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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_4678,Creamfields,2026,Daresbury,Cheshire,no access,road,closure,traffic control,festival,traffic,temporary,sign,red,event,security,access,control,perimeter,restrictions,rural,Warrington,August Bank Holiday,music,dance festival,electronic,crowd,logistics,Police,drug,seizure,buried,closed,congestion,disruption,disrupted,jam,jams
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FC3TDH - . A red temporary 'NO ACCESS TO CREAMFIELDS' sign blocks a quiet Daresbury road ahead of the 2026 August Bank Holiday festival, a stark piece of traffic control associated with one of Britain's largest electronic-music events. Creamfields has occupied its Cheshire home since 2006 and the 2026 edition celebrates two decades at Daresbury. The event grew from the pioneering Liverpool Cream club night, established at Nation in 1992, while the first Creamfields festival took place in Winchester in 1998 before later editions at Liverpool Airfield. By the mid-2020s it had become a vast four-day camping and arena operation, with up to 80,000 visitors expected in 2026. The line-up mixes dance-music generations and genres: Calvin Harris, Swedish House Mafia, Disclosure, Armin van Buuren, Tiësto, Carl Cox, Fatboy Slim, Underworld, Becky Hill, Amelie Lens, Martin Garrix, Fisher, Andy C and many others appear across multiple stages and arenas. Access restrictions like this are essential because the site sits amid small villages, farms and narrow lanes not designed for festival-scale traffic. Temporary closures and speed limits are agreed with local authorities and police, while residents retain access to their homes and normal routes are diverted to designated entrances and parking. Security is another part of the picture. Days before the 2026 event, Cheshire Constabulary announced that specialist teams had found a sizeable cache of illegal drugs hidden and buried within the festival grounds, including ecstasy, MDMA, ketamine and nitrous oxide. The red sign therefore carries meanings of exclusion, safety, crowd control and perimeter security as well as simple navigation. For editorial use it can illustrate road closures, event policing, festival traffic, rural disruption, controlled access, emergency planning, mass gatherings and the temporary reshaping of everyday public space when global nightlife culture arrives in the Cheshire countryside.
Daresbury, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FC3TNT - . A blue temporary 'Creamfields pedestrians' direction sign beside traffic at Daresbury, Cheshire, guides people on foot during preparations for the 2026 August Bank Holiday dance-music festival. For a few days each year the rural road network between Warrington and Runcorn is reorganised around tens of thousands of visitors, with dedicated entrances, pedestrian routes, shuttle and coach arrivals, parking areas, road restrictions and extensive temporary wayfinding. Creamfields began in 1998 at the Matterley Estate near Winchester after growing out of Liverpool's celebrated Cream club culture, then used Liverpool Airfield before moving to Daresbury in 2006. The 2026 event celebrates 20 years at the Cheshire site and is expected to draw up to 80,000 fans. Its bill demonstrates the breadth of modern electronic music, from Calvin Harris, Swedish House Mafia, Disclosure, Armin van Buuren and Tiësto to Carl Cox, Becky Hill, Fatboy Slim, Underworld, Amelie Lens, Andy C and many newer house, techno, trance, hard-dance and drum-and-bass names. The sign was photographed in a week when security was also prominent: Cheshire Constabulary reported on 24 August that specialist searches had found ecstasy, MDMA, ketamine and around 204 nitrous-oxide canisters hidden or buried on the festival grounds. Police and event security operate a visible presence while local traffic measures are intended to protect residents and separate festival movements from normal village life. This image therefore works beyond a simple road-sign record. It illustrates pedestrian management, sustainable movement on foot, crowd safety, traffic segregation, event logistics, temporary public-realm design and the striking annual contrast between everyday Cheshire roads and the arrival of a globally known festival community. It is suited to stories about music tourism, festival infrastructure, policing, transport planning, local disruption and British summer event culture.
Daresbury, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_4653,Northwich Police Station,Cheshire Constabulary,police station,Chester Way,CW9,5EP,local,policing,public,safety,criminal,justice,police,estate,Northwich,Station,entrance,sign,secure,gates
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FC89A9 - . Northwich police station entrance sign and secure gates identifies Northwich Police Station on Chester Way, a Cheshire Constabulary facility serving the town and surrounding communities. Police stations are both operational workplaces and public symbols of the criminal-justice system, although many forces have changed their estates as reporting moves online and budgets concentrate staff in fewer hubs. Government information also lists the Northwich station as a Probation Service contact centre, showing how public buildings can support more than one part of the justice system. The secure gates, official crest and service vehicles create a clear editorial image for stories about local policing, crime, neighbourhood teams, arrests, public safety and justice services without depicting a particular incident. In the 2020s police forces continue to balance visible neighbourhood presence with specialist regional operations, digital investigation and pressure on resources. A dated photograph of a station entrance also records public-sector property, accessibility and branding that may change as estates are refurbished or consolidated. The photograph also fixes the appearance of the place in the mid-2020s, preserving details that may later disappear through redevelopment, rebranding or changes in regulation. It is suitable for editorial use on social history, local identity, consumer behaviour and the way everyday streets respond to wider economic forces. Because the photograph is tied to a specific date, it can later be compared with subsequent changes in signage, ownership, regulation, public use or the surrounding streetscape. It additionally captures ordinary material culture of 2026, including the graphic design, technology, clothing or infrastructure through which broader trends become visible at street level. The real-world setting gives editors precise period context for future archive use. Useful for dated UK editorial coverage.
Northwich Police Station, Chester Way, Northwich, Cheshire CW9 5EP, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FCG66C - . A Cheshire Constabulary sign marks the police presence in Northwich town centre. Police-station signage is a straightforward but useful visual reference for law enforcement, public safety and access to local services, especially as many British forces have rationalised estates, shared buildings or changed front-counter opening arrangements over recent decades. Cheshire Constabulary polices a large and varied area stretching from dense towns to rural communities, major roads and the motorway network, with Northwich serving the central Cheshire population. The image can support editorial themes ranging from neighbourhood policing and reporting crime to recruitment, public-sector budgets, custody and police-estate management. It also records how public institutions present themselves physically in a digital era when increasing numbers of reports, updates and enquiries are made online. The blue-and-white branding, crest and place name provide clear geographic context without requiring the presence of an individual officer or incident. The composition provides a grounded local illustration for stories that might otherwise rely only on generic stock imagery. Relevant search and editorial concepts include Northwich, Mid Cheshire, Cheshire West and Chester, town centre, Witton Street, River Weaver, salt town, regeneration, local history, public realm, high street, community, Cheshire. Useful descriptive vocabulary for archive discovery includes Cheshire, Constabulary, Northwich, police, station, sign, headquarters, policing, public, sector, emergency, services, community, safety, town, centre. The photograph is suitable for editorial, documentary, social-history, planning, business and local-news use where an identifiable real-world example is preferable to a generic illustration. It also provides a dated reference for future comparison, allowing researchers to see whether the premises, branding, public space or surrounding land use changed after August 2026.
Northwich Police Station, Northwich town centre, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EJ1202 - Carabinieri station in Taormina, Sicily, photographed in daylight with blue illuminated CARABINIERI lettering mounted above an arched stone entrance. A prominent roadside information sign displays the force's distinctive red, white and blue flaming grenade emblem, the local telephone number 0942 23105 and the Italian wording pronto intervento 112 , identifying the national European emergency number.
The station occupies a traditional warm-toned Sicilian building with a small metal balcony, decorative stonework and an ornate wall lantern. Tree branches provide shade around the sign, while the combination of historic architecture and modern official branding reflects the everyday presence of public services within Taormina's old urban centre. The station's official public-sector listing identifies its address as Piazza Badia 4, 98039 Taormina, in the Metropolitan City of Messina.
The Arma dei Carabinieri is Italy's national gendarmerie and forms part of the country's armed forces while also carrying out civilian policing duties. Local stations provide a visible point of contact for residents, businesses and visitors requiring assistance, reporting crime or seeking information. Their responsibilities include maintaining public order, crime prevention, emergency response and supporting security within local communities.
Taormina is one of Sicily's most heavily visited destinations, known for its historic streets, ancient Greek theatre, coastal views and proximity to Mount Etna. The presence of a centrally located Carabinieri office is therefore important both for the permanent population and the large number of domestic and international tourists visiting throughout the year. The photograph documents Italian policing, emergency services, civic infrastructure, tourist safety, government signage and public administration within a historic Mediterranean town.
Stazione Carabinieri, Piazza Badia 4, 98039 Taormina, Metropolitan City of Messina, Sicily, Italy
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Agrigento,IMG_0115,Questura di Agrigento,police,headquarters,crest,Sicily,Italy,law,enforcement,security,public,administration,government,official,emblem,provincial,State
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EJ11RN - . Questura di Agrigento police headquarters crest on a public building in Agrigento, Sicily, Italy. Photographed on 19 April 2026. The recorded location is Questura di Agrigento, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy. The official emblem and QUESTURA di AGRIGENTO lettering are displayed on a pale stone wall, marking the provincial headquarters of the Italian State Police. The close-up documentary image provides a clear visual identifier for reporting on policing, immigration administration, public order, criminal investigations, security policy and other matters handled through provincial police headquarters in Italy. The historical setting for community safety is that courts and police buildings are physical expressions of the justice system
Their entrances, crests and signs identify the institutions responsible for criminal and civil proceedings, public order and local administration. In the 2026 discussion of community safety, courts and policing remain closely linked to debate about access to justice, case backlogs, community safety, estate modernisation and public-service funding
Photographs of buildings and signs can illustrate the institutional setting without implying details of any individual case. Useful indexing vocabulary includes court building, sheriff court, law enforcement, public service, legal system, court access, judicial administration, criminal justice, civil justice, public sector estate, accessibility, court signage, IMG_0115, law, enforcement, and government. Seen through public sector estate, the earlier context is that courts and police buildings are physical expressions of the justice system
Their entrances, crests and signs identify the institutions responsible for criminal and civil proceedings, public order and local administration. A further layer of meaning comes from court building, sheriff court and law enforcement. The image also relates directly to sheriff court, law enforcement and public service.
Questura di Agrigento, Agrigento, Sicily, Italy
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E93471 - Multiple marked Cheshire Police cars are parked outside Warrington Police Station on Arpley Street in Warrington town centre, creating a clear documentary image of local policing, emergency response resources and police fleet presence in Cheshire. The vehicles carry high visibility blue, yellow and red battenburg markings, roof light bars and Cheshire Police branding, making them suitable for editorial use around police response, neighbourhood policing, public safety, crime prevention, emergency services, law enforcement, town centre policing and police visibility. The setting is the operational Warrington police station at Arpley Street, WA1 1LQ, a building also associated with the Museum of Policing in Cheshire, which is housed within the working police station and includes exhibits in the original cell block. Cheshire Police confirms that the museum is situated within the working police station on Arpley Street, while the museum's own visitor information describes it as a working police station and headquarters of the Warrington Division of Cheshire Constabulary. This makes the image useful for both current policing and police heritage stories. It can support articles about Cheshire Constabulary, police budgets, emergency service fleets, response times, local crime, community safety, safer neighbourhood teams, police estate management, public sector buildings, force visibility and operational readiness. The row of modern patrol vehicles against the older brick police station building also provides a useful contrast between historic policing infrastructure and contemporary emergency service operations. The image has strong local news value for Warrington, Cheshire and North West England, especially where a generic but identifiable police station or police car image is needed without showing identifiable officers or members of the public. It can also illustrate wider debates about police resources, vehicle procurement, visible patrols, road policing, confidence.
