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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Hindley,Market Street,Wigan,Greater Manchester,WN2 3AN,WN2,gambling,encouraging,high street,Bet £10,bets,bet,Get £10,offer,free bet,promotions,promotion,payday,harm,harms,addiction,gambling addiction,poor communities,deprived communities,betting advertising,bookmakers,gambling-related,poverty,debt,debts,thrill,dopamine,gambling regulation,safer gambling,Take Time To Think,consumer protection,vulnerable customers
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EMY4WC - Brightly lit Coral betting shop advert in Hindley town centre, Wigan, Greater Manchester, promoting an Every Friday Bet £10 Get £10 offer. The blue shop-window display uses large white and yellow lettering, a gambling reel graphic and a smaller Take time to think safer-gambling message at the bottom, creating a strong contrast between promotional betting language and responsible gambling warning text. The user-supplied description identifies the scene as a high street gambling advert in Hindley, with the Friday offer presented as a special free-bet promotion, potentially relevant to pay-day gambling habits. The image is useful for editorial coverage of betting shops, high street gambling, free bet stock-photo/gotonysmith-Advertising.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>advertising, sports betting promotions, gambling regulation, gambling harms, addiction risk, consumer protection, debt, financial stress, public health, poverty, town centre decline and the concentration of gambling opportunities in lower-income communities. It can support stories about how gambling marketing appears in everyday shopping streets, how promotional offers may normalise betting as a routine weekly activity, and how bright point-of-sale advertising can sit alongside small safer-gambling messages. Gambling-related harms are recognised as affecting not only individual gamblers but also families, close associates and wider society. Public health evidence links harmful gambling with unemployment and more deprived areas, making this advert especially relevant for features on inequality, poorer communities, vulnerable consumers, household budgets, cost of living pressures and the social impact of betting shop clusters. The photograph has strong stock value for news, public health, local government, consumer affairs, social policy, planning, licensing, debt advice, financial inclusion, addiction support, mental health, welfare and campaigns calling for tighter control of gambling advertising in UK town centres.
Coral Racing Limited, 64 Market Street, Hindley, Wigan, Greater Manchester, WN2 3AN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,housing debt,cost of living,King Charles notes,polymer banknotes,British money,pound sterling,cash,coins,letter tiles,housing crisis,landlord notice,tenant hardship,poverty,debt crisis,Universal Credit,UK,English,NOSP,possession,section 8,section 21,history,no fault,arrears,recovery,tenancy,sustainment,low income,households,budgeting,crisis,debt,advice,welfare reform,benefits delay,council,housing
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EKDAPR - Concept photograph shows the words Eviction Notice arranged in cream letter tiles across British cash, including King Charles III polymer banknotes and UK coins. The close-up composition links money, rent arrears, housing insecurity, landlord notices, debt, poverty and the cost of living in one direct visual idea. It is suitable for editorial and commercial use around private renting, social housing, homelessness prevention, tenant hardship, Universal Credit, mortgage pressure, council housing waiting lists, rent increases, possession action and the emotional impact of losing a home. The King Charles III notes add a contemporary UK cash detail: Bank of England notes carrying the King's portrait first entered circulation in June 2024, with the existing £5, £10, £20 and £50 designs otherwise unchanged. The use of cash rather than a digital banking screen also makes the image relevant to stories about budgeting, low income households, cash use, access to banking, food and fuel choices, emergency payments, discretionary housing payments and the difficult arithmetic faced by people trying to keep a roof over their head. Eviction in England can involve formal legal notices and court processes, including possession claims linked to rent arrears or other grounds. The image does not show a real eviction document or a named household, so it works as a clean, reusable symbolic illustration rather than a case-specific news photograph. The colourful notes, coins and word tiles create a sharp visual metaphor for the point where financial stress becomes a housing crisis. It could accompany articles by charities, councils, housing associations, advice agencies, law centres, newspapers, campaign groups and policy researchers discussing arrears recovery, tenancy sustainment, landlord and tenant law, poverty, welfare reform, inflation, insecure renting, homelessness services, vulnerable residents, debt advice and the human consequences of unaffordable housing.
England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,eviction,concept,housing,evictions,renter eviction,tenant eviction,private rented sector,social housing eviction,UK money,housing arrears,renters rights,English Renters Rights Bill,Section 21,Section 8,insecurity,court,costs,no fault eviction,no-fault eviction,rent debt,cost of living,tenant hardship,landlord dispute,housing crisis,homelessness risk,private landlord,council housing,housing association,court possession,possession proceedings,notice seeking possession,Universal Credit,poverty,low income renters,legal reform,rent caps,Andy Burnham
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EKP09D - oncept photograph shows the words Eviction Notice arranged in Scrabble-style letter tiles over King Charles sterling polymer banknotes and UK coins. The cash background includes visible £20, £10 and £5 notes, with scattered game tiles around the main message, creating a clear visual link between money, rent arrears, household budgets and the threat of losing a home. The image is designed as a strong editorial metaphor for eviction, housing insecurity, landlord and tenant disputes, private rented sector pressures, social housing arrears, court action, possession proceedings, cost-of-living stress and the financial vulnerability faced by renters. The supplied wording links the concept to PRS and social housing evictions and the English Renters' Rights Bill, making it relevant to stories about tenant protections, no-fault eviction reform, Section 21, Section 8 possession grounds, rent rises, debt advice, homelessness prevention and housing law change in England. The mix of board-game letters and real money gives the image a sharp, accessible style, suggesting that eviction can feel like a game of chance where income, rules, timing and legal notices all matter. It could be used by media, charities, housing providers, advice agencies, councils, campaigners and policy teams illustrating the human impact of arrears, poverty, benefit shortfalls, unaffordable private rents, Universal Credit pressures, temporary accommodation demand, and the wider shortage of secure affordable homes. The tabletop composition has strong stock-photo value because it avoids identifying any individual tenant, landlord or property while still communicating the seriousness of eviction risk. It also suits features about English housing reform from May 2026, when government guidance says Section 21 no-fault evictions are no longer available for new and existing private tenancies, while landlords must use legal possession grounds instead.
