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  1. A woman in a coral blue jacket and black dress smiles at the camera.

  2. A woman with short blonde hair and wearing tortoiseshell-rimmed glasses looks into the camera without smiling. The collar of a light turquoise coat can be seen around her shoulders and she has two gold ring earrings.

  3. Denise Bacon lying in a hospital bed in a blue gown playing the clarinet

  4. A group of 17 people stand behind a pool table. They are all smiling at the camera.

  5. An ambulance team smiles with a family.

  6. Young woman sitting on the sofa at home, covered with a blanket, blowing her nose, suffering from a cold or flu.

  7. Claire Hughes is looking at the camera. She has a blonde bobbed hairstyle. She is wearing a black suit jacket and has gold hooped earrings.

  8. 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.

  9. A pharmacist puts a box of "morning-after" pills into a fertility control kit at a pharmacy in Tokyo, Japan. File photo

  10. A man sits smiling in a hospital bed surrounded by tubes, wires and medical machines.

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  12. A photo on 6.6.97 shows Prince Charles talking to Sue Hailes in a greenhouse filled with flowers. The prince wears a suit and tie and Ms Hailes has a colourful striped shirt. Manager Wendy Pocock, in a white jacket, stands behind them. A young woman (named by Robin Pemberton as "Nichol"), with long blonde hair and white dungarees, stands tending plants.

  13. A man running wearing sports gear runs across a large rocky and green open space.

  14. Paul Martin, a 60-year-old man with long grey hair tied back and a grey and ginger scruffy beard, is looking from the left of the image to the right. He wears a ticking-style shirt, open at the neck, and a black coat.

  15. Runners on the streets of Portsmouth for the Great South Run

  16. Sheila Irvine has learned to read again after being registered blind for many years

  17. An elderly woman is sat in a yellow armchair. She has thin wired glasses, a grey speckled cardigan and grey shoulder-length hair. Her hands are clasped together, and her mouth is open as if reacting. Beside her, on a small red table, sits a fluffy white rabbit with pink eyes. The background includes floral curtains and an orange wall.

  18. St Dunstan’s House which is a grand red brick building with five sash windows and a blue door with a white surround. It is partially covered in Ivy. There is some metal fencing around it preventing access.

  19. A white-gloved hand holding a test tube containing a blood sample.

  20. A person walking a dog on a windy beach, with waves coming in from the sea.

  21. A large storage container, with its doors open, with burnt and damaged items all around it, a yellow box at the front, and burnt and damaged items on the ground.

  22. Three women stand side-by-side with serious expressions on their faces. The woman on the left wears a dark top, has black-rimmed glasses and long brown curled hair; the woman in the centre wears a silver necklace over a pink jumper and has long tightly curled brown hair, and the woman on the right has a white top, and straight blonde hair worn with a plait.

  23. A large group of cheerful people wearing trainers and sports clothing surround dance instructor Maureen Conroy. They are standing in a large gym which has a polished pine floor.

  24. Surgeon Mr Arpit Patel sits at his desk with models of hip and knee joints next to him. He is bald, wearing a striped shirt rolled to the elbow and a navy tank top.