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  1. The entrance to a mosque, a brick building with dark green signage. The is a green dome shaped structure on the roof and two minaret towers with Islamic crescent moon sculptures on top.

  2. Simon Danczuk Reform UK candidate who is bald with a white beard wearing a blue suit with blue and white spotted tie. He stands in front of a green wall.

  3. Beckwith signs on for two more years at Rochdale

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    Rochdale defender Sam Beckwith has signed a two-year contract extension which will keep him at the club until the summer of 2028.

    The 24-year-old, who moved to the Crown Oil Arena from Maidenhead United, was named players' player of the season in 2024-25 and was also included in the National League's team of the season.

    He is currently sidelined by a hamstring injury which has kept him out of action since December.

    "I'm buzzing to sign. It's the place I really want to be," he told the club's website.

    "The club have shown a real loyalty towards me since my injury and it's only right that I repay that."

  4. Resident Nicha Rowson, who has brown hair tied back, wears a black hoodie with a white logo. She has dark rimmed glasses. She is standing in front of a white wall and a light switch is over her right shoulder.

  5. A Manchester United corner flag at Old Trafford

  6. Matt Goodwin, the Reform UK candidate in Thursday's Gorton and Denton by-election, has brown hair and is photographed wearing a navy coat and suit with a white shirt and pale blue tie. He is standing outside Denton town hall.

  7. A general view of a football pitch, a footballer's white boot with Adidas stripes and bright green laces, placed on a yellow and navy ball with red Nike swoosh.

  8. Manager Dave Challinor wears a serious expression on the touchline for Stockport County

  9. Salford City manager Karl Robinson looks serious on the touchline

  10. Actor Sir Ian McKellen is dressed in a black jacket with a white handkerchief in its breast pocket. He is also wearing a white shirt, grey cardigan and black tie. Lowry's paintings are on the scarlet-painted wall behind him.

  11. Jordan Everett with short brown hair and brown eyes wearing a black coat with a blurred background. He is smiling.

  12. From left: Zoe Few and Ian Wilmott hold one of the original Never Going Underground posters used in the Manchester 1988 campaign against Section 28. Behind them is a wall of large Transport for London roundel signs.

  13. An aerial view of the historic Moores Hat Factory and homes in Denton on February 18, 2026 in Manchester, United Kingdom

  14. Liz Clarke

  15. Ricky, a man in his 60s, sits in a clear-sided road sweeping vehicle. He wears an orange high-visibility jacket and a black woolly hat. He is smiling.

  16. National League ground

  17. Generic image of EFL ball

  18. Adam Mitula with brown hair and brown beard wearing black glasses and a white shirt, pale blue tie and dark brown coat. He is smiling.

  19. Middle-aged woman with blonde curly hair. She is wearing a fur-hooded parka jacket and stands outside with flags in the background of the picture.

  20. Benjamin Sesko celebrates

  21. Two mugshots of Dudley Brennan on the left and Peter Weston on the right. Brennan has light hair which is shaved close to his head and has a serious look on his face. He has a light brown beard. Weston has brown short hair and stubble.

  22. The outside of a café with a colourful fascia featuring images of Old Trafford stadium. The boards advertise food and drink and read 'United Cafe Bar and Off Licence'.

  23. Three men stand on the 2026 BAFTA red carpet in black tuxedos. Each of the three hold a BAFTA award in the shape of a gold theatrical mask.