England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Warrington,Cheshire,WA1 2QW,machine,arcades,venue,premises,centre,town,24 hour,slots,all night,regular rewards,played here,gaming,FOBTs,machines,high street,betting,culture,addiction,problem,poverty,cost of living,nightlife,vulnerable customers,financial harm,social deprivation,disposable income,low wage workers,consumer protection,safer gambling,Gambling Commission,local licensing,public health issue,welfare pressure,household debt
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EJD0D3 - This stock-photo/gotonysmith-Night-time.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>night-time editorial image shows the illuminated frontage of Merkur Slots at 12 to 14 Bridge Street in Warrington town centre, Cheshire. The windows carry bright advertising for regular reward offers and bingo played here , while a digital slot game screen, glass entrance doors and glowing high street signage create a strong visual about modern gambling premises on British shopping streets. The venue is listed by Merkur as open 24 hours, and the Gambling Commission public register records the Warrington site as a bingo premises operated by Merkur Slots UK Limited.
The photograph can illustrate the wider debate about all-night gambling, slot machine arcades, adult gaming centres, high street leisure uses and the social impact of gambling in town centres. Bridge Street is one of Warrington's best-known central streets, linking the retail core towards the River Mersey, and has long been part of the town's evening economy. Against that urban setting, the image has useful editorial value for stories about licensing, planning, poverty, cost of living pressures, household debt, financial harm, consumer protection and public health responses to gambling.
The visual detail is commercially useful because the branding, reward wording, bingo message, fruit-machine style symbols and open doorway all make the subject immediately readable. It could support news and feature coverage on how slot venues occupy former retail units, how local authorities manage gambling licences, and how 24-hour access can raise questions about vulnerable customers, addictive behaviour and safer gambling duties. It also works as a broader stock image for topics such as the decline of traditional high streets, night-time retail, digital entertainment, betting culture, regulatory scrutiny and the tension between legal leisure businesses and community concerns about social harm.
Merkur Slots, 12 to 14 Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Manchester,social,housing,new build,technologies,affordable,apartments,energy efficient,lower,fuel,bills,M22,poverty,low carbon,green,site,rented,rent,sunny,UK,crisis,shortage,community,regeneration,urban,estate,climate change,RP,warmer homes,cost of living,household bills,rightsizing,modern construction,brick apartment block,residential development,construction site,completed
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EE4MB7 - Editorial image showing Wythenshawe Community Housing Group's new affordable housing development on Woodhouse Lane in Wythenshawe, Manchester, at 216 Woodhouse Lane, M22 9TF. The scheme sits within a wider South Manchester social housing context, where WCHG manages homes and community services across Wythenshawe and continues to promote modern, energy-efficient housing. The Woodhouse Lane site has been reported as a completed affordable rent apartment scheme built on the former SS John Fisher and Thomas More Catholic Church site, with sustainable measures intended to reduce the carbon footprint and help lower running costs for residents. This photograph can illustrate UK social housing investment, affordable homes, community-led regeneration, housing association development, low-carbon construction, fuel poverty reduction, warmer homes and the practical challenge of building new homes that are cheaper to heat and easier to live in. It is relevant to stories about Wythenshawe regeneration, Greater Manchester housing need, Homes England-supported development, sustainable technology in rented housing, thermal efficiency, green building standards, tenant affordability and the pressure on social landlords to deliver both new supply and better environmental performance. The location also connects with Wythenshawe's historic role as one of Britain's major planned municipal housing areas and with current debates about how older suburban estates can be renewed without losing their community identity. Depending on the visible stage of works, the image may show a new build frontage, construction detailing, windows, brickwork, access areas, landscaping, street scene context or site hoarding. It has strong editorial value for housing, planning, regeneration, climate adaptation, retrofit versus new build, public investment, local authority partnership, and the cost of living impact of designing lower energy demand into affordable rented homes.
New WCHG affordable homes at Woodhouse Lane, Wythenshawe, Manchester, designed with sustainable tech
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Wentworth Street Market,Wentworth Street,29 Wentworth Street,London E1 7TB,Spitalfields,East London,market scene,financial district backdrop,outdoor market,London shopping,urban commerce,London cultural attraction,East End shopping,London financial district,City skyline London,traditional market London,fashion stalls London,bargain market UK,London visitor attraction,urban retail scene,city market atmosphere,street commerce,destination photography,London culture,tourism England,authentic London,shopping district London,old East End market,community marketplace,documentary travel image,traditional street market,historic East End,city street life,everyday London,London tourism,local economy,poverty
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E2A1T4 - Editorial market scene at Petticoat Lane on Wentworth Street in Spitalfields, East London, showing clothing stalls, shoppers, traders and rails of low-cost fashion set against the striking backdrop of modern City of London office towers. The image captures a classic East End contrast, where one of London's best-known traditional street markets operates in the shadow of the capital's global finance district. Temporary awnings, price signs, hanging garments and casual pedestrian movement create a vivid sense of everyday commerce, while the glass and steel skyscrapers in the background underline the pressure of urban change, rising land values, and the continuing coexistence of informal retail with corporate London.
