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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_4258,British Heart Foundation,BHF,charity shop,Eccles,Salford,Greater Manchester,second hand,retail,donations,reuse,recycling,high street,charity retail,town centre,fundraising,thrift store,heart,disease
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FBX6C1 - . A British Heart Foundation charity shop remains open on the Eccles high street, combining second-hand retail with fundraising for cardiovascular research and support. Charity shops occupy a distinctive position in British town centres: they provide low-cost clothing and household goods, accept donated stock, encourage reuse and generate income for national and local causes. The BHF is one of the country's most recognisable charity-retail brands, and its red fascia is a familiar sight in shopping streets where the mix of occupiers has changed markedly over recent decades. In Eccles the shop also sits within a town centre experiencing major regeneration and the loss of traditional retail anchors. Empty units and demolition have highlighted the difficulty of maintaining footfall, while charity shops, discount stores and independent businesses often continue trading through periods of transition. The second-hand sector has gained wider relevance through concerns about waste, fast fashion and the circular economy, giving donated goods an environmental as well as charitable dimension. This photograph can support editorial stories about fundraising, volunteering, charity retail, reuse, affordable shopping, high-street change, consumer behaviour and community services. It records the practical interface between a national medical charity and everyday town-centre commerce, where donations are converted into research funding through ordinary retail activity. As redevelopment proposals for Eccles progress during the mid-2020s, the shopfront also provides a useful local-history record of which organisations occupied the centre before later physical changes. For search and archive use, closely related concepts include local history, contemporary Britain or Europe, documentary photography, changing public space, economic and social change, infrastructure, community identity and the relationship between heritage and modern everyday life.
Eccles, Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Birmingham Plasma Donor Centre,city,donor,shop,office,donation,donations,shortage,of,blood,61,New St,Birmingham,West Midlands,UK,plasma,in,Wes Streeting,crisis,shortages,B2 4DU,B2,build,building,domestic,self-sufficiency,plasma-derived,medicines,immune-deficiency,diseases,disease,supply,crucial,medical,centre
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3C4CXMT - This documentary stock image shows NHS Plasma donor centre in 61 New Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK - shortage of blood. The row metadata places the subject at 61 New Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK , B2 4DU. The spreadsheet date indicates 11 July 2025, so the picture can also work as a time-specific archive record. Plainly, the image is useful because it shows Plasma Donor Centre, Birmingham, donors, New Street, shortages, centre, plasma, donor centre, with search-relevant terms including Plasma Donor Centre, Birmingham, donors, New Street, shortages, centre, plasma, donor centre, NHS, health, Birmingham Plasma Donor Centre, city, donor, shop. The value lies in the combination of place, object, wording and context, giving editors something specific and grounded rather than generic filler imagery. Birmingham has long been a civic, industrial and cultural powerhouse of the Midlands, with major public squares, music history, transport investment and retail change providing strong themes for editorial and documentary use. It is suited to health, household and public-service coverage, linking personal need with wider systems such as the NHS, prescriptions, energy efficiency, heating costs, fuel poverty, domestic comfort and the policy pressures faced by ordinary households. Because it is grounded in a named location and practical subject matter, it is useful for search-led editorial use, regional storytelling, business-to-business presentations, policy briefings and stock-photo buyers wanting evidence from the real world. 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.
61 New Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK , B2 4DU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,WA4,Cheshire,testing,cabin,on-site,working,toilet,trailer,contractor,for,to,surveying,Control of Asbestos Regulations,2012,ACOP,HSE,Health and Safety executive,danger,dangers,management,service,services,L127,L143,mesothelioma,asbestosis,lung cancer,lung,disease,01925,748244
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2P6JK3E - Asbestos is a naturally occurring fibrous silicate mineral. There are six types, all of which are composed of long and thin fibrous crystals, each fibre being composed of many microscopic fibrils that can be released into the atmosphere by abrasion and other processes. Inhalation of asbestos fibres can lead to various dangerous lung conditions, including mesothelioma, asbestosis, and lung cancer, so it is now notorious as a serious health and safety hazard.
Archaeological studies have found evidence of asbestos being used as far back as the Stone Age to strengthen ceramic pots, but large-scale mining began at the end of the 19th century when manufacturers and builders began using asbestos for its desirable physical properties. Asbestos is an excellent electrical insulator and is highly fire-resistant, so for much of the 20th century it was very commonly used across the world as a building material, until its adverse effects on human health were more widely acknowledged in the 1970s. Many modern buildings constructed before the 1980s are thought to contain asbestos.
The use of asbestos for construction and fireproofing has been made illegal in many countries. Despite this, at least 100,000 people are thought to die each year from diseases related to asbestos exposure. In part, this is because many older buildings still contain asbestos
in addition, the consequences of exposure can take decades to arise. The most common diseases associated with chronic asbestos exposure are asbestosis (scarring of the lungs due to asbestos inhalation) and mesothelioma (a type of cancer)
Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England,UK, WA4
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,faeces,test,testing,program,samples,sampling,and,ready,to,post,disease,prevention,prevent,early,National Health Service,oncology,diagnosis,treatment,diagnose,preventative,North West,English,blood,poo,free,polyps,cancers,immunochemical,FIT,colonoscopy,family history,QR,coded,stool,detection
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2N482TX - How NHS bowel cancer screening scheme works, in the UK
You will be sent an invitation letter with information about bowel cancer screening. The information is to help you decide whether to take part. Then we send you a faecal immunochemical test, or ˜FIT kit' for short. It detects blood in your poo (blood you would not notice by eye). We look for blood because polyps and bowel cancers sometimes bleed. Finding blood does not diagnose bowel cancer but it means you need further tests (usually a bowel examination).
