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  1. Men and women are lined up singing and dancing and covered in streamers as celebratations are held on VE day in this black and white archive photograph. The women are wearing 1940s skirts, jackets and blouses and two of the men are in uniform. There are reams of streamers underfoot.

  2. A visualisation of the proposed revised design for Curzon Street Station, the HS2 station in Birmingham. Designs show a building with a wavy, curved roof, a pedestrian area with planting outside and people walking around.

  3. A person dressed as Darth Vader from Star Wars is running in front of other men and women, who are also competing but wearing shorts and T-shirts.

  4. Ken Hawkins, Portfolio Holder for Environment & Infrastructure, Albert Price’s daughter Karen, the Mayor of Solihull Shahin Ashraf MBE, and Albert’s wife Betty Price.

  5. Solihull's mayor, Councillor Shahin Ashraf, is pictured sitting in a theatre with purple velvet seats to the side and behind her. She is wearing a light pink headscarf and two large gold chains over a black jacket.

  6. A field of bluebells and trees. There is a dirt track winding throughout the field.

  7. The Shrewsbury Morris Dancers performing in the town. The women are wearing colourful pinafore dresses over white tops and the men are wearing white shifts with green Morris dancing jackets. They are dancing in a circle, facing the outside with their backs to the centre. The town, including a black and white building, is in the background.

  8. A woman with grey, white hair looks slightly off camera while sat in a light blue and white patterned chair. She has a red and black patterned jacket on over a dark top. To her left is a wooden chest of drawers with several family photos on top and a window behind that.

  9. Four people smiling holding litter pickers. Three of them are wearing a yellow hi-vis and there is also a police man holding a purple plastic bin bag.

  10. Three women known as Abbey Van Dijk, Agnieszka Wilk and Lauren Cooper smiling at a big red finish line.

  11. A police picture of a man looking at the camera. He has brown cropped hair, a moustache and beard.

  12. A group of men and women are wearing gym clothes and smiling. They are standing in a studio in front of a circular structure with aerial silks and crash mats in the background.

  13. Video recording equipment in a car that has been set up on the rear-view mirror. The photograph is a close-up of the driver's hand adjusting the kit. The view outside the car is blurred.

  14. Unite General Secretary Sharon Graham has blonde hair tied back and is wearing a navy top. She has her hand on her chin and is holding a pen and looking away from the camera. She is also wearing a small microphone.

  15. Angela with her 11-year-old daughter Ava. They are both wearing sunglasses on a pleasant day. Angela has long black hair, black sunglasses and a black top on. Ava has black hair tied up, black sunglasses and is wearing a pink vest top with a Disney character on.

  16. Six men are wearing green and yellow uniforms with helmets. They are standing in front of ambulances while holding an orange stretcher.

  17. An old fire station that has been transformed into housing. The building is red brick and has white rectangular windows.

  18. Cody Fisher, smiling, wearing a nike tracksuit and a light blue t shirt

  19. The outside of Daffodils Nursery in Smethwick. The walls are painted in a mural showing blue sky and flowers and a character standing by the door. There is a faded sign above the entrance in Waterloo Road.

  20. A dual carriageway with cars on one sign, a green and white sign for directions and a bus on the other side. A metal railing goes down the central reservation.

  21. A nurse helps a person with their shoes at home. The close-up photograph shows a nurse crouching on the floor. The person receiving care is sitting on the bed wearing socks. Daylight is shining through the window and there is a patterned rug by the bed.

  22. A brown cow in Leek, Staffordshire, peers over a stone wall, with barbed wire rising above it and clumps of vibrant yellow flowers growing from the wall

  23. People at a bus stop on Kings Heath High Street in Birmingham queue to get on a bus. Three women are holding bags, a trolley and a phone and two men are wearing shorts. A bus is pulled up close to the pavement.

  24. Guz Khan, playing Mobeen, stands in a shop wearing a jacket looking at the camera. He is looking stern and has hat, beard and big jacket in the comedy show.