This photograph is highly useful for editorial, documentary, travel, publishing and educational use around themes such as Petticoat Lane Market, Wentworth Street Market, London street trading, East End retail, urban diversity, regeneration, gentrification, independent traders, budget shopping, and the visual relationship between historic market culture and the modern financial economy. It works especially well because it is not just a market photograph, but a wider social and geographic image of London as a city of contrasts, where long-established local trading traditions survive beside some of Europe's tallest commercial buildings.
Historically, Petticoat Lane remains one of the most recognisable market names in London, even though the market area now spans several streets including Wentworth Street and Middlesex Street. That gives the image strong search value for both Petticoat Lane and Wentworth Street keywords. The scene is relevant for stories about London markets, East End identity, multicultural commerce, city growth, tourism, street fashion, and the everyday lived environment around Aldgate and Spitalfields. The mixture of human activity, affordable clothing displays, and dense city architecture gives the photograph a strong documentary quality,
Petticoat Lane Market street scene on Wentworth Street, Spitalfields, London E1 7TB, with clothing s
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,neon,Ireland,crisis,high,cost,of,living,financial,hardship,capital,urban,poverty,streetscape,retail,signs,signage,economic,pressure,deprivation,consumer debt Ireland,pawnbroker Ireland,secondhand goods shop Dublin,neon shop sign exterior,daylight Dublin,blue sky Dublin,fair weather Ireland,social inequality Ireland,economy,small,business,street level,retail decline,city,centre,pawn $hop
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3CPAWPK - A brightly lit red and green neon Pawn Shop sign mounted on the exterior of a building in Dublin city centre, photographed during daylight hours under a clear blue sky, suggesting fair spring or early summer weather. The sign stands out against the surrounding brickwork and urban streetscape, typical of inner-city retail environments.
Pawn shops play a visible role in urban economies, particularly during periods of rising living costs, inflation and housing pressure. In Dublin, where accommodation and everyday expenses have increased sharply in recent years, such businesses are often used editorially to illustrate themes of financial strain, short-term credit, consumer debt and economic inequality.
The image captures a small but telling detail of city-centre street life, linking retail signage with wider social and economic conditions. It is well suited for editorial use in articles addressing the cost-of-living crisis, urban deprivation, household finances, and the changing character of high streets in Irish cities.
Dublin city centre, Dublin Eire
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,elected,London,housing,council,Hackney Town Hall,East London,entrance,civic,tent,homelessness,building,local authority,sunny day,Art Deco,architecture,housing crisis,urban,poverty,temporary shelter,street sleeping,social inequality,welfare pressure,public,services,local,government,offices,borough,headquarters,inner city,housing need,temporary accommodation,tent on steps,sleeper,inequality Britain,vulnerable people,social policy
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EJD0F0 - This editorial photograph shows the frontage and entrance steps of Hackney Town Hall on Mare Street in East London on a bright sunny day, with a rough sleeper tent visible on the broad stock-photo/gotonysmith-Civic.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>civic steps. The image combines civic architecture, local government symbolism and the visible reality of homelessness in one frame. The pale stone facade, clock, flags and public square setting present the building as an emblem of borough authority, while the temporary shelter introduces a sharper social-documentary angle around rough sleeping, housing need, poverty and urban inequality.
Hackney Town Hall is the headquarters of the London Borough of Hackney and a Grade II listed municipal building. Historic England records the statutory address as Hackney Town Hall, Mare Street, and lists it as Grade II, first listed in July 1991. The building is recognised for its inter-war civic design and Art Deco character, standing close to Hackney Central and Hackney Empire in a prominent inner London town-centre location.
The photograph would suit news, policy, housing, local democracy, regeneration, welfare and social affairs uses. It can illustrate the tension between public service responsibilities and the housing emergency faced by many London boroughs, including temporary accommodation pressures, street outreach, homelessness prevention, council budgets and rough sleeping support. Hackney Council's homelessness pages direct people needing help or reporting someone sleeping rough to the Hackney Service Centre at 1 Hillman Street, rather than the town hall itself, adding context to the contrast between the formal civic building and the human issue shown outside it.
The clear signage, strong sunlight, open steps, blue sky and small figure near the entrance make this a useful place-based stock image for articles about Hackney, civic buildings, public administration, social housing, housing supply, welfare reform, cost of living pressures and urban poverty.