Multiple Cheshire Police cars assembled outside Warrington Police Station on Arpley Street in Warrin
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Keywords: Hotpixuk,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,ethnic,BME,community,police,Police Liaison Officer Notting Hill Carnival,London carnival policing,Notting Hill Carnival crowd control,UK police public order,community policing London,party,London,street festival,UK,summer,late,August,blue sky,sunny,weather,daylight,float,truck,street scene,warm,summer conditions,crowd,management,public order,peaceful crowds,engagement,box,junction,tabard,Westbourne Grove,Notting Hill,W2 5UB,keeping safe
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3CKYR4K - A rear view of a Police Liaison Officer wearing a high-visibility vest marked Police Liaison Officer while overseeing crowd movement during Notting Hill Carnival in West London. The image was taken in late summer, with strong daylight, blue sky and dry conditions typical of August weather in London.
In the background, large crowds of carnival-goers, event stewards and vehicles are visible, illustrating the scale and complexity of managing one of Europe's largest street festivals. Police liaison officers are deployed to act as a bridge between the police, event organisers and the public, focusing on communication, reassurance and de-escalation rather than enforcement.
Notting Hill Carnival is a major cultural event celebrating Caribbean heritage and London's diversity, attracting hundreds of thousands of visitors each year. Images such as this are commonly used editorially to illustrate themes of public order, community policing, major event management, urban safety and multicultural life in the UK capital.
112 Westbourne Grove, Notting Hill, London, W2 5UB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,255A9184,Police,Scotland,station,frontage,Oban,Argyll,Bute,community,public,services,local,information,event,civic
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F9CW3F - . Police Scotland station frontage in Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK. Photographed on 17 August 2025. Oban grew around a sheltered bay on Scotland's west coast and expanded in the nineteenth century with steamship traffic and the arrival of the railway in 1880. It remains a major gateway to the Inner Hebrides, with CalMac ferries, rail and road connections concentrated around the waterfront. Tourism, seafood, island travel and maritime services all contribute to the town's modern economy. For public service, the historical context is that police headquarters and stations record the administrative infrastructure behind everyday law enforcement
Buildings may change as forces consolidate estates, adopt new technology and move from traditional town-centre stations to larger operational hubs. Looking at station architecture, the longer history is that railways transformed British towns from the nineteenth century onwards, concentrating passenger movement around stations while creating new suburbs, goods yards and industrial connections
Station buildings, platforms, signals and rolling stock can date a transport scene as clearly as surrounding architecture. For public service, the 2026 context is that courts and policing remain closely linked to debate about access to justice, case backlogs, community safety, estate modernisation and public-service funding
Photographs of buildings and signs can help illustrate the institutional setting without implying details of any individual case. In 2026, station architecture remains relevant because rail reform, fares, accessibility and passenger information remain central issues as government develops the Great British Railways model
Photographs of stations, trains and earlier operating equipment can illustrate both current public transport and the rapid disappearance of previous brands and systems. Useful related concepts include court building, sheriff court, justice system, legal system, and court access.
Oban, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FA7XFC - Trafalgar House police station on Nelson Street in Bradford city centre, West Yorkshire, England, serving as the Bradford District Headquarters of West Yorkshire Police. The substantial modern building is faced in pale sandstone-coloured brick and carries a prominent West Yorkshire Police crest. Blue-framed windows, security fencing and matching railings reinforce the building's police identity, while a marked police vehicle is visible inside the secure compound. Dark storm clouds and an overcast Yorkshire sky provide a dramatic backdrop to this exterior view.
Trafalgar House is an important operational policing base for the Bradford district and houses Bradford Police Station and its public helpdesk. West Yorkshire Police provides policing across Bradford, Leeds, Wakefield, Kirklees and Calderdale, serving a large and diverse urban and rural population. The Bradford district includes the city and surrounding communities, with officers responsible for neighbourhood policing, emergency response, crime investigation, safeguarding, public protection, community safety and wider law-enforcement duties.
This editorial image can illustrate policing, criminal justice, law and order, emergency services, public-sector property, police infrastructure and civic architecture in Bradford and West Yorkshire. Its clearly visible force branding makes it suitable for news coverage involving police operations, crime statistics, public safety, police funding, recruitment, staffing, neighbourhood policing, criminal investigations, arrests and court cases. The secure perimeter, purpose-built architecture and police vehicle convey the practical role of the site as a working law-enforcement facility. Trafalgar House remains listed by West Yorkshire Police as Bradford Police Station and Bradford District Headquarters, providing a recognisable visual reference for policing and criminal justice stories connected with Bradford and northern England.
Trafalgar House, 58 Nelson Street, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD5 0DX, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FA7XFG - . West Yorkshire Police Bradford district headquarters at Trafalgar House. Photographed on 14 June 2024. The recorded location is Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. The building is shown as part of the city's police and public-service estate, providing an editorial image for policing, law enforcement, local public services, crime prevention, community safety and police administration. The urban setting also records the contemporary built environment of Bradford and the physical premises from which local police operations are managed. For the story of public service, it is useful to note that police headquarters and stations record the administrative infrastructure behind everyday law enforcement
Buildings may change as forces consolidate estates, adopt new technology and move from traditional town-centre stations to larger operational hubs. The historical setting for station architecture is that railways transformed British towns from the nineteenth century onwards, concentrating passenger movement around stations while creating new suburbs, goods yards and industrial connections
Station buildings, platforms, signals and rolling stock can date a transport scene as clearly as surrounding architecture. Seen through cityscape, the earlier context is that buildings are often the most durable evidence of former institutions and businesses
Brickwork, stonework, windows, entrances and signs can survive changes of ownership or use, allowing photography to document architectural style as well as the evolution of a street or district. For present-day public service, 2026 is significant because accessibility and clear public information are increasingly significant expectations for justice buildings
Ramp signs, bilingual wording and wayfinding can therefore illustrate inclusive design as well as law, courts and public administration. Its associated themes also include urban design, adaptive reuse, heritage building, and construction.
Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_6998,Bradford,Yorkshire,police,city,centre,UK,IMG,6998,West,headquarters,building
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FAFD6E - View of a major police building in Bradford city centre, West Yorkshire, beneath heavy grey skies. The large institutional structure forms part of the modern civic and public-service landscape of the city and provides a useful editorial image for stories involving policing, crime, public safety, police administration, city-centre services and public-sector estates. Bradford is one of the principal urban centres of West Yorkshire and has undergone substantial regeneration around its transport, retail and civic areas. The photograph can therefore also illustrate wider themes including public investment, city-centre redevelopment, architecture, urban planning and the changing use of large office buildings. The subdued weather and functional architecture give the scene a documentary character rather than a promotional one. Suitable for general editorial use where a recognisable Bradford law-enforcement or civic-building context is required without depicting an active incident. As a documentary street photograph, the scene is also useful for wider coverage of Bradford's changing economy and built environment, where Victorian industrial heritage, post-war redevelopment, modern offices, transport infrastructure and diverse community institutions sit close together. The image records a specific place without staging or advertising treatment and can support comparisons over time as buildings are refurbished, repurposed, demolished or redeveloped. It also offers regional context for stories about investment, employment, public services and the continuing regeneration of major northern English city centres.
Bradford city centre, West Yorkshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2T19PFD - Ask for Angela
The Met and the Mayor of London have joined together with Safer Sounds, part of the Safer Business Network, and licensed venues across the capital to help keep people safe while enjoying a night out.
The safety initiative ˜Ask for Angela' is being rolled out to bars, clubs and other licensed businesses across London and other cities. People who feel unsafe, vulnerable or threatened can discreetly seek help by approaching venue staff and asking them for ˜Angela'. This code-phrase will indicate to staff that they require help with their situation and a trained member of staff will then look to support and assist them. This might be through reuniting them with a friend, seeing them to a taxi, or by calling venue security and/or the police.
Venues that support ˜Ask for Angela' have been given Welfare And Vulnerability Engagement (WAVE) training. Delivered by the Met's licensing officers and Safer Sounds, it gives staff the ability to help customers who may be in a situation that makes them vulnerable or unsafe.
˜Ask for Angela' was originally developed by Lincolnshire County Council and adopted by the Met in 2016 as a localised initiative by its police licensing officers. The introduction of WAVE training in 2017 underpinned the delivery of Ask for Angela and more venues began to take on the initiative.
Organisations can receive WAVE training through the Safer Sounds Partnership or via their local licensing team. The training explores what vulnerability is, how to identify it and appropriate interventions. A range of online assets and webinars are available.
85 Hanover St, Liverpool, England, L1 3DY
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EFEG0Y - . West Midlands Police car reflected in the glass frontage of Birmingham New Street station, England, UK. Photographed on 2 October 2023. The recorded location is Birmingham New Street station, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK. The marked yellow and blue police vehicle is parked beside the station while the distinctive reflective facade creates a mirrored view above it. Major stations are regularly policed because of their high passenger numbers and importance as transport hubs. In relation to law enforcement, historical context shows that courts and police buildings are physical expressions of the justice system
Their entrances, crests and signs identify the institutions responsible for criminal and civil proceedings, public order and local administration. For the story of AA, it is useful to note that road accidents and damaged vehicles are part of the history of road safety, prompting improvements in vehicle design, seat belts, speed management, emergency response and highway engineering. The historical setting for rail heritage is that stations are both functional transport interchanges and pieces of civic architecture
Their canopies, footbridges, booking halls, signal boxes and signage reveal how passenger expectations and railway technology changed from steam-era operation to today's increasingly digital network. As of 2026, the position for law enforcement is that courts and policing remain closely linked to debate about access to justice, case backlogs, community safety, estate modernisation and public-service funding
Photographs of buildings and signs can illustrate the institutional setting without implying details of any individual case. For present-day AA, 2026 is significant because road safety remains a major policy concern , while modern vehicles add sophisticated driver-assistance systems without eliminating collisions or the need for recovery services.
Birmingham New Street station, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RH8AGB - . Blue Badge of West Riding Constabulary, North Yorkshire, England, UK,. Photographed on 13 August 2023, this summer image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is West Riding, Yorkshire, England, UK, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Yorkshire, polis, police, force, division, divisional, Laburnum Road, north, Wakefield, badges, royal, logo, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The photograph can also support future before-and-after use if the building, business, service, streetscape, transport operation or public space is later altered, redeveloped, rebranded or closed. For search and editorial use, the image is relevant to the named location, local identity, contemporary Britain, regional tourism, urban life, community activity and the changing appearance of towns and cities. Additional relevant search concepts include North Yorkshire, policing, old, plaque, crest, crests, broadening discoverability while remaining tied to the supplied subject information. The composition retains practical contextual detail for news, feature, documentary, educational and historical use.
