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  1. Treated picture of a hand on a radiator control.

  2. Tommy Coyle pictured at his school uniform giveaway during 2024. He has short black hair and a black beard and is wearing a black T-shirt. Behind him is a long table with various multi-coloured items of school uniform laid out. Five people can be seen behind the table who are working on handing out the items of clothing.

  3. A row of vans, caravans, and cars are parked up on a street with a green field lined with trees.

  4. A woman looking at the quality of a box of eggs in the supermarket by opening the lid

  5. A head and shoulders image of Laura Brockwell. She is wearing glasses and looking into the camera.

  6. The image shows an aerial view of a coastal town featuring a white sandy beach with clear turquoise water. Rocky patches are visible near the shoreline. A road runs alongside the beach, separating it from a residential area with houses and buildings.

  7. A crowd of people dancing at Shambala Festival on a summer day.

  8. A white plastic sign with Gloucester Foodbank in green letters is stuck to the brick wall above the entrance door.

  9. A woman in a pale green jacket holds a jar of instant coffee and looks at the label while standing in the supermarket coffee and tea aisle.

  10. Amie Crangle and Figgy Chambers the shop managers stand smiling on either side of a rack of uniform. They are holding a sign which says "free school uniform, help yourselves".

  11. Stylised image of a tower block of flats with red and white arrows superimposed on top

  12. A woman with blonde hair and a nose ring is sitting beside a portrait of her dogs which are two labradors one yellow and one brown. She is sitting on a red chair and is wearing a red and white flowered top.

  13. Kate Forbes, a dark-haired woman in a blue suit, holds a mug while Muriel Allison, who has grey hair and is wearing a light blue blouse, pours water from a kettle.

  14. A woman in a pink shirt bites into a large burger inside a casual restaurant.

  15. Four people are playing cards at a round table with a tablecloth. Left to right, an older woman in a light green top is next to a teenage girl wearing a stripy short-sleeved shirt, next to her is a elderly bald man in a grey T-shirt and then there is a middle-aged woman with fair hair wearing a pink top.

  16. The side of a large white transit van, which displays the logos of Sofea, the food charity and its supplier FareShare

  17. The young children sitting around a table eating spaghetti as one boy dangles spaghetti into his mouth from above his head

  18. A woman with tied-back brown hair and wearing a white top, smiles while looking at the camera.

  19. A blue and white McCollister's Transportation Group tractor trailer drives past a pile of shipping containers at the Port of Baltimore in Baltimore, Maryland, US, on Friday, Aug 1, 2025.

  20. Chancellor Rachel Reeves, wearing a blue jacket, stands in front of a bright white sign, with the o in the sign surrounding her head.

  21. Volunteers from the West Somerset Food Cupboard are stood in front of a fridge fully stocked with produce

  22. Samantha Panton smiling for the camera. She is in her cafe. There is flowery wallpaper behind her. We can see a menu and some salt and pepper shakers blurred out in the background. She has long blonde hair and is wearing a colourful pink and white top.

  23. Chrissie Read has her hair tied back and is standing outside on a pavement leaning against the wall of a shop, wearing glasses, a cream t-shirt and a black hoodie.

  24. Deputy Sam Mezec is wearing a navy blue suit, a light blue shirt and a green tie