Hackney Town Hall, Mare Street, Hackney, London, England, UK, E8 1EA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,PM,food bank,child,poverty,food,free,school,meals,Rashford 1,Boris 0,Old Trafford,lockdown,Covid,pandemic,holiday,hunger,homemade,banner,Tory,Conservative,grassroots,social,football,activism,supporter,direct,action,fan,protest,political,justice,insecurity,striker,vulnerable,children,pandemic hardship,social inequality
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EFHRPN - White cloth protest banner reading Rashford 1 Boris 0 , photographed in connection with Manchester United supporter culture at Old Trafford, Manchester, during the Covid lockdown period. The simple hand-painted design, with Rashford sprayed in red and Boris in black, refers to Marcus Rashford's high-profile campaign on child food poverty, free school meal vouchers, holiday hunger and support for families relying on foodbanks. The scoreline format turns a political dispute into football language, presenting the Manchester United and England forward as the clear winner over Boris Johnson's government after pressure led to a policy reversal on free school meals support. The image works strongly as an editorial illustration of footballers using public platforms for social justice, the politics of austerity and poverty, pandemic-era hardship, school meal provision, food insecurity, youth welfare and the wider role of Premier League players beyond sport. It also captures the visual language of fan protest: cheap fabric, spray paint, improvised lettering, terrace humour and a blunt message designed to be seen quickly around a stadium or matchday setting. The banner links Old Trafford, Manchester United, community activism and national politics at a moment when Covid-19 exposed inequality across the UK. The visible words Rashford , Boris and the score 1 0 make the image commercially useful for stories about Marcus Rashford, Boris Johnson, lockdown Britain, free school meals, foodbank use, child poverty, political accountability, football activism, public campaigning, Conservative government policy, Premier League influence, Manchester identity and working-class social conscience. The plain indoor or wall-mounted setting, muted light and soft folds in the fabric give the photograph a raw documentary feel rather than a polished advertising look, making it suitable for news, education, charity, politics, sport, poverty and social history uses.
Marcus Rashford v Boris Johnson food poverty banner at Old Trafford, Manchester, during lockdown, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,campaign,the,great,West End,Final,headline,food,scandals,waste,poisoning,WC2B 6AA,stay up to date,newstand,free,wasting,headlines,starving,starve,poverty,foods,news,local London,city,centre,stand,newsstand,wastes,poor,nutrition,English,British
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2T35C2N - This editorial photograph captures The great Food Scandal, West End Final headline, London evening Standard, Holborn, WC2B 6AA. The row metadata places the subject at Holborn, Bloomsbury, London, England, WC2B 6AA. The spreadsheet date indicates 08 September 2023, so the picture can also work as a time-specific archive record. Plainly, the image is useful because it shows London, London Evening Standard, evening, standard, newspaper, paper, Food Scandal, WC2B, with search-relevant terms including London, London Evening Standard, evening, standard, newspaper, paper, Food Scandal, WC2B, news, stand, England, UK, campaign, the. The value lies in the combination of place, object, wording and context, giving editors something specific and grounded rather than generic filler imagery. London details are useful because the city layers national politics, migration, commerce, tourism, neighbourhood change and local high streets. East End, Westminster and Holborn subjects can all carry wider meaning beyond their immediate street address. The image can support political and civic reporting where the point is not just party branding or protest imagery, but the way public debate appears in streets, media, posters, campaign signs and everyday visual culture. It would suit editorial features, local news reporting, public policy articles, web explainers, travel pieces and business commentary where a real place or recognisable everyday subject is needed rather than a staged studio concept. Historically and socially, this kind of image can help connect past and present: older streets, civic institutions, transport systems, shops, signs, political messages or public services are not frozen museum pieces, but part of how people understand modern life, local identity and economic change. For SEO and stock-photo discovery, the description deliberately supports searches around London.
Holborn, Bloomsbury, London, England, WC2B 6AA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,UK,England,WA1,83,The Mall,Golden Square Shopping Centre,Warrington,Cheshire,WA1 1QE,shop,shops,pawn,store,stores,unit,buy,sell,loan,loans,hard times,poverty,branch,chain,branches,second hand,used,cast,electrical,entertainment,products,product,gold,franchisee,Rcapital,cheque cashing
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RG8YH8 - Cash Generator is a United Kingdom-based Buy and Sell store. Its headquarters are in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. The retailer opened its first store in Bolton in February 1994. The company has expanded, with corporate and franchise stores, and currently has 120+ stores across the United Kingdom (2018).
The company describes itself as a Buy, Sell and Buy Back Store. Its core business is the buying and selling of second hand goods, mainly electrical, entertainment products and gold.
Cash Generator was founded in 1994, by British businessman Brian Lewis. Having noticed the success of a similar business in the United States, he decided to emulate the business model in the United Kingdom, and opened his first store in Bolton
Cash Generator was 100% owned by Lewis from February 1994, until April 2008, when a management buyout was staged by three directors and in conjunction with New World Corporate Finance
In 2017, Axcess sold Cash Generator to investors Rcapital.
As of June 2018, Cash Generator is a purely franchisee focused business with a defined business model with over 120 stores and 58 franchisees, which includes stores ranging from Cornwall to Northern Scotland.
Cash Generator offers a range of financial services, including cheque cashing, money transfer, foreign currency exchange in some stores. The company has a partnership with Western Union and Number One Currency. In 2015, the company ceased issuing short-term loans as the market for Payday Loans became more heavily regulated
with a greater focus on buying, selling and Buy Back. Services vary in each store so check out availability via the website.