West Riding, Yorkshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RGHXBH - . IRA, RAAD will be back, graffiti in a lane, off Meenan Square, Bogside area, Derry, Northern Ireland, UK, BT48. Photographed on 20 June 2023, this summer image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Meenan Square, Bogside area, Derry, Northern Ireland, UK, BT48, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Northern Ireland, Irish, Ireland, BT48, IRA, graffiti, Republican, community, Catholic, Catholics, continuity, leak, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Prominent wording, signage, posters, logos or other graphic material gives the photograph additional documentary value because it records how an organisation, campaign, business or place communicated with the public at that moment. Text and branding visible in a streetscape can be especially useful for editorial comparison after rebranding, closure, redevelopment or policy change. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The photograph can also support future before-and-after use if the building, business, service, streetscape, transport operation or public space is later altered, redeveloped, rebranded or closed.
Meenan Square, Bogside area, Derry, Northern Ireland, UK, BT48
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RGHXBK - The Irish National Liberation Army (INLA, Irish: Arm Saoirse Náisiúnta na hÉireann) is an Irish republican socialist paramilitary group formed on 10 December 1974, during the 30-year period of conflict known as the Troubles. The group seeks to remove Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom and create a socialist republic encompassing all of Ireland. With membership estimated at 80“100 at their peak, it is the paramilitary wing of the Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP).
The INLA was founded by former members of the Official Irish Republican Army who opposed that group's ceasefire. It was initially known as the People's Liberation Army or People's Republican Army. The INLA waged a paramilitary campaign against the British Army and Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) in Northern Ireland. It was also active to a lesser extent in the Republic of Ireland, Great Britain and mainland Europe. High-profile attacks carried out by the INLA include the Droppin Well bombing, the 1994 Shankill Road killings and the assassinations of Airey Neave in 1979 and Billy Wright in 1997. However, it was smaller and less active than the main republican paramilitary group, the Provisional IRA. It was also weakened by feuds and internal tensions. Members of the group used the covernames People's Liberation Army, People's Republican Army, and Catholic Reaction Force[8] for attacks its volunteers carried out but the INLA did not want to claim responsibility for. The INLA became a proscribed group in the United Kingdom on 3 July 1979 under the 1974 Prevention of Terrorism Act.
After a 24-year armed campaign, the INLA declared a ceasefire on 22 August 1998. In August 1999, it stated that There is no political or moral argument to justify a resumption of the campaign. In October 2009, the INLA formally vowed to pursue its aims through peaceful political means and began decommissioning its weapons.
Durrow Park / Pairc Dharu , Bogside, Derry, Northern Ireland, UK, BT48 9HA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RGHXBP - . RUC scum not welcome, anti-PSNI graffiti, Strand Road neighbourhood - Durrow Park, Bogside, Derry, Northern Ireland, UK, BT48 9HA. Photographed on 20 June 2023, this summer image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Durrow Park / Pairc Dharu , Bogside, Derry, Northern Ireland, UK, BT48 9HA, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Northern Ireland, Irish, Ireland, BT48, RUC, not, trusted, police, service, data, breach, danger, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Prominent wording, signage, posters, logos or other graphic material gives the photograph additional documentary value because it records how an organisation, campaign, business or place communicated with the public at that moment. Text and branding visible in a streetscape can be especially useful for editorial comparison after rebranding, closure, redevelopment or policy change. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The photograph can also support future before-and-after use if the building, business, service, streetscape, transport operation or public space is later altered, redeveloped, rebranded or closed.
Durrow Park / Pairc Dharu , Bogside, Derry, Northern Ireland, UK, BT48 9HA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RGHXBY - . PSNI in the pocket of Sinn Fein, Destroying the Loyalist Community, sign in Pine St,Ebrington district of Londonderry, Northern Ireland, UK, ,BT47 6EJ. Photographed on 20 June 2023, this summer image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Pine St, Ebrington , Londonderry, BT47 6EJ, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Northern Ireland, Irish, Ireland, RUC, not, trusted, police, service, data, breach, danger, putting, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The wording and graphic design are important parts of the image, preserving contemporary language, typography, branding or campaigning material that may later disappear or change. Prominent wording, signage, posters, logos or other graphic material gives the photograph additional documentary value because it records how an organisation, campaign, business or place communicated with the public at that moment. Text and branding visible in a streetscape can be especially useful for editorial comparison after rebranding, closure, redevelopment or policy change. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The scene contributes a specific, place-based record rather than a generic illustration.
Pine St, Ebrington , Londonderry, BT47 6EJ
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Keywords: Warrington,town,centre,WA1,Cheshire,England,English,UK,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,Arpley Street,WA1 1LQ,polis,constabulary,law,and,order,vehicle,police car,response,rapid,cuts,numbers,of,police,staff,constable,constables,local,crime,county,reduction,clearup,KPIs,data,security,public,safety,how safe are,John Dwyer
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RHH6G7 - Cheshire Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the English unitary authorities of Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Borough of Halton and Borough of Warrington. The force is responsible for policing an area of 946 square miles (2,450 km2) with a population of approximately 1 million.
Chief Constable Mark Roberts was appointed in 2021. The deputy chief constable is Julie Cooke, appointed in April 2019
The incumbent Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner is John Dwyer, appointed in May 2021. Dwyer previously held the post from November 2012 to May 2016. From May 2016 until May 2021, David Keane held the office. The police and crime commissioner is scrutinised by the Cheshire Police and Crime Panel, made up of elected councillors from the local authorities in the police area. Before November 2012, the Cheshire Police Authority was the police governance.
Arpley St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1LQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RHH6GF - Cheshire Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the English unitary authorities of Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Borough of Halton and Borough of Warrington. The force is responsible for policing an area of 946 square miles (2,450 km2) with a population of approximately 1 million.
Chief Constable Mark Roberts was appointed in 2021. The deputy chief constable is Julie Cooke, appointed in April 2019
The incumbent Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner is John Dwyer, appointed in May 2021. Dwyer previously held the post from November 2012 to May 2016. From May 2016 until May 2021, David Keane held the office. The police and crime commissioner is scrutinised by the Cheshire Police and Crime Panel, made up of elected councillors from the local authorities in the police area. Before November 2012, the Cheshire Police Authority was the police governance.
Arpley St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1LQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R39XX3 - Staying safe from terrorism - More at https://www.met.police.uk/advice/advice-and-information/t/terrorism-in-the-uk/staying-safe-from-terrorism/
The threat of terrorism in the UK is real, but with a little knowledge you can increase your safety and help protect yourself against a terrorist attack. Find out below how to stay safe when you're out and about and how to report any suspicious behaviour that could be connected to terrorism.
What you can do
Communities defeat terrorism. We need the help and support of individuals, businesses and communities across the UK to remain alert and maintain the safety and security of those places where we live, work and socialise.
If you see or hear something unusual or suspicious, trust your instincts and ACT (Action Counters Terrorism) by reporting possible terrorist activity in confidence. Any piece of information could be important, so it's better to be safe and report anything you see. You can help the police prevent terrorism and save lives.
Crowded places, events, public transport, and iconic locations throughout the country are some examples of locations that could be potential targets for terrorists.
You're familiar with your workplace and surrounding area, so you're ideally placed to spot when something is amiss. In this period of heightened alert, it is vital to remain vigilant, trust your instincts and report possible terrorist activity to the police.
Look for anything that seems out of the ordinary, such as:
people in stationary vehicles watching a building or structure
vehicles moving slowly near public buildings, structures or bridges, or parked in suspicious circumstances
people using recording equipment, including camera phones, or seen making notes or sketches of security details
someone suspicious paying close attention to specific entry and exit points, stairwells, hallways or fire escapes
people loitering at or near premises for long periods and watching staff, visitors and deliveries for no reason
Brick Lane, London, England, GB, E1 6QL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R5PNFB - This image shows an electronic roadside speed indicator sign on Bellhouse Lane in Grappenhall, near Warrington in Cheshire. The sign displays the message Your Speed 37 followed by Slow Down , indicating that a passing vehicle is exceeding the 30 mph speed limit in this residential area.
Speed indicator devices of this type are widely used across the United Kingdom as part of traffic calming and road safety initiatives. Unlike enforcement cameras, they provide immediate visual feedback to drivers, highlighting excessive speed and encouraging behavioural change without issuing penalties. When drivers exceed the limit, warning messages such as Slow Down are triggered to reinforce compliance.
The photograph captures a car passing the sign with visible motion blur, emphasising the contrast between the digital warning and real-world driving behaviour. Installed on a tree-lined suburban road, the sign reflects local authority efforts to improve safety for residents, pedestrians, and other road users.
Photographed in daylight, the image is well suited to editorial use covering road safety, speed management, transport policy, residential traffic issues, community safety schemes, and the use of technology to influence driver behaviour on UK roads.
Bellhouse Lane, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PHEJHF - No seatbelt a factor in 30% of UK road deaths in 2021
Some 1558 people lost their lives in crashes last year, up from 1460 in pre-pandemic 2019
New statistics released by the UK government have revealed that the number of road fatalities increased by 7% year on year in 2021, with 1558 people losing their lives in crashes.
The figure is up from 1460 deaths in 2020, when Covid-related restrictions heavily impacted levels of traffic on UK roads, but down 11% on pre-pandemic 2019, largely because numbers in 2021 were also kept down by lockdowns.
Some 128,209 casualties of varying severity occurred in 2021, which was down 16% on 2019, equating to 425 casualties per billion miles - also a drop from 2019.
The figures also revealed that pedal cyclist fatalities dropped by 21%, following an increase in 2020, associated with the pandemic. However, the number of cyclist casualties slightly increased by around 1%.
While the overall number of road deaths is down on pre-pandemic levels, the fatality rate per billion miles driven has increased, suggesting little progress is being made in making our roads safer, said Simon Williams, the RAC's spokesman on road safety.
We urge the government to publish its updated road-safety plan, which focuses on both improving car safety “ including mandating technology such as intelligent speed assist in new cars “ as well as measures to tackle poor driving standards and illegal behaviour behind the wheel.
A deeper dive into the figures showed that not wearing a seatbelt contributed to 30% of road deaths in 2021, a figure that increased to 47% at night.
The Department for Transport said that 34% of men killed in car accidents weren't wearing a seatbelt, compared with 20% of women.
The statistics also showed that people aged between 17 and 29 were the most likely to lose their life when not wearing a seatbelt, making up 40% of the overall figure.
Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England,UK, WA4
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,in,York city,centre,North Yorks,England,UK,YO1,city,force,local,team,statistics,statistic,crime,clean,up,rate,York and North East Yorkshire Police,York & North East Yorkshire Police,northern,Northallerton,NYP,punishment,rates,North,Yorkshire,police,and,commissioner,Philip Allott,the,murder,of,Sarah Everard,Abuse,enquiry,grooming gangs
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K7NBMT - North Yorkshire Police is the territorial police force covering the non-metropolitan county of North Yorkshire and the unitary authority of York in northern England. As of September 2018 the force had a strength of 1,357 police officers, 127 special constables, 192 PCSOs and 1,072 police staff. Of the 43 territorial police forces in England and Wales, the force has the 5th largest geographic area of responsibility whilst being the 15th smallest force in terms of police officer numbers
The force was formed on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, and was largely a successor to the York and North East Yorkshire Police, also taking part of the old West Riding Constabulary's area. The York and North East Yorkshire Police had covered the North Riding of Yorkshire, the East Riding of Yorkshire and the county borough of York
it was itself formed in 1968 from a merger of the two riding forces with the York City Police
In July 2017, the force's headquarters was moved from Newby Wiske to Alverton Court in Northallerton. The new headquarters is the former offices of the Rural Payments Agency
Since November 2012, the force has been overseen by the elected North Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner. Since 2018, this role has also included oversight of the North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service. In October 2021, the incumbent commissioner Philip Allott resigned following comments surrounding the murder of Sarah Everard
York city centre, North Yorks, England, UK, YO1
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,town centre,England,UK,centre,police,polis,Cycle Thieves,thief,bicycles,We are watching,you,bikes,in this area,are,and,&,marking,crime,crimes,bicycle,Cheshire Constabulary,Warrington,WA4,on,the,increase,lucrative,from,Protect your bike,mark,insure,secure,double lock,register,frame number
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTNA7N - . Recorded at Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 in 2022, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The defining feature is Cycle Thieves - We are watching you sign, Warrington town centre, initiative with Cheshire Constabulary, England, UK, WA1. The wider scene also brings together historic townscape, navigation engineering, historic narrowboat, changing land use, period detail, public realm, mixed-use redevelopment, before-and-after reference, working waterway, historical comparison, commercial redevelopment, boat museum collection, industrial waterway history, and heritage boating. Today's relevance is strengthened by biodiversity, heritage conservation and the continuing question of the value of canals as both historic infrastructure and blue-green corridors. From a 2025-onward perspective, planning and commercial viability are closely linked to this subject, alongside the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition. For later comparison, the photograph preserves landscape treatment and surrounding development at Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4, details that may look very different after changing commercial priorities. The subject also sits alongside architectural character, social history, contemporary social history, heritage-led regeneration, everyday life, industrial navigation, period architecture, and canal heritage. References to Thieves, watching, initiative, Cycle, and centre give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The period setting at Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The period view preserves evidence of earlier appearance within the wider story of Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4.
Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,festival,drugs,abuse,closed,no access,music,Daresbury,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4,road,blocked,off,problem,illegal,parking,camping,tow,away,zone,festivals,disruption,closures,Warringtonians,dance,DJ,gig,ticket,tickets,touts,profiting,buried,police,policing,dealing,dealers
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTD3PF - . This dated editorial view of the recorded location in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The defining feature is Closed, No access to creamfields sign, Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4. The broader subject matter reaches into passenger information, local bus network, changing land use, roadside transit, bus infrastructure, period detail, cultural branding, local music culture, bus route infrastructure, Beatles memorabilia, public realm, music tourism, local character, and surface public transport. Today's relevance is strengthened by accessibility, reliability and the continuing question of how local bus services affect access to work, education and healthcare. From a 2025-onward perspective, music tourism and cultural heritage are closely linked to this subject, alongside how popular music is reused in hospitality and tourism branding. The image fixes period objects and surrounding context within the recorded location at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against different community use. A second descriptive layer includes place identity, historical comparison, contemporary social history, visual archive, music-themed hospitality, cultural nostalgia, passenger transport, and social history. Details involving creamfields, Closed, Daresbury, and access make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The period setting at the recorded location helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The setting also helps illustrate accessibility and how local bus services affect access to work, education and healthcare without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. The period view preserves a local visual benchmark for future local research. The view records a point of historical comparison before later change alters the scene.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,crime,punishment,Police,issue,and,professional,BDSM,handcuffs,hand cuffs,lock,arrest,for,sale,quickcuffs,serious,escape,cuffs,equipment,criminal,force,jail,metropolitan,locked,up,locking,key,submission,shackles,Fifty Shades of Grey,steel,pain,restraints,dominatrix,polis
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JWB56B - . This location-specific image from the recorded location in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. At the centre of the view is Police and BDSM TCH handcuffs and restraint equipment. The broader subject matter reaches into changing streetscape, everyday life, working waterway, canal transport, documentary photography, inland navigation, navigation engineering, period detail, towpath landscape, visual archive, contemporary social history, local character, community identity, and waterway conservation. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with biodiversity, waterway maintenance and how museum collections preserve working waterway history. For later comparison, the photograph preserves transport arrangements and footfall at the recorded location, details that may look very different after changing commercial priorities. The photograph additionally reflects regional identity, historic narrowboat, changing land use, industrial navigation, waterborne freight, local history, heritage boating, and canal heritage. Details involving equipment, restraint, handcuffs, and Police make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. For the recorded location, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. Another strand within the photograph is biodiversity and the transition from freight transport to leisure and heritage use without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. The setting also helps illustrate public access and the transition from freight transport to leisure and heritage use in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. It also preserves details of everyday use as a date-specific reference.
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Keywords: HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Dial,rotary telephone dial,emergency calls,for fire,Police,ambulance,rotary,phone,telephone,dial,for,tales,Kent,Unesco,World Heritage Site,city,centre,seven,communication,post office,telephones,GPO,BT,OpenReach,old,fashioned,call,calls,Dial M for murder,heritage,past,antiques,relic,relics,curio,curios
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JP9HT7 - . Photographed at Canterbury, Kent, UK in 2022, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The subject captured here is Rotary telephone dial, Emergency Calls, for Fire, Police, Ambulance, Dial 999, Canterbury 7. The subject also carries associations with changing streetscape, philatelic material, historic postage, postal artefact, community identity, period detail, stamp design, everyday life, changing land use, place identity, social history, national postal identity, postal graphic design, and philatelic collecting. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into digital communication and declining letter volumes, not least because of the continuing collector interest in discontinued states, currencies and postal systems. Small period details of signage and branding at Canterbury, Kent, UK may become more significant with time, particularly following changed technology. The surrounding story also includes public realm, commemorative issue, postal ephemera, historical comparison, local character, used postage stamp, local history, and postal history. Details involving telephone, Police, Ambulance, Emergency, and Canterbury make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. A later view of Canterbury, Kent, UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The setting also helps illustrate digital communication and how stamps condense politics, art and national identity into a small printed object in a form that can be compared with future views of Canterbury, Kent, UK. The image also provides a reference for digital communication and the usefulness of postmarks and denominations for dating everyday correspondence within the real-world context of Canterbury, Kent, UK.
Canterbury, Kent, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K148PB - Cheshire Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the English unitary authorities of Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Borough of Halton and Borough of Warrington. The force is responsible for policing an area of 946 square miles (2,450 km2) with a population of approximately 1 million.
Chief Constable Mark Roberts was appointed in 2021. The deputy chief constable is Julie Cooke, appointed in April 2019
101 Arpley St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1LQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JEKR8Y - . Photographed at 101 Arpley St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1LQ in 2022, this detailed editorial image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The location is represented through Warrington Police Station - 101 Arpley St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1LQ. The setting additionally reflects train operations, pedestrian environment, transport interchange, changing streetscape, regional rail, passenger railway, freight wagon, railway heritage, period detail, urban social history, city-centre activity, urban change, local history, and local character. For current editorial use, regional connectivity and rail reform provide additional context, especially through the balance between railway heritage and network modernisation. Current relevance extends to regeneration and local identity, particularly through the relationship between public space and local social life. Small period details of landscape treatment and surrounding development at 101 Arpley St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1LQ may become more significant with time, particularly following new ownership. The wider setting retains connections with industrial railway heritage, rail corridor, townscape record, place identity, contemporary city life, community life, trackside history, and everyday street life. References to Station, Arpley, and Police give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. For 101 Arpley St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1LQ, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The wider significance includes regional connectivity and the continuing importance of rail to regional connectivity within the real-world context of 101 Arpley St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1LQ.
101 Arpley St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1LQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AYHJHA - The Marine Policing Unit (MPU), formerly known as Thames Division, is a Met Operations branch of London's Metropolitan Police Service. Its forerunner, the Marine Police Force, was England's first recognised preventive police unit.
The MPU is headquartered on Wapping High Street, in the east of the city, from where it operates a fleet of vessels responsible for policing the River Thames within Greater London.
Today the MPU is responsible for waterborne policing of the 47 miles of the Thames between Hampton Court in the west and Dartford Creek in the east. Above Hampton Court, Surrey Police have responsibility for policing but a launch is supplied by the Environment Agency. Below Dartford Creek, responsibility lies with both Essex Police and Kent Police, who have combined forces and formed a joint marine unit, with Kent based at Sheerness and Essex based at Burnham-on-Crouch.
Wapping police station (left) and pier
Based at a police station on Wapping High Street and with 22 vessels at its disposal, the MPU also provides support to the rest of the Metropolitan Police and to the City of London Police when dealing with incidents in or around any waterway in London. A specialist underwater and confined-spaces search team carries out searches throughout the Metropolitan Police District. The unit also has 24 officers who are trained in rope access techniques and trained to carry out searches and counter demonstrator operations at height.
Wapping Police Pontoon London
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AGT343 - More at http://www.stocktonheathpc.org.uk/police.html
In the early 1800 (1805 “ 1808 ˜ish) a house stood at the corner of London Road and Walton Road which was the home of Edward Fenna and his family who was the Parish Constable. Outside the house were the Parish Stocks (removed 1850). The house was called the Stone Jug . Fenna would not have had a uniform and was unpaid for the work he did, which was not a lot. He would walk the streets with a lantern at night and have a rattle for attracting attention. He did get paid expenses for duties such as relief of the poor, flogging people and putting people in the stocks, etc.
In 1864 a single storey building was built on the existing site and there was one Sergeant and one PC for the village. The area outside the Police Station (Victoria Square) was called ˜Pigeon Bank' and belonged to the Police Station. Every year the fairground from Warrington (Silcocks) would stop at Stockton Heath on their way to Stoke. With the permission of Sgt. Norris they set up their tents, Dobbie horses (roundabouts), Coconut Shy's etc. It is recorded that one year Sgt. Norris' son who was ˜of age' (over 12 generally) came out of the Police Station, jumped on a Dobbie Horse and broke it.
In 1911 that Police Station was closed and demolished with a new Police Station opening the following year. The dates are to be seen on the headers of the drainpipes.
The new Station incorporated a Magistrate's Court and living quarters for the Inspector. Gas lamps, some of which can still be seen in the cells, illuminated the Police Station. The Inspector's house that was the area now used by the writing room, gents toilet and kitchen and upstairs the waiting room toilets and Court two. The Inspector's daughter who lived until recently in Stockton Heath recalled that her bedroom was the Court Waiting Room. After she came home from school she would have to clean and polish the Court floors for no payment.
