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  1. Small, white nurdles in a pile on some wet sand, mixed in with sticks, seaweed and rocks. There are similar piles around this large one, with the nurdles strewn across the sand.

  2. Middlesex players celebrate a wicket

  3. A woman with short hair is mid-way through an eye test being conducted by an optician with blonde and brown hair. The patient is resting her head on a machine and looking into a camera lens while the optician looks at the results on a monitor to her right. The room is white and another machine is leaning against the wall behind the patient.

  4. Lanchester Medical Centre is a beige brick building with a large triangle roof. It has large windows with Lanchester Medical Centre written across it with grey metal letters.

  5. North East Mayor Kim McGuinness standing on a train platform with her arms crossed. She has light brown hair and is smiling, and wearing a camel-coloured coat. A yellow and grey Metro train has pulled up at the platform. Its doors are open. It is sunny and the right-hand side of the image is cast into shadow.

  6. A dozen teenagers - a mix of boys and girls - seated in a circle. Some are holding musical instruments, including violins and a cello. In the centre a young woman is standing next to a table and a set of drums, with a backdrop projection stating BBC Young Composer

  7. Dr Sachin Rastogi stands next to the hospital bed where Ralph Seed is lying. The medic has neat short hair and a short beard, both of which are black and grey. He is leaning against the raised side of the bed with his top half visible. He is wearing a blue polo t-shirt and has a lanyard and a phone or similar device attached just above his security pass. Ralph is smiling broadly. He has short, neat brown hair and wears a white hospital nightgown with a pattern of small dark diamond shapes. Above the pillows is a laminated piece of paper with Bed 4 printed in large black letters.

  8. Andrew Watson leaning to one side and smiling at the camera. He has short brown hair and is wearing a black leather jacket.

  9. Piles of small white plastic pellets lay between sea weed and twigs on a beach in North Tyneside

  10. A marked police car, white ambulance van and another white van are parked on a road and a neighbouring grass verge. There are trees in the background.

  11. Composite image showing (left) Archie York and Maya Chappell. Archie is smiling at the camera. He has short dark hair. He is wearing a navy football shirt with yellow trim and appears to be in a restaurant. Maya has her mouth open while sitting on a swing. She has short blonde hair and is wearing a pink Minnie Mouse top.

  12. Screenshot of 3D map of Durham coast. It is yellow and white dotted lines. It also has these phrases written on it: "Easington Colliery" and "Tina's Haven (100M)"

  13. Durham Police's headquarters is a three-storey white building with tall windows. A big blue sign with Durham Constabulary's crest is in front of the building.

  14. Ben Stokes looks to the sky and roars in celebration after claiming a wicket for Durham against Northamptonshire last month

  15. Close up of the back of a lifeguard wearing a red top with yellow lettering that says "lifeguard". In the background you can see the sea. The lifeguard is wearing a yellow buoy.

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    Five women and one man stand in a group outside the front of Durham Cathedral.

  17. Nathan McSweeney lofts the ball away during an innings for Northamptonshire

  18. A map of how the new theme park which opened in July will look. It shows a large lake with a bridge running across. A circular building resembling a jousting area or colliseum and several medieval buildings.

  19. Ben Stokes in action for Durham

  20. Five people stand in a group next to the road. Chris Foote-Wood is on the right with Andrew Moorhouse and Jo Angell at the front. Pete Whittaker and Ros Evans are at the rear. The road is bordered by white stone terraced houses. There is a line of vehicles in a carpark on the far right.

  21. A CGI of how the M&S Foodhall will look. The long white building includes signs for M&S and Aldi. A large car park is placed outside the building.

  22. The Pit Cage Monument stands on a grassy field with the coast visible in the distance. It is a sunny day with a clear sky over the sea and clouds towards land.

  23. Close-up of windows of a detention centre. The windows are plastered with handwritten signs stating '4 years detaining vulnerable women' and "Shut it down'.

  24. A stock image of a child holding an adult's hand.