Golden Square Shopping Centre, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1QE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,NI,province,home,homes,cost,costs,price,note,notes,Sterling,cash,social,housing,Monopoly,green,increase,increases,Northern,bank,banking,interest,rise,rises,rising,poverty,banks,plastic,coin,pound,pounds,accommodation,buy,rent,buying,renting,rate
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Belfast, NI, northern Ireland, UK, BT1
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,NI,province,home,homes,cost,costs,price,note,notes,Sterling,cash,social,housing,Monopoly,green,increase,increases,Northern,bank,banking,interest,rise,rises,rising,poverty,banks,plastic,coin,pound,pounds,accommodation,buy,rent,buying,renting,rate
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Belfast, NI, northern Ireland, UK, BT1
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,NI,province,home,homes,cost,costs,price,note,notes,Sterling,cash,social,housing,Monopoly,green,increase,increases,Northern,bank,banking,interest,rise,rises,rising,poverty,banks,plastic,coin,pound,pounds,accommodation,buy,rent,buying,renting,rate
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Belfast, NI, northern Ireland, UK, BT1
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,NI,province,home,homes,cost,costs,price,note,notes,Sterling,cash,social,housing,Monopoly,green,increase,increases,Northern,bank,banking,interest,rise,rises,rising,poverty,banks,plastic,coin,pound,pounds,accommodation,buy,rent,buying,renting,rate,soaring rents
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Belfast, NI, northern Ireland, UK, BT1
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,NI,province,home,homes,cost,costs,price,note,notes,Sterling,cash,social,housing,Monopoly,green,increase,increases,Northern,bank,banking,interest,rise,rises,rising,poverty,banks,plastic,coin,pound,pounds,accommodation,buy,rent,buying,renting,rate
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Belfast, NI, northern Ireland, UK, BT1
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,NI,province,home,homes,cost,costs,price,note,notes,Sterling,cash,social,housing,Monopoly,green,increase,increases,Northern,bank,banking,interest,rise,rises,rising,poverty,banks,plastic,coin,pound,pounds,accommodation,buy,rent,buying,renting,rate
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Belfast, NI, northern Ireland, UK, BT1
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,NI,province,home,homes,cost,costs,price,note,notes,Sterling,cash,social,housing,Monopoly,green,increase,increases,Bank of Ireland,Northern,bank,banking,interest,rise,rises,rising,poverty,Danske Bank,banks,plastic,coin,pound,pounds,BT,telephone,internet,telephones,bill
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Belfast, NI, northern Ireland, UK, BT1
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,NI,province,home,homes,cost,costs,price,note,notes,Sterling,cash,social,housing,Monopoly,green,increase,increases,Bank of Ireland,Northern,bank,banking,interest,rise,rises,rising,poverty,Danske Bank,banks,plastic,coin,pound,pounds,BT,telephone,internet,telephones,bill
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Belfast, NI, northern Ireland, UK, BT1
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,NI,province,home,homes,cost,costs,price,note,notes,Sterling,cash,social,housing,Monopoly,green,increase,increases,Bank of Ireland,Northern,bank,banking,interest,rise,rises,rising,poverty,Danske Bank,banks,plastic,coin,pound,pounds,BT,telephone,internet,telephones,bill
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Belfast, NI, northern Ireland, UK, BT1
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,NI,province,home,homes,cost,costs,price,note,notes,Sterling,cash,social,housing,Monopoly,green,increase,increases,Bank of Ireland,Northern,bank,banking,interest,rise,rises,rising,poverty,Danske Bank,banks,plastic,coin,pound,pounds,water,calculator,wastewater,charges,hotpix.org.uk
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Belfast, NI, northern Ireland, UK, BT1
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,NI,province,home,homes,cost,costs,price,note,notes,Sterling,cash,social,housing,Monopoly,green,increase,increases,Bank of Ireland,Northern,bank,banking,interest,rise,rises,rising,poverty,Danske Bank,banks,plastic,coin,pound,pounds,water,calculator,wastewater,charges
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Belfast, NI, northern Ireland, UK, BT1
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,CW9,4,Apple Market Street,CW9 5BB,market,markets,closed,shutter,shuttered,shutters,fire,indoor,covered,bargain,bargains,dark,sky,skies,grey sky,empty,outside,exterior,CWAC,councils,council,retail,poor,poverty,centre,shopping,stalls,Weaver Square
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Apple Market St, Weaver Square shopping area, Cheshire, England, UK, CW9 5BB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,WA7,53a,Halton,Cheshire,England,UK,WA7 4BH,operations,centre,charity,poverty,in,area,local churches,church,food,poor,people,hit,by,inflation,increased,increasing,costs,local,community,warehouse,store,Halton council,donate,tinned,dry,goods,Western Point
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53a Russell Rd, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 4BH
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53a Russell Rd, Weston point, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 4BH
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53a Russell Rd, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 4BH
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53a Russell Rd, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 4BH
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53a Russell Rd, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 4BH
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Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1NN
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United Kingdom
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United Kingdom
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Vale Rd, New Rd, Llandudno Junction, north Wales, LL31 9SJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MN7NHH - Concept image showing English sterling banknotes and stacked coins beside a lit domestic gas hob, illustrating the way rising gas prices and wider household energy costs affect home budgets in England and across the United Kingdom. The photograph combines visible cash with a blue gas flame to symbolise utility bills, inflation, cost of living pressure, and the strain placed on ordinary households as domestic fuel charges increase. The use of Bank of England notes makes the image especially relevant for English, UK-wide and Westminster-focused coverage of consumer finances, energy affordability, and the real cash impact of bill rises on family spending. It suggests the practical reality of budgeting in the kitchen, where money for heating, cooking and essential energy use must compete with food, rent, mortgage payments, transport, council tax and other everyday commitments. The gas burner acts as a strong visual shorthand for domestic fuel consumption, meter readings, tariffs, supplier charges, standing charges, and the continuing public debate around energy prices, affordability, and support for households under financial pressure. Suitable for editorial use on stories about gas bills, utility costs, fuel poverty, personal finance, inflation, debt, arrears, economic hardship, and household budgeting, the image also works more broadly as a symbol of financial stress, shrinking disposable income, and the choices facing low and middle income homes during periods of high energy prices. Because the money is shown as physical notes and coins rather than a digital banking screen, the image has an immediate, everyday realism that suits newspaper, magazine, business and consumer reporting on the burden of rising gas bills. It also lends itself to stories about winter heating worries, the energy price cap, consumer confidence, household resilience, budgeting advice, and the continued political sensitivity of domestic utility costs in Britain.