Outside the Police Station on the side where the
Grappenhall Rd, Stockton Heath, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2AF
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ABJGDC - A police box is a public telephone kiosk or callbox for the use of members of the police, or for members of the public to contact the police. It was used in the United Kingdom throughout the 20th century from the early 1920s. Unlike an ordinary callbox, its telephone was located behind a hinged door so it could be used from the outside, and the interior of the box was, in effect, a miniature police station for use by police officers to read and fill in reports, take meal breaks and even temporarily hold detainees until the arrival of transport. 1929 Gilbert Mackenzie Trench design
The blue police box is often associated with the science fiction television programme Doctor Who, in which the protagonist's time machine, a TARDIS, is externally disguised as a 1960s British police box.
The BBC science-fiction television series Doctor Who features a time machine, the TARDIS, disguised as a Mackenzie Trench-style police box. In the show, although a TARDIS is normally capable of disguising itself to blend into its surroundings, the ship's chameleon circuit broke down in England in 1963, and left the TARDIS seen most often in the show stuck as a police box, except for a brief period in one adventure seen in 1985. Doctor Who was originally broadcast from 1963 to 1989
as police boxes were phased out in the 1970s, over time the image of the blue police box became associated as much with Doctor Who as with the police. In 1996, the BBC applied for a trademark to use the blue police box design in merchandising associated with Doctor Who. In 1998, the Metropolitan Police filed an objection to the trademark claim, maintaining that they owned the rights to the police box image. In 2002, the Patent Office ruled in favour of the BBC, arguing that there was no evidence that the Metropolitan Police”or any other police force”had ever registered the image as a trademark. In addition, the BBC had been selling merchandise based on the image for over three decades without complaint
Merchant City,Glasgow,Scotland,UK, G1 1TX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ABJGDG - A police box is a public telephone kiosk or callbox for the use of members of the police, or for members of the public to contact the police. It was used in the United Kingdom throughout the 20th century from the early 1920s. Unlike an ordinary callbox, its telephone was located behind a hinged door so it could be used from the outside, and the interior of the box was, in effect, a miniature police station for use by police officers to read and fill in reports, take meal breaks and even temporarily hold detainees until the arrival of transport. 1929 Gilbert Mackenzie Trench design
The blue police box is often associated with the science fiction television programme Doctor Who, in which the protagonist's time machine, a TARDIS, is externally disguised as a 1960s British police box.
The BBC science-fiction television series Doctor Who features a time machine, the TARDIS, disguised as a Mackenzie Trench-style police box. In the show, although a TARDIS is normally capable of disguising itself to blend into its surroundings, the ship's chameleon circuit broke down in England in 1963, and left the TARDIS seen most often in the show stuck as a police box, except for a brief period in one adventure seen in 1985. Doctor Who was originally broadcast from 1963 to 1989
as police boxes were phased out in the 1970s, over time the image of the blue police box became associated as much with Doctor Who as with the police. In 1996, the BBC applied for a trademark to use the blue police box design in merchandising associated with Doctor Who. In 1998, the Metropolitan Police filed an objection to the trademark claim, maintaining that they owned the rights to the police box image. In 2002, the Patent Office ruled in favour of the BBC, arguing that there was no evidence that the Metropolitan Police”or any other police force”had ever registered the image as a trademark. In addition, the BBC had been selling merchandise based on the image for over three decades without complaint
Merchant City,Glasgow,Scotland,UK, G1 1TX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2A6YWDT - MIKE Amesbury is calling for an urgent investigation into flooding which hit Northwich over the weekend. The town's MP spent Sunday at the scene along with Environment Agency staff, speaking to residents and businesses who had been impacted by the flooding.
He has now written to the Environment Agency and Environment Secretary Theresa Villiers calling for an urgent probe into the flooding. Waitrose car park was flooded.
Mike said: This has had a devastating impact on many local residents and it's clear questions need to be answered about what happened.
Environment Agency and council staff on the ground did a fantastic job at the scene, but in terms of the wider picture we need to know how this happened so we can ensure it doesn't happen again.
Flood defences were put to the test in July 2018.
New £7m defences were installed in June 2017, after costly floods hit the town centre “ which sits at the the confluence of the rivers Weaver and Dane “ in 2000 and again in 2012.
While the first phase of demountable barriers was put up on Friday night, Waitrose car park and Dane Street flooded on Saturday “ with photos showing drains in the road struggling to cope.
More at https://www.northwichguardian.co.uk/news/17997547.questions-need-answered-town-centre-flooding/ Waitrose car park, Dane Street, the subway and lower Witton Street are among the areas affected.
Hayhurst Quay marina was evacuated, with a 65-year-old man rescued from the water overnight and another man taken to hospital with suspected hypothermia.
Chester Way, Northwich,Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2A6YWE3 - MIKE Amesbury is calling for an urgent investigation into flooding which hit Northwich over the weekend. The town's MP spent Sunday at the scene along with Environment Agency staff, speaking to residents and businesses who had been impacted by the flooding.
He has now written to the Environment Agency and Environment Secretary Theresa Villiers calling for an urgent probe into the flooding. Waitrose car park was flooded.
Mike said: This has had a devastating impact on many local residents and it's clear questions need to be answered about what happened.
Environment Agency and council staff on the ground did a fantastic job at the scene, but in terms of the wider picture we need to know how this happened so we can ensure it doesn't happen again.
Flood defences were put to the test in July 2018.
New £7m defences were installed in June 2017, after costly floods hit the town centre “ which sits at the the confluence of the rivers Weaver and Dane “ in 2000 and again in 2012.
While the first phase of demountable barriers was put up on Friday night, Waitrose car park and Dane Street flooded on Saturday “ with photos showing drains in the road struggling to cope.
More at https://www.northwichguardian.co.uk/news/17997547.questions-need-answered-town-centre-flooding/ Waitrose car park, Dane Street, the subway and lower Witton Street are among the areas affected.
Hayhurst Quay marina was evacuated, with a 65-year-old man rescued from the water overnight and another man taken to hospital with suspected hypothermia.
Chester Way, Northwich,Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AERR3D - . This documentary view of the recorded location in 2019 captures the subject within its actual surroundings, preserving a dated piece of visual history rather than an isolated object study. The location is represented through Dr Who,Police box,Tardis,Glasgow,city centre, Scotland,UK,dusk,early evening. The scene additionally carries associations with everyday life, treatment access, urban mobility, historic context, road transport, period detail, workplace protection, place identity, motor traffic, contemporary social history, patient care, public-health provision, historical comparison, and public realm. The present-day relevance extends to treatment access and service funding, while a wider concern is how regulation and service pressure affect everyday places. Current discussion around this subject increasingly includes active travel alongside maintenance, with particular attention to how road layouts influence local access and development. With the passage of time, the photograph anchors the visual character of the locality at the time at the recorded site in the recorded location. Further connections include public healthcare, regional identity, highway infrastructure, building safety, roadside environment, local character, documentary photography, and before-and-after reference. Details involving evening, centre, Glasgow, Tardis, and Police give the scene useful specificity and strengthen its local, cultural or historical identity. The period setting at the recorded location helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Its period value extends to treatment access and the relationship between public policy and frontline safety when considered against later change at the recorded location. The photograph keeps period character for future local research. The record includes a trace of local identity before later change alters the scene.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2DAPRB0 - Raymond Anthony Codling was an Inspector with Greater Manchester Police who was murdered at Birch Services on the M62 motorway near Heywood, Greater Manchester, in 1989.
In the early hours of 14 September 1989, Codling, aged 49, in company with Sergeant James Bowden, 45, arrived at Birch motorway services between junctions 18 and 19, westbound, on the M62, looking for a white van, the details for which had been circulated by radio. The officers saw a motorcyclist, whom they approached, and he provided them with his details, which later proved to be false. A short time later they saw the man again, acting suspiciously, and the two officers approached him.
Bowden noticed that the man had a large knife in his belt and was holding his right hand inside his jacket. Bowden attempted to seize the knife but the man pulled back and drew out a 9 mm pistol. The man fired almost immediately at Bowden, but he escaped injury as the bullet was fired across his body and was deflected by the thick leather cover of his notebook in a breast pocket. The man then shot Codling in the chest
as he laid on the ground injured, a second shot was fired at Codling, killing him. Bowden attempted to give chase but was hit by a gunshot in the leg and was forced to take cover
he later recovered from emergency surgery. The suspect escaped.
After a manhunt, the gunman, later identified as Anthony Hughes from Baguley, was traced to a garage in Kendray, South Yorkshire. When officers entered they found Hughes' body
he had killed himself with the same gun used in the attack on Codling and Bowden. No motive was ever established for the attack, except that Hughes had previously carried out a series of armed robberies, had served 15 years in prison for a string of violent offences, and had indicated his desire to kill a police officer following an earlier court appearance for a minor offence for which he was fined.
In 1991, a memorial to Codling was unveiled at the place of his death
M62 eastbound between Junction 18 and 19, Heywood OL10 2QH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AG9CMH - . Made at South Way, London, HA9 0WS in 2019, this photograph records a real place and subject in context, allowing later viewers to compare what has survived, changed, closed, moved or been replaced. The defining feature is MCFC,Manchester City,Manchester City Football Club vs Chelsea,Carabao cup final 24/02/2019 Wembley stadium, London, England, UK - Feb2019. The setting also relates to social history, historical comparison, changing land use, visual archive, football tourism, historic context, changing streetscape, sporting landmark, regional identity, fan culture, everyday life, professional football, match-day economy, and place identity. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject sits within continuing debate about stadium redevelopment, community identity and how football grounds become landmarks in their own right. For local-history research, the image retains evidence of how the subject fitted into ordinary life within South Way, London, HA9 0WS. Further connections include local character, club branding, archival record, football heritage, documentary photography, period detail, spectator sport, and local history. Elements such as Carabao, Wembley, Football, Chelsea, and final add documentary specificity and may become more useful when compared with later records. For South Way, London, HA9 0WS, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The location additionally provides evidence of stadium redevelopment and how football grounds become landmarks in their own right in a form that can be compared with future views of South Way, London, HA9 0WS. A further contemporary connection is community identity and how football grounds become landmarks in their own right within the real-world context of South Way, London, HA9 0WS. The scene captures a local visual benchmark as a date-specific reference.
South Way, London, HA9 0WS
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PE1J49 - A police box is a public phone.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>telephone kiosk or callbox for the use of members of the police, or for members of the public to contact the police. It was used in the United Kingdom throughout the 20th century from the early 1920s. Unlike an ordinary callbox, its telephone was located behind a hinged door so it could be used from the outside, and the interior of the box was, in effect, a miniature police station for use by police officers to read and fill in reports, take meal breaks and even temporarily hold prisoners until the arrival of transport.
Police boxes predate the era of mobile telecommunications
now members of the British police carry two-way radios and mobile phones rather than relying on fixed kiosks. Most boxes are now disused or have been withdrawn from service.
The typical police box contained a telephone linked directly to the local police station, allowing patrolling officers to keep in contact with the station, reporting anything unusual or requesting help if necessary. A light on top of the box would flash to alert an officer that they were requested to contact the station. Members of the public could also use the phone to contact a police station in an emergency or, in the case of the Metropolitan Police, for assistance with any matter normally within the purview of the police.
