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  1. A Covid-19 sign asking people to socially distance, with a city centre scene in the backhground and people wearing masks and a police car.

  2. A man with grey hair and glasses smiles at the camera. He wears a navy suit with a white and blue striped shirt. There is a light blue and white rosette pinned to his chest.

  3. People in coats and fleeces, including one woman with a pink headscarf, pull suitcases along a path through a grassed area with two-storey grey houses in the background.

  4. George Madgwick looks into the lens of the camera. He has a full, short, grey beard and black-rimmed glasses. He is wearing a light blue, open-collar shirt and a navy blue tweed jacket.

  5. A split-screen news-style image. The upper half shows a person in a light blue striped shirt speaking directly to camera, with a large screen behind displaying a city skyline and waterfront. The lower half shows the view from behind a supermarket shopping trolley moving down an aisle lined with packaged food products on one side and glass-door freezer cabinets on the other. Several shoppers are visible in the distance. A Getty Images watermark appears in the upper-right corner of the supermarket scene. The overall graphic combines a presenter-style image with supermarket footage, suggesting a story related to consumer prices, household costs or retail spending.

  6. A composite graphic showing a person in a navy blazer and blue-and-white striped shirt standing in front of a blurred Union flag. Beside the portrait is a large image of a formal House of Commons letter on parliamentary letterhead. The letter, dated 2 November 2026 and addressed to Gavin Robinson MP at DUP headquarters in Belfast, states the writer's resignation from the DUP parliamentary party and membership. The document is shown at an angle and includes a handwritten signature at the bottom, with parliamentary contact details visible in the footer. The overall image uses a news-style layout combining a portrait with the resignation letter to illustrate the political announcement.

  7. Carla Lockhart and Gavin Robinson

  8. A man smiling outside Parliament. He is wearing a suit with a turquoise tie.

  9. Robin Mercer - an man with short, white hair - points out a 'out of stock' notice as he poses with packets of seeds at Hillmount Garden Centre in 2021. He is wearing a navy jacket over a blue jumper and a red and white checked shirt.

  10. Server cabinets line a modern data centre illuminated by blue neon lighting.

  11. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood speaking in the House of Commons

  12. Fishermen sort a haul of fish from their boat in the English Channel from the Port of Newhaven in Newhaven, UK on 10 January 2021.

  13. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, pictured with her ministerial red box

  14. Jenny Gilruth, who has blonde hair, in a close-up shot. She is wearing a business suit.

  15. Carla Lockhart has long blond hair parted to the side

  16. A man in a white shirt and cricket gear falls to the floor.

  17. Head and shoulders shot of Mahmood speaking at the Despatch Box in the House of Commons

  18. A solar farm in Wales, with solar panels placed over grass fields. The panels extend into the distance and a body of water can be seen at the very far left hand side.

  19. Deputy Marc Leadbeater stood staring just below the lens of the camera. He has short dark and grey hair and a full beard of the same colour. He has blue eyes and is wearing a dark blue jacket, blue blazer, off-white shirt and a blue-patterned tie. He has pursed lips.

  20. Houses scattered across land on the Shetland Isles - there is also a rainbow and a passing place sign

  21. King Charles and Prime Minister Andy Burnham speak together

  22. Carla Lockhart stands outside Lurgan police station. She is a middle aged woman with long, blonde hair and she is wearing a colourful, star patterned scarf. She is also wearing a black coat. She is looking at the camera with a neutral expression on her face.