United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EDM00R - Editorial image showing Wythenshawe Community Housing Group's new affordable housing development on Woodhouse Lane in Wythenshawe, Manchester, at 216 Woodhouse Lane, M22 9TF. The scheme sits within a wider South Manchester social housing context, where WCHG manages homes and community services across Wythenshawe and continues to promote modern, energy-efficient housing. The Woodhouse Lane site has been reported as a completed affordable rent apartment scheme built on the former SS John Fisher and Thomas More Catholic Church site, with sustainable measures intended to reduce the carbon footprint and help lower running costs for residents. This photograph can illustrate UK social housing investment, affordable homes, community-led regeneration, housing association development, low-carbon construction, fuel poverty reduction, warmer homes and the practical challenge of building new homes that are cheaper to heat and easier to live in. It is relevant to stories about Wythenshawe regeneration, Greater Manchester housing need, Homes England-supported development, sustainable technology in rented housing, thermal efficiency, green building standards, tenant affordability and the pressure on social landlords to deliver both new supply and better environmental performance. The location also connects with Wythenshawe's historic role as one of Britain's major planned municipal housing areas and with current debates about how older suburban estates can be renewed without losing their community identity. Depending on the visible stage of works, the image may show a new build frontage, construction detailing, windows, brickwork, access areas, landscaping, street scene context or site hoarding. It has strong editorial value for housing, planning, regeneration, climate adaptation, retrofit versus new build, public investment, local authority partnership, and the cost of living impact of designing lower energy demand into affordable rented homes.
New WCHG affordable homes at Woodhouse Lane, Wythenshawe, Manchester, designed with sustainable tech
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United Kingdom
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England, UK
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England, UK
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Mill Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire,England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JKMTTR - Warrington Foodbank now have a brand-new outlet at Golden Square Shopping Centre, providing a dedicated drop-off point where generous shoppers can donate non-perishable food items and toiletries. Our information centre and donation station will open from 10am-2pm Tuesday to Saturday.
The new outlet will be located near Primark in Golden Square and will be run and manned by Warrington Foodbank volunteers. Alongside Warrington Foodbank, representatives from the Citizens Advice Bureau will also be available to speak to, offering information and guidance on such things as universal credit and debt issues.
Warrington Foodbank would like to greatly thank our friends at Golden Square for helping get this important new outlet, up and running.
Golden Square, Warrington, cheshire, England, UK
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Church St , city centre, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 2LT
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Leigh town centre, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1
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3/4, M5 Motorway Northbound, Jct, Illey Ln, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK, B32 4AR
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41 Buttermarket St, Warrington, Cheshire, England,UK, WA1 2LY
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29 Market St, Chorley, Lancashire, England, PR7 2SY
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Chorlton St, Manchester, UK, M1 3JF
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RFF69J - The Big Issue is a street newspaper founded by John Bird and Gordon Roddick in September 1991 and published in four continents. The Big Issue is one of the UK's leading social businesses and exists to offer homeless people, or individuals at risk of homelessness, the opportunity to earn a legitimate income, thereby helping them to reintegrate into mainstream society. It is the world's most widely circulated street newspaper
In 1995, The Big Issue Foundation was founded to offer additional support and advice to vendors around issues such as housing, health, personal finance and addiction.
In 2001, the magazine sold nearly 300,000 copies per week. Between 2007 and 2011, the circulation of The Big Issue declined from 167,000 to less than 125,000. Competition between vendors also increased at this time. In January 2012, the magazine was relaunched, with an increased focus on campaigning and political journalism. New columnists were added, including the Premier League footballer Joey Barton, Rachel Johnson, Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park and Samira Ahmed. The cover price was increased.
In 2016, The Big Issue celebrated surpassing 200 million magazine sales.
To become a vendor, one must be homeless or almost homeless, vulnerably housed or marginalised in some way. The Big Issue recognises, however, that for many people, being housed is only the first stage in getting off the streets
therefore, The Big Issue Foundation exists to support vendors in gaining control of their lives by tackling the various issues which lead to homelessness.