Police boxes were usually blue, with the most notable exception being Glasgow, where they were red until the late 1960s. In addition to a telephone, they contained equipment such as an incident book, a fire extinguisher and a first aid kit.
The blue police box is often associated with the science fiction television programme Doctor Who, in which the protagonist's time machine, a TARDIS, is in the shape of a 1960s British police box
High Street, Glasgow, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P72DBN - A police box is a public telephone kiosk or callbox for the use of members of the police, or for members of the public to contact the police. It was used in the United Kingdom throughout the 20th century from the early 1920s. Unlike an ordinary callbox, its telephone was located behind a hinged door so it could be used from the outside, and the interior of the box was, in effect, a miniature police station for use by police officers to read and fill in reports, take meal breaks and even temporarily hold detainees until the arrival of transport.
The TARDIS Time And Relative Dimension In Space is a fictional time machine and spacecraft that appears in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and its various spin-offs.
The TV show Doctor Who mainly features a single TARDIS used by the central character the Doctor. However, in the series other TARDISes are sometimes seen or used. The Doctor's TARDIS has a number of features peculiar to it, notably due to its age and personality. While other TARDISes have the ability to change their appearance in order to blend in with their surroundings, the chameleon circuit in the Doctor's TARDIS is broken, and it always resembles a police box. However, in the new series, a perception filter is used to blend in with the surroundings so it is often ignored by passersby. While the exterior is of limited size, the TARDIS is much bigger on the inside, containing an apparently infinite number of rooms, corridors and storage spaces within.
Doctor Who has become so much a part of British popular culture that the shape of the police box has become associated with the TARDIS rather than with its real-world inspiration. The name TARDIS is a registered trademark of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The police box design has also been registered as a trademark by the BBC, despite the design having been created by the Metropolitan Police. The word TARDIS is listed in the Oxford English Dictionary.
Brunswick St, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 1HD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P72DBX - A police box is a public telephone kiosk or callbox for the use of members of the police, or for members of the public to contact the police. It was used in the United Kingdom throughout the 20th century from the early 1920s. Unlike an ordinary callbox, its telephone was located behind a hinged door so it could be used from the outside, and the interior of the box was, in effect, a miniature police station for use by police officers to read and fill in reports, take meal breaks and even temporarily hold detainees until the arrival of transport.
The TARDIS Time And Relative Dimension In Space is a fictional time machine and spacecraft that appears in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and its various spin-offs.
The TV show Doctor Who mainly features a single TARDIS used by the central character the Doctor. However, in the series other TARDISes are sometimes seen or used. The Doctor's TARDIS has a number of features peculiar to it, notably due to its age and personality. While other TARDISes have the ability to change their appearance in order to blend in with their surroundings, the chameleon circuit in the Doctor's TARDIS is broken, and it always resembles a police box. However, in the new series, a perception filter is used to blend in with the surroundings so it is often ignored by passersby. While the exterior is of limited size, the TARDIS is much bigger on the inside, containing an apparently infinite number of rooms, corridors and storage spaces within.
Doctor Who has become so much a part of British popular culture that the shape of the police box has become associated with the TARDIS rather than with its real-world inspiration. The name TARDIS is a registered trademark of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The police box design has also been registered as a trademark by the BBC, despite the design having been created by the Metropolitan Police. The word TARDIS is listed in the Oxford English Dictionary.
Brunswick St, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 1HD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P72DHC - A police box is a public telephone kiosk or callbox for the use of members of the police, or for members of the public to contact the police. It was used in the United Kingdom throughout the 20th century from the early 1920s. Unlike an ordinary callbox, its telephone was located behind a hinged door so it could be used from the outside, and the interior of the box was, in effect, a miniature police station for use by police officers to read and fill in reports, take meal breaks and even temporarily hold detainees until the arrival of transport.
The TARDIS Time And Relative Dimension In Space is a fictional time machine and spacecraft that appears in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who and its various spin-offs.
The TV show Doctor Who mainly features a single TARDIS used by the central character the Doctor. However, in the series other TARDISes are sometimes seen or used. The Doctor's TARDIS has a number of features peculiar to it, notably due to its age and personality. While other TARDISes have the ability to change their appearance in order to blend in with their surroundings, the chameleon circuit in the Doctor's TARDIS is broken, and it always resembles a police box. However, in the new series, a perception filter is used to blend in with the surroundings so it is often ignored by passersby. While the exterior is of limited size, the TARDIS is much bigger on the inside, containing an apparently infinite number of rooms, corridors and storage spaces within.
Doctor Who has become so much a part of British popular culture that the shape of the police box has become associated with the TARDIS rather than with its real-world inspiration. The name TARDIS is a registered trademark of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). The police box design has also been registered as a trademark by the BBC, despite the design having been created by the Metropolitan Police. The word TARDIS is listed in the Oxford English Dictionary.
Brunswick St, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 1HD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PM62GW - . Justice Sinn Fein - Pearse Jordan, murdered by the RUC, 25 November 1992. Photographed on 19 August 2017, this summer image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is 533, Falls Rd, Andersonstown, Belfast , Northern Ireland, UK, BT11 9AA, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Ireland, Ulster, community, politics, politicians, graffiti, murals, art, streetart, 25/11/1992, murdered, police, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The photograph can also support future before-and-after use if the building, business, service, streetscape, transport operation or public space is later altered, redeveloped, rebranded or closed. For search and editorial use, the image is relevant to the named location, local identity, contemporary Britain, regional tourism, urban life, community activity and the changing appearance of towns and cities. Additional relevant search concepts include force, murder, memorial, man, Falls Rd, Andersonstown, broadening discoverability while remaining tied to the supplied subject information. The scene contributes a specific, place-based record rather than a generic illustration.
533, Falls Rd, Andersonstown, Belfast , Northern Ireland, UK, BT11 9AA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H550K8 - Cable theft costs millions of pounds each year. The total cost to the economy, taking into account the impact of freight delays to power stations, supermarkets etc and on passengers who miss appointments or have their day ruined, is even higher.
The theft of metal is a big problem for the railway as thieves target signalling cables, overhead power lines and even metal fences to sell for scrap.
Britain's rail network is designed to fail safe, which means that when a cable is cut trains are brought to a standstill. This protects passengers but can lead to lengthy, frustrating delays while the problem is found and fixed safely.
A large proportion of funding comes from the UK Government, so these thefts are, ultimately, costing taxpayers money.
Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7YMGK - Manchester United Football Club is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, that currently competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.
Manchester United have won 20 league titles, the most of any English club, 11 FA Cups, four League Cups and a record 20 FA Community Shields. The club has also won three European Cups, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, one UEFA Super Cup, one Intercontinental Cup and one FIFA Club World Cup. In 1998“99, the club became the first in the history of English football to achieve the treble of the Premier League, the FA Cup and the UEFA Champions League.
The 1958 Munich air disaster claimed the lives of eight players. In 1968, under the management of Matt Busby, Manchester United became the first English football club to win the European Cup. Alex Ferguson won 38 trophies, including 13 Premier League titles, 5 FA Cups and 2 UEFA Champions Leagues, between 1986 and 2013, when he announced his retirement. Louis van Gaal is the club's current manager after Ferguson's successor David Moyes was sacked after only 10 months in charge.
Sir Matt Busby Way, Manchester, England, United Kingdom, M16 0RA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7YMHY - Manchester United Football Club is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, that currently competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.
Manchester United have won 20 league titles, the most of any English club, 11 FA Cups, four League Cups and a record 20 FA Community Shields. The club has also won three European Cups, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, one UEFA Super Cup, one Intercontinental Cup and one FIFA Club World Cup. In 1998“99, the club became the first in the history of English football to achieve the treble of the Premier League, the FA Cup and the UEFA Champions League.
The 1958 Munich air disaster claimed the lives of eight players. In 1968, under the management of Matt Busby, Manchester United became the first English football club to win the European Cup. Alex Ferguson won 38 trophies, including 13 Premier League titles, 5 FA Cups and 2 UEFA Champions Leagues, between 1986 and 2013, when he announced his retirement. Louis van Gaal is the club's current manager after Ferguson's successor David Moyes was sacked after only 10 months in charge.
Sir Matt Busby Way, Manchester, England, United Kingdom, M16 0RA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7YN89 - Manchester United Football Club is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, that currently competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.
Manchester United have won 20 league titles, the most of any English club, 11 FA Cups, four League Cups and a record 20 FA Community Shields. The club has also won three European Cups, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, one UEFA Super Cup, one Intercontinental Cup and one FIFA Club World Cup. In 1998“99, the club became the first in the history of English football to achieve the treble of the Premier League, the FA Cup and the UEFA Champions League.
The 1958 Munich air disaster claimed the lives of eight players. In 1968, under the management of Matt Busby, Manchester United became the first English football club to win the European Cup. Alex Ferguson won 38 trophies, including 13 Premier League titles, 5 FA Cups and 2 UEFA Champions Leagues, between 1986 and 2013, when he announced his retirement. Louis van Gaal is the club's current manager after Ferguson's successor David Moyes was sacked after only 10 months in charge.
Sir Matt Busby Way, Manchester, England, United Kingdom, M16 0RA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7YN8W - Manchester United Football Club is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, that currently competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.
Manchester United have won 20 league titles, the most of any English club, 11 FA Cups, four League Cups and a record 20 FA Community Shields. The club has also won three European Cups, one UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, one UEFA Super Cup, one Intercontinental Cup and one FIFA Club World Cup. In 1998“99, the club became the first in the history of English football to achieve the treble of the Premier League, the FA Cup and the UEFA Champions League.
The 1958 Munich air disaster claimed the lives of eight players. In 1968, under the management of Matt Busby, Manchester United became the first English football club to win the European Cup. Alex Ferguson won 38 trophies, including 13 Premier League titles, 5 FA Cups and 2 UEFA Champions Leagues, between 1986 and 2013, when he announced his retirement. Louis van Gaal is the club's current manager after Ferguson's successor David Moyes was sacked after only 10 months in charge.
Sir Matt Busby Way, Manchester, England, United Kingdom, M16 0RA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F89P1K - Unique to Edinburgh, the distinctive and compact properties were designed by former city architect Ebenezer MacRae between 1931 and 1933.
Featuring the city crest and Saltire-patterned mouldings, they were designed to complement the classical architecture of the Capital.
MacRae created 85 in total, and they were made of cast iron “ rather than Glasgow's pre-cast concrete ones designed by Gilbert Mackenzie Trench “ at the Carron foundry near Falkirk.
Around half of the slope-roofed structures “ measuring just 1.98 metres by 1.37m with a ridge height of around 2.74m “ are listed.
