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  1. The roundabout is a large grassy feature with shrubs and road signs with black and white chevrons. There is a tall street light standing in the middle of the roundabout.

  2. An aerial view of Portree in Skye showing some of its brightly coloured shoreside houses. In the distance are hills and mountains.

  3. Karl Stevens, director KMS Railtech, who will install the railway, with Depute Provost Jackie Hendry and Graeme Swanson, chairman of Inverness & District Model Railway Club. They are standing inside the food hall and have a scale-model diesel locomotive in front of them.

  4. New Century House in Inverness' Stadium Road is a large, three-storey, white building. There are empty car parking spaces around it and the whole site is behind high, wire security fences.

  5. An athlete wearing a white vest top and a kilt throws a weight. Behind her is a large net to prevent the weight from accidentally being thrown into the crowd sitting on benches around the events arena.

  6. Mock exercise by Assynt Mountain Rescue Team at Inchnadamph

  7. A family photo of the Bastion-Strong family showing Chris and Katie with their three daughters. The family are all close together and smiling as they pose for the picture.

  8. A single carriageway road snakes round a low cliff. The words "slow" are written on either side of the road.

  9. A grey rectangular building in Inverness city centre. There are two levels and long thing windows. The entrance to the building is glass. There are bikes, bins and pedestrians on the pavement outside. It's a cloudy sky.

  10. A semi-submerged beaver swimming through water

  11. A brown table, on which several white pills are scattered alongside a lighter, a syringe and a spoon full of white powder. There is more white powder on the table.

  12. A pyrotechnic omitting orange smoke onto a football pitch.

  13. Pictured at night-time, the footbridge is constructed of latticed metalwork and steel cables. The River Ness flows below the crossing. Trees line a bank of the river.

  14. An exterior view of the front entrance to Inverness Justice Centre. The building is a modern grey building with a row of concrete pillars with a large area of glass behind them. There is a sign on one wall with a royal crest and the words: "The Inverness Justice Centre".

  15. Side-on close-up of the bonnet of a white Police Scotland car with "POLICE" and POILEAS" written in blue.

  16. Three volunteers attempt to cut ropes from the whale after it stranded on a shoreline in Raasay. Hills on Skye are in the distance.

  17. The Co-op supermarket store on Inverness' Church Street

  18. The ridge is a jagged area of steep sided, rocky cliffs and gullies. Mist hangs over the ridge.

  19. Neil Gray is taking part in a debate in the Scottish Parliament. He is wearing a dark blue suit jacket and a blue, green and purple tartan tie.

  20. Aberdeenshire farmer Jack Stevenson is standing in a field in front of a large green combine harvester. Mr Stevenson has dark, thinning hair. He is wearing glasses and a dark blue polo shirt.

  21. A blue and white Stagecoach bus pulls up at a bus stop in Inverness city centre. A woman wearing a yellow coat walks past the bus shelter where a woman is standing and a man and woman are sitting on a bench. A man wearing a woolly hat with a pom-pom leans against the bus shelter.

  22. The footbridge is constructed of latticed metalwork and steel cables. The River Ness below is at a low level and brown stones are visible around the piles supporting the bridge. Trees line a bank of the river.

  23. The centre has a round-shaped wooden building with a glass front door and windows in the walls. Around the building is a wooden, veranda-style structure. Trees surround the site.

  24. Two road signs on the A9 showing the directions to Wick and Inverness. The signs are white with black arrows pointing the way. In yellow in a green box is the word "A9". In black letters are the names "Wick" and "Inverness".