116 Tib St, Manchester, England, UK, M4 1LR
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RG992J - The UK homeless charity Shelter put the 2017 figure for the whole of the UK's homeless at 300,000. Recorded deaths among rough sleepers and those in temporary accommodation more than doubled in the five years to 2018. Homeless people die much younger than the general population, research by the Office for National Statistics shows. Homeless men die on average aged 44 while homeless women die on average aged 42. Homeless deaths have been rising stradily in the five years to 2018. Suicide, drug and alcohol abuse are the most common causes of death among homeless people. Jon Sparkes of Crisis urged the government to put causes of homelessness right, like building the number of social homes we need and making sure our welfare system is there to support people when they fall on hard times. The charity, Crisis attributes rising homelessness to a shortage of social housing, housing benefits not covering private rents and there not being homeless prevention schemes for people leaving care. Crisis wants the government to change polixy.
Crisis estimates there are roughly 12,300 rough sleepers in the UK and also 12,000 people sleeping in sheds, bins, cars, tents and night busses. The figure is derived from research by Heriot-Watt University. Rough sleeping has risen by 98% since 2010, sleeping in tents and the like rose 103%. In England rough sleeping rose by 120%, in Wales it rose by 75% and in Scotland it fell by 5%. Scotland has more inclusive homelessness laws, since 2012 guaranteeing a right to settled accommodation for all homeless people, including young single men, while England only houses those in priority need, like families with dependent children. Jon Sparkes of Crisis said, Christmas should be a time of joy, but for thousands of people sleeping rough, in tents or on public transport it will be anything but. While most of the country will be celebrating and enjoying a family meal, those who are homeless will face a struggle just to stay safe and escape the c
Winmarleigh St, Warrington, WA1 1NB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RG996J - The UK homeless charity Shelter put the 2017 figure for the whole of the UK's homeless at 300,000. Recorded deaths among rough sleepers and those in temporary accommodation more than doubled in the five years to 2018. Homeless people die much younger than the general population, research by the Office for National Statistics shows. Homeless men die on average aged 44 while homeless women die on average aged 42. Homeless deaths have been rising stradily in the five years to 2018. Suicide, drug and alcohol abuse are the most common causes of death among homeless people. Jon Sparkes of Crisis urged the government to put causes of homelessness right, like building the number of social homes we need and making sure our welfare system is there to support people when they fall on hard times. The charity, Crisis attributes rising homelessness to a shortage of social housing, housing benefits not covering private rents and there not being homeless prevention schemes for people leaving care. Crisis wants the government to change polixy.
Crisis estimates there are roughly 12,300 rough sleepers in the UK and also 12,000 people sleeping in sheds, bins, cars, tents and night busses. The figure is derived from research by Heriot-Watt University. Rough sleeping has risen by 98% since 2010, sleeping in tents and the like rose 103%. In England rough sleeping rose by 120%, in Wales it rose by 75% and in Scotland it fell by 5%. Scotland has more inclusive homelessness laws, since 2012 guaranteeing a right to settled accommodation for all homeless people, including young single men, while England only houses those in priority need, like families with dependent children. Jon Sparkes of Crisis said, Christmas should be a time of joy, but for thousands of people sleeping rough, in tents or on public transport it will be anything but. While most of the country will be celebrating and enjoying a family meal, those who are homeless will face a struggle just to stay safe and escape the c
Winmarleigh St, Warrington, WA1 1NB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PEHGA0 - Human reality behind Britain's homelessness and rough sleeping crisis. A person lies on a makeshift bed beside a dark brick wall, wrapped in blankets and bedding with their head resting on a white pillow. Bags, clothing, food packaging, cardboard cartons and a lighter are arranged around the sleeping area, showing how possessions and necessities must be kept close when somebody has no secure home. The bright pink top contrasts sharply with the subdued pavement, black blanket and weathered wall, drawing attention to the individual rather than reducing homelessness to statistics.
The photograph is presented in the political context of 20 July 2026, when Andy Burnham became the United Kingdom's new Labour Prime Minister after succeeding Sir Keir Starmer. In his first address outside 10 Downing Street, Burnham pledged government action to eradicate rough sleeping in Britain. The commitment placed homelessness among the immediate tests facing the new administration, alongside the cost of living, housing supply and public services.
Rough sleeping is the most visible expression of a wider housing emergency that also includes families in temporary accommodation, hidden homelessness, insecure tenancies and people moving between sofas, hostels and short-term placements. Ending it requires more than emergency shelter. Progress depends on prevention, funded outreach, mental health and addiction support, welfare advice, genuinely affordable homes, council housebuilding and Housing First services that provide stable accommodation before other needs are addressed.
The scene is significant because Burnham previously made homelessness a defining issue during his years as Mayor of Greater Manchester. His national pledge will be judged against both that experience and the scale of the crisis. The image reminds viewers that political promises ultimately concern individual people seeking safety, dignity, warmth and a permanent place to live.
