bridge. It has grey/black steel, set on two grey pillars over the River Ribble in Preston. There are CGI trees in the foreground and background.

  10. Burnley pick up positive results in pre-season double-header

    Tommy McDermott of Burnley celebrates scoringGetty Images

    Burnley manager Scott Parker split up his squad to take on two friendlies at the same time on Saturday afternoon, as the Clarets faced Shrewsbury Town and Huddersfield Town in a pre-season double-header.

    Parker split his squad fairly evenly between the two matches, but goalkeeper James Trafford was a notable absence amid speculation around his future at the newly-promoted club.

    The Clarets did pick up two positive results though; settling for a 2-2 draw against League Two side Shrewsbury and a dominant 2-0 win over League One side Huddersfield.

    Youngsters Tommy McDermott and Joe Westley stole the show against the Terriers at Accu Stadium, scoring a header and a close-range shot respectively.

  11. There isn't a cloud in the sky in this photograph of Formby beach on a summer's day. The rolling sand dunes are in the foreground while the calm sea is in the background.

  12. Preston North End player Andrija Vukcevic, pictured playing for Montenegro

  13. Tom Hartley and James Anderson

  14. A man with short dark hair smiles at the camera. He is taking a selfie and is wearing a light blue t-shirt

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  17. A tanned man with short brown hair a moustache and mid-length dark beard is looking into the camera for a police head and shoulders shot. He is wearing a grey top.

  18. A photograph of Jay Slater, in close-up. He is smiling at the camera

  19. Custody image of Thomas Dures with brown hair and wearing a grey hoodie.

  20. A person in a blue duffle coat and a woman in a pink bobble hat can be seen curled up sleeping next to a stone monument.

  21. A street view of the exterior of the A&E department, where liveried ambulances are parked outside the entrance.

  22. Rows of 40 seized bikes are seen lined around a yard next to a redbrick building.

  23. Tom Hartley bowling

  24. Daniel Flemen in a hospital room strapped into a wheelchair with head and shoulder supports. He has dark hair and glasses and a tube in his nose.