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  1. A sculpture of a black bird is perched on a mirrored table. It is apparent it is made of scrap metal with bolt holes visible. The bird is bent over looking down at the ground.

  2. Two people sit closely together on a floral-patterned sofa indoors, wrapped in blankets and warm clothing, facing forward in a softly-lit room.

  3. The church is a single-storey building with white harled walls. In the foreground is a metal gate between two white pillars and a white and green sign explaining the Raasay Community Stores project.

  4. A red post box on a black metal pole in rural Highlands. Behind the post box is a single-track road as well as fields and a farm.

  5. A person wearing a yellow protective coat and a face covering uses a pick to break up burning peat and vegetation at Abernethy Nature Reserve.

  6. A girl with shoulder length dark hair and a stripy T-shirt sits next to two other children at a table with laptops.

  7. A man in a red jacket on a country track in front of a mountain

  8. A local Inverurie businessman Stephen Bruce, smiling at the camera, with his arms open wide.

  9. The men are pictured in a composite image.

  10. A concept image of the Tesco proposed for Portree on Skye. It is a rectangle-shaped building with a glass frontage. In front of the building is a car park with cars parked in spaces.

  11. An area of beach with orange sands and hills in the background

  12. The men are pictured in a composite image.

  13. Renate Reinsve, a young woman with long, brown hair in a grey suit jacket with a white blouse underneath. She is standing in front of a purple background.

  14. A firefighter in brown protective gear is holding a long hose and is hosing down a charred and blackened field of grass which has white smoke pouring out of it

  15. Man in a red flotation suit operates a small inflatable workboat in a harbour, with a floating marine device and waterfront buildings visible in the background.

  16. The men are pictured in a composite image.

  17. The men are pictured in a composite image.

  18. Ballachulish Primary School is a small a complex of different single-storey buildings, including a Victorian-era property.

  19. This is a generated image of what the new hospital building would look like. In the foreground there is a car park that has been laid out with a few trees. The building itself is long and three storeys high. The colour is a little like sandstone, which is a common building material in the HIghlands. Mountains can be seen in the background.

  20. Waves crash against a wall in a coastal town. It is a grey cloudy day and buildings can be seen in the distance

  21. Port of Ness on the north coast of Lewis. There is a small boat sheltering in a harbour. The sky is cloudy.

  22. A view along Ness Bridge over the River Ness towards the area of the junction. There are rows of buildings and a steeple with a clock. Cars are just visible on Bridge Street.

  23. Image shows the Tesco supermarket at Ness Side in Inverness, the building has a glass and wood frontage, with the carpark in front.

  24. An older man wearing a grey jumper in bed, sitting on white bedding, and stroking a Highland cow, which has bright orange hair.