United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEW151 - A row of small red brick two up, two down terraced houses stands boarded and partly derelict beside the 30 Years of Slaughter loyalist mural off the Shankill Road in West Belfast, Northern Ireland. The image combines poor working class housing, stock-photo/gotonysmith-Urban.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>urban decay and the visual politics of the Troubles in one street scene. The houses have sealed doors, covered windows, damaged brickwork, weeds growing from the roofline and a general sense of abandonment, making the photograph useful for editorial stories about housing poverty, inner city decline, dereliction, regeneration, poor urban conditions and the long social shadow of conflict. The adjoining mural refers to 30 years of indiscriminate slaughter and is associated with loyalist and Protestant, Unionist, Loyalist community memory around attacks including the Four Step Inn, Balmoral Showrooms, Mountainview Tavern, Bayardo Bar and Frizzell's Fish Shop. It is a highly charged example of Belfast political mural culture, using public wall space to express grief, anger, identity and contested historical memory. The contrast between the memorial mural and the modest brick terrace is especially strong for themes around everyday life beside political symbolism, the overlap of poverty and sectarian history, and the way ordinary streets became carriers of public memory during and after the Northern Ireland Troubles. The photograph can illustrate Belfast mural tours, conflict tourism, dark tourism, post conflict urban landscapes, Shankill Road history, loyalist murals, social housing history, urban renewal, neglected housing stock, community identity and documentary street photography. The scene appears to be photographed in daylight under mixed blue sky and cloud, with direct sun catching the red brickwork while grey cloud adds a sombre mood. The image has strong commercial and editorial relevance for Northern Ireland politics, British and Irish history, architecture, housing deprivation, urban regeneration, working class
Bellevue Street in West Belfast, UK, BT13 2BT
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Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BM3JP6 - Non-flushing water closets”portable pieces of furniture with removable containers for waste”became the standard in pre-Victorian Britain, though many households continued to rely on the backyard privy. The problem of waste disposal”whether from a chamber pot or from an overused hole in the ground”remained.
The Victorians made the connection between unsanitary conditions and disease that the Elizabethans hadn't and developed municipal sewer systems to try to keep their cities cleaner. The problem was that they didn't have a good way of connecting individual households to the system. Non-flushing water closets could be dressed up, but their contents couldn't be taken out. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries (about the same time the sewers were built), English patents were granted for several different types of water-closet valves, but their flushing actions were pretty inefficient. The wall mounted cistern that became popular in the 1870s vastly improved the situation because it provided a large volume of water under more pressure. Water-closet bowls remained a problem, though, because their rudimentary traps didn't do a very good job of either letting waste go down the drain or keeping sewer gases out of the building. At first these bowls were made of earthenware and glazed with sometimes-elaborate designs. In 1885, Thomas Twyford built the first vitreous china toilet, inspiring competition from other notable English potteries such as Wedgwood and Doulton
it wasn't long before vitreous china became the standard for the fledgling industry.
American inventors were also seeking solutions to the problem of building a sanitary water closet. As early as 1875, James Henry and William Campbell patented a plunger-type water closet
over the next 50 or so years more than 350 applications for patents for various types of water-closet designs were received by the U.S. patent office. In 1907
Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
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Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1NN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MN7R73 - Domestic solar photovoltaic panels installed across the tiled roof of a semi-detached house in the WA4 area of Warrington, Cheshire, England. The rooftop array consists of several dark silicon-based modules arranged around the available roof space, demonstrating how renewable electricity generation can be added to an existing suburban home without requiring a purpose-built property. The panels are mounted on the pitched roof beside a traditional red-brick chimney stack, television aerials and established household roof fittings.
The installation illustrates the growing use of small-scale domestic microgeneration within the UK housing stock. Solar photovoltaic cells convert daylight directly into electricity, allowing householders to generate part of their own power, reduce dependence on electricity purchased from the grid and potentially lower energy bills. Production varies according to daylight, season, weather, roof orientation, shading and the size and efficiency of the installed system. Solar panels can still generate electricity in cloudy British conditions, although output is generally higher during brighter periods.
Rooftop solar has become an important feature of residential decarbonisation, energy efficiency and the wider transition towards lower-carbon homes. Systems may be installed independently or combined with battery storage, smart energy controls, electric vehicle charging and other home improvement measures. The technology can help reduce a household's carbon footprint while contributing additional distributed generation to the electricity network.
The photograph also highlights the practical compromises involved when fitting renewable technology to an existing home. The modules have been positioned to make use of the available roof surface while accommodating the chimney and irregular roof shape. The mix of traditional building materials and modern energy equipment provides a clear visual contrast between established suburban housing & policy
Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK , WA4
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Scotland, UK
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Belfast, NI, northern Ireland, UK, BT1
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2CBTEEE - 3rd December 2019 - Trent Alexander-Arnold helps launch Christmas foodbank appeal by LFC
Liverpool Football Club launched its Christmas Foodbank Appeal today ahead of Wednesday's Merseyside derby at Anfield.
Trent Alexander-Arnold took time out before training on Monday to drop by North Liverpool Foodbank to donate food, meet with staff and volunteers and find out more about the centre's important work.
The No.66 said: It was a pleasure to be able to visit the foodbank and meet with the hard-working staff and volunteers. Their dedication makes such a difference to people who need their help. I'm really proud that my club is supporting such an important cause.
Trent's support was matched by a visit from Everton FC players Moise Kean and Alex Iwobi, who also donated food and helped to weigh and sort donations.
These visits, along with other club activity, are helping to raise awareness of food poverty and encourage food donations leading up to and throughout the Christmas period, which can be a difficult time for many people.
LFC staff have worked together to create the club's first ever Christmas Giving Tree, made out of food donations, which proudly features on the club's official Christmas card that is being distributed around the world to thousands of contacts.
Liverpool Football Club Anfield Road Liverpool, Merseyside,North West England,UK, L4 0TH
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Kensington & Chelsea, London, England, UK
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Brick Lane, London, England, GB, E1 6QL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JKG391 -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DBHTAP - Decaying abandoned factory with graffiti in Longton , Stoke-on-trent , Staffordshire , England , UK
Longton, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK, ST3 2NJ
