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  1. A group of people are standing in the foreground. There are six women and four men. They look unhappy. In the background there is an open field with green grass and there are lots of trees. The sky is blue and there are a few white clouds.

  2. Dave Myers and Si King sit in front of a painted orange wall. They are both wearing biker jackets and have sunglasses on. Dave is smiling contentedly and Si is looking at Dave with fondness. Behind them, written on the wall, is a sign that reads "Hidden Gem".

  3. Neil Irving standing by a swimming pool. He has a bald head and grey beard. He is wearing a light blue England cricket shirt and khaki shorts. He is smiling into the camera. A sign on the brick wall behind him reads "Shallow End". Another next to it says "No diving".

  4. The moon passes the sun during an annular solar eclipse, in Las Horquetas, Santa Cruz, Argentina. The orange sun looks like a "C" on its side as the moon passes it.

  5. A stock image of three female pupils in a classroom. They are pictured from behind and they are sitting at their desks, wearing school uniforms. Two children are raising their hands. A teacher is pictured at the front of the classroom pointing at an interactive whiteboard.

  6. A stock image that is out of focus, showing medical staff working in a hospital ward, with one nurse pulling an empty wheelchair while others do paper work at a bench.

  7. Lindsay Buck looks into the camera and smiles as she rides her bike up a hill. She is wearing a yellow helmet and black T-shirt. A basket on the front of her bike is filled with cardboard and a full black refuse sack is hanging from the handle. A lake and mountains can be seen in the background.

  8. A drawing showing how Cleator Moor library and the former Credit Union building will look. There is a cafe linking the two buildings. The building on the left has a pitched roof and a chimney, while the one on the right has several chimneys and four large windows at the front. The cafe is not as tall as the other buildings and has a flat roof.

  9. Whitehaven Harbour where the water is an orange/brown colour. Sailing boats are moored in the harbour. In the distance there is a small hill with houses. The sky is blue with a few clouds.

  10. One of the ospreys being held in the hands of a man. Its head is bowed forward and its long, black talons are next to its face and scrunched together. It has a silver metal ring on its left leg and a blue ring on its right leg with some white unreadable letters on it. Its eye is orange and black and its feathers are brown, white and black. Behind the bird is a patch of long grass, with a metal fence to the left.

  11. Interior of Ulverston Pool. It is a leisure pool with lanes marked with darker blue tiles at the bottom. There are flags hanging over the pool.

  12. Grasmere, which is a lake with a small island towards the back left. The island is covered in trees and the water on the lake is calm. Bright green fields and trees surround the perimeter of the lake. Houses and buildings are scattered across the landscape.

  13. A single carriageway country road with fields on either side. There is a large, dark storm cloud covering the top of the image and there is a pinkish light being cast by the sun which is hidden. There are trees in the distance which look black due to the shadow.

  14. A royal python snake is curled resting on a person's arm. The snake has beautifully intricate scales which are shaded beige and dark brown

  15. A dark green mesh bag filled with tiny white plastic pellets and sand. The bag is soft and flopped over so the majority of the pellets are only partly visible through the mesh.

  16. Joe and Jessie smiling into the camera. Joe is standing on the left and has blonde, short hair with stubble around his mouth. He is wearing a cream shirt and is smiling with his mouth closed. Jessie is on the right and has long, dark hair which has been curled. She is smiling with her teeth and has red lipstick on. She is wearing two gold necklaces and a blue square-neck top with wide straps. They are in a garden, but the background is out of focus.

  17. The Lowther Bridge runs over the River Lowther and is supported by arches. The photo has been taken on a sunny day.

  18. Person riding a zip wire in Lake District

  19. A black-and-white photo from the early 1900s depicting several horse carts resting on a cobbled pavement while people mill about. Goods are being sold in the carts. There are old Victorian shop fronts in the background.

  20. A red kite soaring down while a gull flies above it. It looks like the gull is chasing the red kite away in a bright blue sky.

  21. Four people, viewed from behind, are canoeing on a lake in two vessels connected by rope and a plank of wood. The are wearing red and blue life jackets and two of them are also wearing blue helmets. Green hills and tall trees rise beyond the water.

  22. The hospital buildings are a mix of stone and white painted single-storey and two-storey buildings. A blue and red NHS sign on the exterior wall reads: "Physiotherapy. Outpatients/reception. Urgent Treatment Centre. X-Ray Department".

  23. Computer-generated image of the pitch and one of the new stands at Cumberland Sports Village. A goal for football matches is at one end of the field. The stand, which has a mix of red and blue seating, has a roof.

  24. Mugshot of Brian Smith. He has ginger hair which is gelled up and is looking sad and at the camera. He has a slightly crooked nose and a neck tattoo of a red rose. He is clean shaven and is wearing a grey jumper.