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![[From left to right] Toby Hughes with short dark hear, wearing spectacles, a dark suit, light shirt and tie; a middle-aged woman with fair hair, wearing a light grey coat and colourful scarf; an elderly woman with grey hair wearing a dark jacket and a blue and white scarf; a young woman with dark hair wearing a pink and red striped jumper under a grey and white checked coat; a young man with dark hair, wearing a dark suit jacket; a young woman with long brown hair, wearing a grey jacket; and an elderly man with grey hair and spectacles, wearing a grey checked coat, white shirt and red tie. The group is split on either side of a pillar, with a silver plaque underneath the wording "Nexus" above a floral display.](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/480/cpsprodpb/b495/live/0d5fcc00-c973-11f1-80fc-ab418b149008.jpg.webp)