Read more: http://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/last-batch-of-city-police-boxes-up-for-sale-1-3524681#ixzz3vRoKdUeR
Rose Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED4MNW - . Dangers of festive drinking, one more glass of rose wine, at Christmas, in front of tree of decorations - half glass. The photograph was taken on 25 December 2014. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Dangers of festive drinking, one more glass of, rose, fizz, halfempty, halffull, half, Xmas glitter white red rose wine at Christmas, front and tree, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The subject has clear editorial relevance to alcohol consumption, drinking culture, health messaging, festive behaviour and the social settings in which alcoholic drinks are consumed. It can support features about responsible drinking, alcohol-related health risks, Christmas and holiday consumption, wine, beer or spirits, licensing, hospitality and public-health campaigns. Glasses, bottles, decorations, bar or domestic surroundings and other contextual details can help editors illustrate drinking as an everyday social behaviour rather than an abstract medical concept. The documentary treatment is useful for news, health, lifestyle and social-history coverage, particularly where the image connects alcohol with celebration, excess or changing attitudes to consumption. Search themes include alcohol, drinking, wine, beer, festive consumption, responsible drinking, public health, alcohol harm, hospitality and lifestyle. The image can support both consumer and health-related editorial coverage, particularly where the visual context suggests celebration, temptation or excess. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED4MNY - . Dangers of festive drinking, one more glass of rose wine at Christmas, in front of tree of decorations - full glass of fizz. The photograph was taken on 25 December 2014. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Dangers of festive drinking, one more glass of, boozing, dangerous, liver, sclerosis, fizz, tree, rose and alcohol, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The subject has clear editorial relevance to alcohol consumption, drinking culture, health messaging, festive behaviour and the social settings in which alcoholic drinks are consumed. It can support features about responsible drinking, alcohol-related health risks, Christmas and holiday consumption, wine, beer or spirits, licensing, hospitality and public-health campaigns. Glasses, bottles, decorations, bar or domestic surroundings and other contextual details can help editors illustrate drinking as an everyday social behaviour rather than an abstract medical concept. The documentary treatment is useful for news, health, lifestyle and social-history coverage, particularly where the image connects alcohol with celebration, excess or changing attitudes to consumption. Search themes include alcohol, drinking, wine, beer, festive consumption, responsible drinking, public health, alcohol harm, hospitality and lifestyle. The image can support both consumer and health-related editorial coverage, particularly where the visual context suggests celebration, temptation or excess. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. The view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED24M - . Oxford Bar Window. The public house situated on Young Street, in the New Town of Edinburgh, Scotland. Rebus's local. Photographed on 26 August 2013. The recorded location is The Oxford Bar, 8 Young Street, Edinburgh EH2 4JB. The modest Oxford Bar is a public house situated on Young Street, in the New Town of Edinburgh, Scotland. Inspector Rebus's local from the Ian rankin books. A super secret tourist attraction for first time visitors to the city. The Oxford Bar in Edinburgh's New Town is a small, traditional public house with a long history on Young Street and a Category B listed interior. It became internationally known through Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus novels, in which the fictional detective drinks there. The literary association has made an otherwise understated local pub part of Edinburgh's crime-fiction tourism, while the surviving compartmentalised bar layout preserves an older form of Scottish pub interior. In historical terms, public houses form a distinctive part of British social history, combining licensed drinking, hospitality and community life
Older pubs can reveal changing fashions in brewing, tied houses, coaching routes, urban development and leisure, while modern bars show how the licensed trade continues to adapt. The historical context is that city-centre photography documents both designed space and informal use
Architecture, signage, traffic, public art and pedestrian movement together reveal how people experience a place, often providing a more useful record of urban change than landmark images alone. During 2026, pub survival is a live issue, with government support including a 15% business-rates relief for eligible pubs and live-music venues in England during 2026/27, alongside wider debate about closures, property costs and the value of pubs as community assets. Closely associated editorial terms include licensed premises, alehouse, hostelry, bar trade, real ale, cask ale, beer culture, historic pub, and nightlife.
The Oxford Bar, 8 Young Street, Edinburgh EH2 4JB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DB0FWF - . Red plaque commemorating 1930s unemployed in Ardwick Manchester . Demonstration of unemployed marched from Ardwick Green. Photographed on 25 June 2013. The recorded location is London road, Manchester, England. East of town. In the longer view, historic inscriptions offer unusually direct documentary evidence
Names, dates, dedications and symbolic imagery can connect a present-day location with former residents, workers, congregations or wartime casualties, making the object relevant to both genealogy and wider social history. As background, political signs, demonstrations and campaign material are highly time-specific forms of visual evidence
Slogans, posters and banners record the language, branding and issues of a specific contest, and can gain historical significance long after the immediate vote or protest has ended. As background, street signs, shop fascias, notices and inscriptions combine practical communication with graphic design
Typefaces, colours and wording can identify an era, organisation or local custom, making close photographs valuable for social, transport and commercial history. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that memorials continue to play an active role in public history, supporting remembrance, genealogy, education and heritage tourism
Images can also record inscriptions before erosion or redevelopment alters the physical object. Against the 2026 backdrop, political photographs from earlier campaigns can be used comparatively, showing how parties, issues and constitutional debates have shifted
They are particularly valuable when the underlying subject, such as Scottish independence, public spending or local government, remains unresolved. As of 2026, memorials continue to play an active role in public history, supporting remembrance, genealogy, education and heritage tourism
Images can also record inscriptions before erosion or redevelopment alters the physical object.
London road, Manchester, England
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CFEFH2 - . Crest on Warrington Police Headquarters Building in stonework, Parker St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1LT. Photographed on 10 March 2012. In historical terms, british policing developed from nineteenth-century municipal and county forces into today's territorial constabularies
Buildings, uniforms and road-control equipment provide a physical record of how forces manage incidents, traffic and public safety. As background, buildings are often the most durable evidence of former institutions and businesses
Stonework, brickwork, windows, signs and decorative details can survive changes of ownership and use, allowing photographs to document both architectural style and the evolution of a street. Looking at the subject's development, older buildings and artefacts provide tangible evidence that written records cannot fully replace
Their wear, construction, signage and setting help researchers understand local history, design, industry and social life across different periods. During 2026, policing remains closely linked to debates about neighbourhood presence, road safety, emergency response and the use of technology
Images of incident cordons or police premises can illustrate the routine operational side of public safety without implying details beyond the photographed event. Against the 2026 backdrop, the reuse of existing buildings is increasingly discussed alongside conservation, embodied carbon and town-centre regeneration
Images of older façades and converted premises can therefore illustrate both architectural heritage and the practical pressures of adapting buildings for new uses. In the longer view, police signs, cones, stations and headquarters are visible parts of the infrastructure of public order
Temporary incident equipment can transform an ordinary road into a controlled scene, while permanent police buildings reflect changing approaches to custody, administration and community policing.
Parker St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1LT
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CFEFHA - . Yellow Cheshire Constabulary incident cones in road. Photographed on 10 March 2012. The recorded location is Warrington, Cheshire, England, Great Britain. As background, police signs, cones, stations and headquarters are visible parts of the infrastructure of public order
Temporary incident equipment can transform an ordinary road into a controlled scene, while permanent police buildings reflect changing approaches to custody, administration and community policing. Looking at the subject's development, britain's road landscape has accumulated layers of transport history: old milestones and cast signs coexist with speed limits, parking controls, motorway infrastructure and electronic traffic management
Such details reveal how movement and road safety have been regulated over time. Against the 2026 backdrop, policing continues to be closely linked to debates about neighbourhood presence, road safety, emergency response and the use of technology
Images of incident cordons or police premises can illustrate the routine operational side of public safety without implying details beyond the photographed event. For the 2026 context, congestion, road safety and decarbonisation remain prominent transport issues
Historic signs, traffic jams and older road infrastructure therefore work both as location records and as evidence of how the road network and travel behaviour have changed. From a heritage perspective, british policing developed from nineteenth-century municipal and county forces into today's territorial constabularies
Buildings, uniforms and road-control equipment provide a physical record of how forces manage incidents, traffic and public safety. As of 2026, policing remains closely linked to debates about neighbourhood presence, road safety, emergency response and the use of technology
Images of incident cordons or police premises can illustrate the routine operational side of public safety without implying details beyond the photographed event.
Warrington, Cheshire, England, Great Britain
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CFEFHC - . Yellow Cheshire Constabulary incident cones in road. Photographed on 10 March 2012. The recorded location is Warrington, Cheshire, England, Great Britain. In the longer view, british policing developed from nineteenth-century municipal and county forces into today's territorial constabularies
Buildings, uniforms and road-control equipment provide a physical record of how forces manage incidents, traffic and public safety. From a heritage perspective, road signs, mileposts, traffic systems and street furniture document the development of Britain's highway network from historical turnpikes and coaching roads to motorways and modern traffic management
Even everyday signs can become useful evidence of evolving regulations, road design and local geography. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that policing remains closely linked to debates about neighbourhood presence, road safety, emergency response and the use of technology
Images of incident cordons or police premises can help illustrate the routine operational side of public safety without implying details beyond the photographed event. As of 2026, road policy continues to focus on safety, congestion, emissions and the balance between private cars, buses, cycling and walking
Images of older traffic controls, signs and busy roads provide useful comparison with current debates about sustainable transport and street design. In historical terms, police signs, cones, stations and headquarters are visible parts of the infrastructure of public order
Temporary incident equipment can transform an ordinary road into a controlled scene, while permanent police structures reflect changing approaches to custody, administration and community policing. Additional subject vocabulary includes incident scene, police cones, road closure, police headquarters, law enforcement, controlled area, incident management, police infrastructure, road transport, street scene, junction, parking control, and motor traffic.
Warrington, Cheshire, England, Great Britain
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2A9GHTH - St Mary and All Saints Church is in the centre of the village of Great Budworth, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. Clifton-Taylor includes it in his list of 'best' English parish churches. Richards describes it as one of the finest examples of ecclesiastical architecture remaining in Cheshire. The authors of the Buildings of England series express the opinion that it is one of the most satisfactory Perpendicular churches of Cheshire and its setting brings its qualities out to perfection
It is an impressive church, built generally in the Perpendicular style although the long, and older north transept is constructed in the Decorated style. Built in red sandstone,[2] its plan consists of a west tower, a six-bay nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, and a chancel flanked by chapels to the north and south. The north transept forms the Lady Chapel and the shorter south transept is the Warburton Chapel. At the west end of the south aisle is the south porch. The entire church is crenellated. On the north side of the tower is a sculpture of Saint Christopher and on the south side one of the Blessed Virgin. It has diagonal buttresses and an octagonal south-west turret, a Tudor-arched west window, small arched ringers' windows on the north, west and south faces, a clock on west face, and two-light belfry windows with stone louvres. Its top is crenellated with eight crocketed pinnacles.
High St, Great Budworth, Northwich, Cheshire, England, CW9 6HF
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4446610220 - 'I have passed this a good few times and yesterday I stopped and took a snap for a number of those Dr Who nerds I know out there. This is my gift directly from my heart to you....
Apparently these were not originally a London thing.
First public police telephones of this type, although red in Britain were introduced in Glasgow in 1891. Gas lanterns were attached to the roof so to signal for instructions. The Metropolitan Police (Met) introduced police boxes throughout London between 1928 and 1937. These boxes were not made of wood as would first seem. The original MacKenzie Trench blueprints indicate that the material for the shell of the box is 'concrete' with only the door being made of teak hardwood.
