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Aston Villa win Europa league
Aston Villa win Europa league

Aston Villa win Europa League to end 44-year wait for European trophy

Aston Villa end their 44-year wait for a European trophy with an impressive 3-0 Europa League final win against Freiburg.
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    Supporters of Aston Villa cheer after their team's first goal, as they watch the UEFA Europa League final football match between SC Freiburg and Aston Villa on a large TV screen at the Witton Arms pub near Villa Park in Birmingham, central England on May 20

  2. A blonde haired woman in a claret and blue football shirt with a group of young men stood behind her

  3. Split screen picture. On left presenter Ed James in a radio studio wearing headphones, glasses and grey blazer. On right actor Oliver Phelps, smiling wearing a pink jacket and black t-shirt.

  4. The Aston Villa team, made up of about 20 men, all wearing white uniforms with blue accents, are grouped together cheering. In the centre one of them is holding a large trophy above his head

  5. A group of Aston Villa fans celebrating in the street

  6. Excavators are parked in the middle of a large waste site. A man in a high-vis jacket can be seen walking through it.

  7. An artist's impression of how the Holbeche Place project could look

  8. Sarah Edwards is pictured with a closed mouth smile, wearing large circular black framed glasses, a green fleece jacket and blue jumper. She has black tight curly hair. In the background are green boxes and a shelf with various drinks bottles on it.

  9. Tom Hanks is standing up in the stands of a football stadium, with his arms held out and an open smile on his face He is flanked on both sides by men in navy suit jackets

  10. Perry is wearing a grey checked suit and blue tartan tie. He has two badges on his lapels. He has a grey beard and moustache and short hair.

  11. A photo of Marvin Ducksch playing football in a blue and yellow Birmingham City home kit

  12. A man in a white t-shirt, who is bald and wears glasses, sits on a sofa in a living room, holding a replica of a trophy and a photo frame.

  13. A man dressed in hi vis jacket stood infront of an emergency vehicle, with yellow signage

  14. An orange and black Class 730 electric train stopped at a railway station with a walkway over the track in the background. The platform is deserted. Trees line the other side of the track.

  15. Split view image. On left Ed James, grey blazer, black rimmed glasses and headphones. On right, Tom Hanks wearing a black shirt, tie and jacket smiling at camera.

  16. A browny/grey building with five columns at the front which are lit up. there are numerous windows on either side of the columns which go to three floors up. The building is ornate with stone arches above the columns. The sky is grey.

  17. A canal going from bottom right to halfway up on the left on the photo. There are trees to the right of the canal and smaller trees, as they appear on the image, on the left of the canal. There are lily ponds in the water and long grass around the edge.

  18. Iommi is wearing black with his trademark tinted glasses and long curly hair and beard. Iqbal is in mayrol finery, which is gold and black with large chain around his neck. He is holding the award to give to Iommi. Iqbal has short dark hair.

  19. A construction worker in fluorescent orange clothing and white hard hat walks past an advert for HS2

  20. People marching in the 2024 Birmingham Pride parade, through the city centre, Many are carrying rainbow flags and some are blowing whistles.

  21. Custody images of Sharif Cousins and James Gray, after their arrests in connection with the shooting in May 2025.

  22. Professor Kehinde Andrews pictured in front of a red brick wall. He is wearing a deep turquoise jumper and rectangle framed glasses.

  23. A custody image of Harinderpal Athwal, a man with a short black beard and moustache and short hair is looking at the camera with a slight frown on his face

  24. Smith and her husband are standing with their arms around each other smiling. Smith has a blue cap on, with a blue, pink and orange t-shirt. She has a breathing strip on her nose. Her husband is wearing the same top. They both have a black half marathon medal around their necks