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  1. An aerial image of a long building made from pink granite, with white windows. A number of green trees are visible in front of the building.

  2. A man smiling at the camera

  3. Armed forces minister Al Carns speaking during a visit to RFA Lyme Bay in Gibraltar, a bay-class landing ship dock which is being upgraded by the Royal Navy to add new cutting-edge uncrewed equipment, allowing it to be used as a 'mothership' for autonomous systems, if needed for operations in the Strait of Hormuz. Picture date: Friday May 22, 2026

  4. Keir Starmer in a cabinet meeting at Downing Strreet looking stressed.

  5. A composite of two pictures: On the left a screengrab of Healey's resignation letter. On the right, John Healey carries a red folder

  6. A wire fence with a road in front of it. Double yellow lines are on the edge of the road. Behind the fence on the left is the glass domed roof of the Glasshouse and the top of the white curved roof of the Millennium Bridge can be seen on the right. There are overgrown plants immediately behind the fence which looks aged and run down.

  7. Secretary of State for Defence John Healey arrives for a cabinet meeting wearing a dark suit and red tie

  8. John Healey standing in front of the flags of the US, UK and Australia

  9. A photo of Abby Cripps. She has short brunette hair in a slight wave. She is smiling at the camera, wearing a white button up top with a blue lanyard around her neck. Behind her, she is in a school hall with blue plastic chairs and a white projector erected on the wall.

  10. A newborn baby in a mother's arms

  11. Ken Skates

  12. Sir Keir Starmer and John Healey pictured together. Both men are wearing dark suits and white shirts, with Sir Keir in a blue tie and Healey in a red tie.

  13. George Finch stood at the council house steps wearing a navy suit and purple tie

  14. A woman and three men sitting behind a table, in front of a yellow banner which says 'CPA BIMR Election Mission' in white writing. In the foreground are three members of the press, holding cameras and microphones. The carpet is maroon with yellow / gold detailing.

  15. A person in a yellow high-vis jacket is seen delivering a black wheelie bin to an orange rubbish lorry

  16. smiling woman sat in a cafe

  17. Two grey concrete hospital buildings with windows. The longer one it to the right. To the left, a taller building is covered in scaffolding. Above, a blue sky with clouds. There are signs and a tarmac road in front of the hospital site next to a patch of grass.

  18. Yasmin Ratcliffe, owner of Rose's Cafe, stands behind the counter in Ashton-in-Makerfield

  19. Former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner

  20. Peter Murrell, who is bald with glasses, walks past a stone building

  21. Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch speaking in the House of Commons

  22. A child playing with a toy

  23. The face of a tortoiseshell cat can be seen with yellow eyes, looking pensive, as a white-skinned person holds a blue triangular pipette at the back of its neck. The cat is being gently held on a fluffy blue blanket.