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  1. An aerial view of solar panels on a tilt in a field. It is a sunny day and the sun is reflecting off the black and white panels.

  2. A man is smiling at the camera. There are boats in water in the background and it is a sunny day. He is wearing a life jacket over a navy coat.

  3. Two bitterns sat next to each other on a reed bed in front of a lake. Bitterns are large heron-like birds with light and dark brown feathers.

  4. Two humanoid robots running on athletics track

  5. A close up of a black and white butterfly settled on a unique-looking purple flower, its eyes and antennae are visible

  6. A digitally-generated design of the battery storage site, comprising white rectangular block buildings in parallel on grey hardstanding, surrounded by green fencing and fields

  7. A river, next to a dry embankment with shrubs growing out of it

  8. Rebecca Young chatting over Zoom

  9. Rebecca Young has brown hair, grey blue eyes and is wearing a black t-shirt. She is sitting in front of a white door and is chatting over Zoom.

  10. A firefighter walks past a wildfire that engulfs a tree and nearby vegetation

  11. A suburban street with rows of large black wheelie bins and smaller green bins beside them lining the kerbside

  12. A green meteor streaks across the night sky, circled in red.

  13. A close up of some of the silver coins showing intricate designs.

  14. An Asian hornet sits on some brown comb. It has large black eyes, a yellow face, yellow feet and brown antennae.

  15. Presenter Greg Foot holds up both hands, looking at his nails

  16. (L-R) Councillor Peter Gavigan, SUEZ Regional Director Steve Patterson, Councillor Lisa Evans and Amanda Padfield, director of public sector development at SUEZ. All four are standing in front of a small bike rack which is supporting seven children's bicycles. A sign on the wall marks the site as the Teesside Reuse Shop.

  17. Five firefighters beat a fire on moorland at sunset.

  18. A young girl in a white jacket holds a brown calf gently around its neck, surrounded by other large brown cows. A man and another girl also in white jackets stand behind.

  19. A photo of Egrets gathered on a green marshy piece of land at Catcott Nature Reserve.

  20. An artist's impression of what the Whitehaven mine would have looked like. There are two major structures, one in an L- shape and a slightly smaller one standing on its own within the L-structure. They are in a shape similar to that of a hangar. There are also seven shed-like structures surrounding the major structures. These are of varying sizes and are connected to the main buildings via paths. All buildings are black and they are in a field surrounded by open countryside.

  21. Aerial shot of a harbour. A pier stretches out into the water. Boats are moored. Houses are on the water's edge. Green trees and fields are on the horizon.

  22. An aerial view of greenery at Wormwood Scrubs Nature Reserve, with a view of homes in the area lining the edge of the reserve.

  23. A meteor with a bright green tail streaks through the night sky, with several stars nearby. The meteor is circled with a red overlay.

  24. First responders use a raft to try to rescue people in floodwaters