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  1. Tom Nicholson Jr has short brown hair and wears a dark navy suit with a blue shirt and grey tie outside Hamilton Sheriff Court

  2. A man with grey hair and glasses is wearing a blue coat, blue scarf, white shirt and blue and white spotted tie

  3. White farm buildings surrounded by a stone wall. Trees are in the background and there is a white fence and gate at the entrance.

  4. A smiling woman with blonde shoulder-length hair wearing dark-framed glasses

  5. A wide, modern school building set under a bright blue sky with light, wispy clouds.

  6. A man and woman sitting next to each other on a sofa in a living room. They are holding an order of service from a funeral

  7. A gap site in Glenluce main street with boards in front of it and a car and a van parked in front of it

  8. A rural road in the south of Scotland with a sign warning of cattle beside it and a pathway running next to it. There is a white cottage in the distance and some farm buildings off to the right.

  9. King Charles pointing at a colourful tapestry depicting "Bruce's siege of Carlisle and beginning of little ice age".

  10. The main road through Sanquhar clogged up with traffic, we can see cars in the foreground and a lorry with a large, round, wooden cog on the back in the background. The vehicles appear to be at a standstill.

  11. torpedo-shaped satellite tracking device used to monitor the movements of sharks and other marine creatures.

  12. A computer-generated view of a data centre with a green roof blending in to the surrounding landscape

  13. A man with short grey-brown hair and a greying beard in a grey jacket with a blue jumper and pale blue shirt stands next to a woman with long brown hair, bright red lipstick and a patterned blouse and black jacket on the steps of Dumfries and Galloway Council.

  14. A stranded black heifer with the number 35 on the tag on its ear looks out forlornly from inside an ice house

  15. A pyramid shaped stone cairn on the top of a Borders hillside. There are stones littered around it on a grassy landscape with a cloudy blue sky above.

  16. A natterjack toad sits on a rock in a pool of water with some plant life around it

  17. Three police officers wearing high-visibility yellow reflective vests over black uniforms stand together outdoors. The vests display "POLICE" markings, and one officer has a radio attached to their chest. The image is cropped to show only the officers' torsos and equipment, with a blurred background. Visible sleeve text reads "Police Scotland."

  18. A young boy on a bike with a helmet on and a grey T-shirt stands in front of a bike track with numerous bumps and bends

  19. Gamekeepers battle smoke on a field with hills in the distance

  20. A man with a blue hat and blue jumper

  21. A group of young school children on scooters with brightly coloured orange and blue helmets on

  22. A view of a wind farm development among rolling hills in the south of Scotland

  23. Hayley Watkins with long blonde hair, wearing a maroon long-sleeved top and holding a pale green mug, standing in a kitchen

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