A little heater was supplied as the boxes would have been notoriously cold. By 1953 there were 685 police boxes on the streets of London. In the late 1960's they were killed by the advent of the walkie-talkie. Some still survive and have been converted into High Street coffee bars. When I am up in Edinburgh I see quite a few, though quite a few are in various states of disrepair. Edinburgh's boxes are often ornate with faux neoclassical decoration.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF21W3 - . Black Telephone with rotary dial Emergency Call - 999, Scotland, UK. Photographed on 24 January 2010. Historically, everyday technology provides a compact history of design and changing behaviour
Rotary dials, thermionic valves, mechanical keypads, film cameras and early televisions were once ordinary equipment but now illustrate obsolete standards, manufacturing methods and patterns of work or communication. The wider historical story is that earlier buildings and artefacts provide tangible evidence that written records cannot fully replace
Their wear, construction, signage and setting help researchers understand local history, design, industry and social life across different periods. In 2026, smartphones, digital services and AI-enabled devices make older mechanical and analogue technologies appear even more distant, increasing their value for editorial comparisons about technological change, repairability, planned obsolescence and digital dependence. In the present 2026 context, heritage remains economically and culturally significant through tourism, education and place-making, while the cost of maintaining historic fabric creates continuing debate about conservation and reuse. The historical context is that technical artefacts show how innovation changes daily life: office machines reduced clerical labour, telephones reshaped communication, cameras altered image-making and electronic components enabled broadcasting and computing
Close-up photographs preserve interfaces and designs that quickly vanish from use. In the longer view, technology objects become historical remarkably quickly
Telephones, calculators, cameras, valves, televisions and workplace machines chart successive shifts from mechanical and analogue systems to electronics, digital processing, smartphones and cloud-connected services. Alternative search wording includes technology history, vintage technology, digital technology, electronic equipment, and mechanical device.
Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4296202318 - 'Blimey, what a palaver to get a quick wedding sorted !
A request for a shot gun certificate to Cheshire Constabulary Firearms licensing Department, Clemond Hey, Oakmere Road, Winsford, Cheshire CW7 2UA.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3827213037 - 'Some city traffic here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4021459973/
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 6133790374 - 'Suzanne Vega - Anniversary - Play this track here.
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This image is taken from a large joiner I took on May 10th 1994 from Liberty Island in New York harbour. An hour before I had witnessed a solar eclipse. To one side was the statue of liberty and the other, the New York Manhatten Skyline, crowned by the Twin Towers of The World Trade Centre and the wall Street financial district. The day before I had visited the observation deck of the south tower.
A bombing had been attempted the previous year on the 26th February
The joiner has been on my wall, appropriately mounted on black card for many years.
Too many innocents died that day, a result of a twisted idealogy that resulted in 767 aircraft being used as weapons and decades of failure of the west in bringing peace and lasting compromise to many poorer nations or ones where there is a financial interest.
The framing of the response as a 'war on terror' or a 'crusade' has been less than helpful from Mr Bush and Blair. Both of which have moved on to profit from their memoirs and speaking tours. Blair in his 'Envoy of the Quartet on the Middle East' role in the first nine days of the 2008\u20132009 Israel-Gaza conflict, was allegedly spotted at the opening of the Armani store at Knightsbridge, London. Aides said he had been in phone contact with other world leaders since the fighting began. Yeah right.
A decade on, have we done everything to make this a safer, fairer world?
It's my hunch the faster we do, the easier it will be to tackle some of the roots what causes radicalism across the world, whatever your religious beliefs may be or whoever you believed your prophet to be (or maybe he/she has not arrived yet).
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDDR68 - The main Bridewell was the central lock-up for the city of Liverpool. It opened in 1864 as part of a complex which included the police courts, the police headquarters, and the central fire station. It was designed by Liverpool corporations architect Mr Weightman. The complex was the first of a kind in the UK and believed was often taken on board by other forces across the country. Now a hotel and student accommodation. Note - that in Liverpool all police stations with cells were called 'bridewells'. The Main Bridewell 'was classified as a prison with its own Governor who was a Police Chief Inspector' (City of Liverpool Police).
'The Main Bridewell was in Cheapside in Liverpool and the building is still standing although it is in the process of being re-developed. It was first opened in 1867 having been built in the Victorian tradition of striking fear into anyone who had the misfortune to have to spend some time there under lock and key. It had approximately 60 cells with each having a heavy wood door and each cell measuring 7ft x 7ft in total accommodation size. The toilet was positioned at the end of the wooden bench where a prisoner would have to sleep and the floors were made of stone. The reception area of the main ( as it was referred to by Police Officers) had a huge heavy door that was attended to by a Constable/ jailer. Once inside the premises, a prisoner would be presented to the Bridewell Sergeant or Inspector and the circumstances of the arrest would be explained by the arresting officer. Prisoners then had to remove articles of value and items such as belts, laces, braces etc for safe keeping and to prevent the prisoners causing harm to themselves. They would then be searched and detained in a cell. Prisoners that were detained at other Bridewells throughout the greater Liverpool area who would be appearing at the Liverpool Magistrates Court the following morning would be transferred during the early hours of each day to the Main Bridewell
Cheapside, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L2 2DH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RFER19 - A penalty charge notice from Cardiff council, is an official notification that you have been found to have committed a minor offence, for which there is a standard penalty charge. PCN are used to streamline the process of penalising minor offenders, without the expense and complication of legal proceedings.
Any offence that has a standard penalty charge, is not an offence that you can be prosecuted for. A penalty charge is not the same thing as an enforceable fine. That being said, you can't just ignore a PCN. You will need to either appeal against it or pay it.
Cardiff council issues Penalty Charge Notices (PCN) for a number of reasons. However, the most common reasons why you might either find one attached to your vehicle or be sent one by post, are for minor traffic rule infractions and parking offences.
If you are issued with a PCN, what do you need to do with it? Can you ignore it, or do you have to pay it? Or is there some way to make an appeal against the PCN?
You can't pay a penalty charge notice in instalments. There are three ways to pay a Cardiff council penalty charge notice. You can pay online, as long as you know the PCN number and have a credit or debit card. There is also a payment hotline that is open 7 days a week, around the clock. You can call 029 2044 5900 and give the PCN number, and then pay using a payment card. Lastly, you can make out a cheque or postal order to Cardiff Council, write the PCN number on the back, and then post it to the following address:
Parking Services, PO Box 47, Cardiff, CF11 1QB
Quay St, Cardiff , Wales, UK, CF10 1EA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H542A5 - Cable theft costs millions of pounds each year. The total cost to the economy, taking into account the impact of freight delays to power stations, supermarkets etc and on passengers who miss appointments or have their day ruined, is even higher.
The theft of metal is a big problem for the railway as thieves target signalling cables, overhead power lines and even metal fences to sell for scrap.
Britain's rail network is designed to fail safe, which means that when a cable is cut trains are brought to a standstill. This protects passengers but can lead to lengthy, frustrating delays while the problem is found and fixed safely.
A large proportion of funding comes from the UK Government, so these thefts are, ultimately, costing taxpayers money.
Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED252 - . Oxford Bar Exterior A Public house situated on Young Street, in the New Town of Edinburgh, Scotland. Inspector Rebus's local. Photographed on 26 August 2013. The recorded location is The Oxford Bar, 8 Young Street, Edinburgh EH2 4JB. The modest Oxford Bar is a public house situated on Young Street, in the New Town of Edinburgh, Scotland. Inspector Rebus's local from the Ian rankin books. A super secret tourist attraction for first time visitors to the city. The Oxford Bar in Edinburgh's New Town is a small, traditional public house with a long history on Young Street and a Category B listed interior. It became internationally known through Ian Rankin's Inspector Rebus novels, in which the fictional detective drinks there. The literary association has made an otherwise understated local pub part of Edinburgh's crime-fiction tourism, while the surviving compartmentalised bar layout preserves an older form of Scottish pub interior. From a heritage perspective, pub structures and signs provide a useful record of the licensed trade, from traditional alehouses and brewery estates to contemporary hospitality businesses
They are also part of the story of changing high streets, nightlife, real ale, cask beer and the survival or reuse of historic premises. In the longer view, urban street scenes capture the cumulative effect of planning, architecture, transport, retail and public space
Shopfronts, signs, street furniture and pedestrians can date an image precisely and show how a district changes between periods of investment, decline and regeneration. As of 2026, pubs continue to sit at the centre of arguments about high-street vitality, community identity and hospitality economics
England's 2026/27 rating arrangements include dedicated relief for eligible pubs and live-music venues, underlining the sector's continuing economic and cultural significance. Other useful descriptive phrases include licensed premises, hostelry, bar trade, and cask ale.
The Oxford Bar, 8 Young Street, Edinburgh EH2 4JB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED4M2N - Banksy is a pseudonymous England-based street artist, political activist and film director whose real name and identity remain unconfirmed and the subject of speculation. Active since the 1990s, his satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine dark humour with graffiti executed in a distinctive stenciling technique. His works of political and social commentary have appeared on streets, walls and bridges throughout the world. Banksy's work grew out of the Bristol underground scene, which involved collaborations between artists and musicians. Banksy says that he was inspired by 3D, a graffiti artist and founding member of the musical group Massive Attack.
Banksy displays his art on publicly visible surfaces such as walls and self-built physical prop pieces. Banksy no longer sells photographs or reproductions of his street graffiti, but his public installations are regularly resold, often even by removing the wall they were painted on. Much of his work can be classified as temporary art. A small number of Banksy's works are officially, non-publicly, sold through an agency created by Banksy named Pest Control. Banksy's documentary film Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010) made its debut at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. In January 2011, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for the film. In 2014, he was awarded Person of the Year at the 2014 Webby Awards.
The Vennel, Edinburgh City, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HDB6 - A police box is a British phone.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>telephone kiosk or callbox located in a public place for the use of members of the police, or for members of the public to contact the police. Unlike an ordinary callbox, its telephone is located behind a hinged door so it can be used from the outside, and the interior of the box is, in effect, a miniature police station for use by police officers.
Police boxes predate the era of mobile telecommunications
now British police officers carry two-way radios and/or mobile phones rather than relying on fixed kiosks. Most boxes are now disused or have been withdrawn from service.
The typical police box contained a telephone linked directly to the local police station, allowing patrolling officers to keep in contact with the station, reporting anything unusual or requesting help if necessary. A light on top of the box would flash to alert an officer that he/she was requested to contact the station.[2]:2 Members of the public could also use the phone to contact a police station in an emergency.
British police boxes were usually blue, except in Glasgow, where they were red until the late 1960s.:13 In addition to a telephone, they contained equipment such as an incident book and a first aid kit.:14 Today the image of the blue police box is widely associated with the science fiction television programme Doctor Who, in which the protagonist's time machine, a TARDIS, is in the shape of a 1960s British police box. In the context of a TARDIS, the image of the blue police box is a trademark of the BBC.
Piccadilly, London, England UK
