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  1. The first minister said he believed in solving problems "from the bottom up"

  2. Twin brothers Craig and Charlie Reid, both wearing glasses and smiling

  3. A man with boxes of documents on a trolley walks into the Supreme Court, with a blue sign in the foreground

  4. A white lorry passes two black cars going along a single carriageway road lined by trees

  5. Entrance to the Supreme Court in London, a white brick building covered in ornate carvings, including a big blue sign reading "the Supreme Court"

  6. Seven family members gathered in a room with two lawyers. Seated at a table are, from left to right, Louise Slorance, Mark Bisset and Maureen Dynes. Standing behind them are, from left to right, Samantha McDowall; lawyers Stephanie Spencer and Patrick McGuire; Kevin McDowall; Kenneth Murdoch; and David Campbell.

  7. Prisoners wearing their own clothes and facing away from the camera congregate in a prison social space with tables and chairs

  8. Shirley-Anne Somerville

  9. Shona Robison, with blonde hair and wearing a green dress, speaks to reporters in the Scottish Parliament

  10. The leader of the Scottish Liberal democrats, Alex Cole-Hamilton smiles as he look away from the camera. He has grey hair and blue eyes. He appears to be in the Scottish parliaments building but the background is blurred.

  11. Flynn head and shoulders shot wearing suit and tie

  12. A selection of Scottish money, including 1p, 5p, 20p, £1, £5, £10 and £20 notes spilling from a purse with a saltire on it.

  13. A prison guard in a white shirt with a walkie-talkie over his left shoulder stands in the foreground looking at a blue cell door

  14. John Swinney answering questions in the Holyrood chamber as he stands next to Kate Forbes in red suit and Jenny Gilruth in blue suit

  15. Anas Sarwar, with dark hair and wearing a blue suit and white shirt, speaks at a Scottish Labour press conference with his right index finger raised

  16. A prison officer walks away from the camera down the hallway of a prison. It's an open hallway so you can look up towards other floors. The walls are white and the fencing on the other side of the walkway towards the middle is also painted white.

  17. Stephen Flynn speaking from the green SNP benches in the House of Commons. He has a bald head and is wearing a blue suit jacket, a dark tie and a white shirt. He is gesticulating with his hand and there are other politicians around him.

  18. A protester holding a megaphone outside BAE Systems in Glasgow in May 2024. Behind him are red brick walls and the gates of the premises, and a long banner which reads "This factory arms genocide". The image is reflected in a puddle of water.

  19. Stephen Flynn

  20. SNP leader John Swinney on stage during the SNP's party conference in Edinburgh in September

  21. Ruth Maguire MSP pictured looking down to her right while walking along a corridor at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh

  22. Maree Todd wearing a red and purple tartan jacket and large-rimmed glasses walking through the Scottish Parliament building

  23. Neil Gray, a bald man in a dark blue suit and dark blue tie with a white shirt, speaks while looking to his right in the Scottish Parliament chamber

  24. Old woman with grey hair is helped down a stair case by a nurse with a window behind them as sunshine pours through