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  1. Mark Drakeford sat at a desk at the Covid-19 inquiry with a computer screen and microphones in front of him. He is wearing a black suit, blue tie and white shirt, and glasses, and has a blue background behind him.

  2. Headshot of Jim Gamble, former chief executive of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre.

  3. Rachel Reeves

  4. Angela Rayner standing and speaking in the House of Commons chamber, holding papers. The chamber is filled with people seated on green benches, with wood-paneled walls.

  5. David Harris, a man with white hair, wearing a dark suit and a blue tie, standing outside the Scottish parliament building in Edinburgh

  6. Linden Kemkaran smiling into the camera.

  7. Henry Zeffman in BBC newsroom. He wears a shirt and blazer and has a beard.

  8. Stephen Flynn, who is bald, outside the UK Parliament, a large stone building out of focus in the background. He is wearing a dark suit, white shirt and blue tie.

  9. John Allen. He is wearing a grey suit with a blue shirt. He has a round face and grey hair, which has receded on top. He is an older man.

  10. A woman with brown hair speaks on a podium. She is a politician.

  11. Three people stand close together smiling at the camera. Two men, Tom Butcher and Zack Polanski, are in black suits with open-neck shirts, while Repi Begum is on the right, wearing a black blazer with a patterned top.

  12. Two young boy pipers in Highland dress frame either edge of the image, their backs to us. In the middle stands Sir Keir Starmer in dark blue suit, white shirt and patterned grey tie. His hands are crossed in front of him. To his left (our right) stands President Donald Trump. He wears a dark blue suit, white shirt and bright red tie. He has a stars and stripes badge pinned to his left lapel. They are both listening to the music and there are full green bushes behind them.

    13. George Freeman, who has very short greying hair and a reddish close-cropped beard. He is wearing glasses and a grey jacket over a white shirt and blue tie.

    • Ashley has blonde hair and is in her late 30s wearing a white crinkled top with a black blazer and gold necklace looks at the camera, her hair is long and straight.

    • The sun shining on Caerphilly Castle with the reflection of the castle on the water of the moat. Four ducks are swimming in the water.

    • Angela Rayner, photographed here talking with journalists in June 2023, has long, straight red hair.

    • Caerphilly Castle in Caerphilly, United Kingdom

    • A woman wearing a purple blazer and white blouse stands on a balcony at a stadium. Grass and rows of seating can be seen behind her.

    • Celine McStravick has long blond hair and blue eyes. She is smiling at the camera. She is wearing a blue jumper and a maroon blazer. Behind her is a red wall.

    • Composite picture of Fiona Goddard (left) and Ellie Reynolds (right).

    • Darren Millar, Welsh Conservative leader, in a blue jacket and tie, standing against a wall and smiling

    • Roger Tarrant wearing a light blue shirt and dark blue spotted tie sitting on the left with a pen in his hand, and Paul Ashton in a white shirt and black tie with grey and blue stripes. They are sitting at a table.

    • A man holding the handle of a chrome tap attached to a sink. Another chrome tap and sink are in the background. Blue tiling surrounds the taps and sinks.

    • Lorna Slater, who has curly blonde hair and glasses, looks to her left in a close-up shot. She is visible from the neck up.