Most people's screening result shows they do not need any further tests.
Some people will need further tests. If this is the case for you, we will offer you an appointment to talk about having a colonoscopy. Colonoscopy looks at the inside of your bowel. We use colonoscopy to find the source of the blood.
You use the FIT kit in the privacy of your home. It's a simple way to collect a tiny sample of poo. The kit (pictured below) is a small plastic bottle with a stick attached inside the lid. You use the stick to collect the sample, which you seal into the bottle. There are instructions with each kit.
Once used, you post the kit in its prepaid packaging to a laboratory for processing. Using the kit takes just a few minutes and it's an easy and effective way to screen for early bowel cancer.
North West England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,unsafe,food,Variant creutzfeldt jakob,disease,BSE,@HotpixUK,variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease,vCJD victims,BSE victims memorial,St Thomas Hospital,Albert Embankment,Lambeth Palace Road,London,England,UK,disease memorial,memorial wall,red hearts,bovine spongiform encephalopathy,prion disease,CJD remembrance,British public health crisis,BSE outbreak Britain,contaminated beef scandal,food safety history,neurological disease awareness,victims remembrance,bereaved families,commemorative plaque,medical history London,pandemic memorial,Covid bereavement,handwritten tributes,personalised heart memorials,remembrance artwork,riverside memorial,South Bank London,Westminster landmark area
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K7NBHP - National Human BSE vCJD Memorial plaque on the boundary wall of St Thomas' Hospital in Lambeth, central London. The bronze-coloured plaque bears a tree emblem and the inscription, In loving memory of the victims of Human BSE (vCJD), Always in our thoughts, Human BSE Foundation.
Human BSE is more commonly associated with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, or vCJD, a rare and fatal degenerative brain disorder linked to eating beef contaminated with bovine spongiform encephalopathy. The British BSE outbreak, widely known as the mad cow disease crisis, became a major public health, food safety and political issue during the 1980s and 1990s.
The Human BSE Foundation was established by families affected by vCJD to support other bereaved relatives, provide information and commemorate those who lost their lives. Its memorial plaque was installed on the hospital boundary wall facing the Albert Embankment and the River Thames, close to Westminster Bridge and opposite the Palace of Westminster.
The older BSE memorial has since become surrounded by thousands of painted red and pink hearts forming part of the National Covid Memorial Wall. Many of the individual hearts contain handwritten names, dates, dedications and personal messages remembering people who died during the coronavirus pandemic.
The photograph shows the formal engraved BSE plaque set against the highly personal and evolving background of painted hearts and handwritten tributes. This combination brings together two distinct periods of British public health history and creates a powerful visual record of collective grief, remembrance and bereavement.
The riverside wall has become a prominent place of reflection for grieving families, visitors and passers-by on London's South Bank.
North Wing, Lambeth Palace Rd, London, England, UK, SE1 3FT
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Derbys,HighPeak,SK13,High Peak,trust,Glossop,Derbyshire,England,UK,SK13 8AY,tamesideandglossopicft,Tameside,hospital,British,town,centre,Pioneer Health Care,Limited,Ltd,Diagnostic,screening,procedures,surgical,Treatment,of,disease,disorder,or,injury,provisions,medical,health,healthcare
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1Y80K - . This location-specific image from George St, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8AY in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The frame specifically shows NHS Tameside and Glossop, Primary Care Centre, foundation trust, George Street, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8AY. The frame also records themes of local character, historical comparison, town-centre renewal, historic townscape, place identity, commercial redevelopment, mixed-use redevelopment, period detail, civic architecture, urban regeneration, changing land use, public realm, visual archive, and everyday life. From a 2025-onward perspective, public-realm investment and construction costs are closely linked to this subject, alongside the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space. The image fixes street furniture and boundaries within George St, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8AY at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against later reinterpretation. The wider setting retains connections with adaptive reuse, local history, built heritage, changing streetscape, social history, urban fabric, community identity, and documentary photography. References to Primary, foundation, Derbyshire, Tameside, and trust give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. For George St, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8AY, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. A further contemporary connection is public-realm investment and the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space without losing the local specificity of George St, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8AY.
George St, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8AY
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Fast food,England,UK,Kentucky,chicken,shop,takeaway,carryout,carry out,poor,bad,diet,diets,fatty,foods,lower,lowering,life,span,expectations,life expectancy,low,HLE,healthy life expectancy,health,disability,diabetes,high blood pressure,heart,disease,saturated,fat,deep,fried,town,overweight,obesity
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRB2XJ - . Made at Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK in 2022, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The main point of reference is Hello Blackpool - Whats Clucking? KFC, Fast food, Junk Food, fried Food lowering life expectations in Lancashire and at the seaside, England, UK. A broader reading of the photograph includes local social venue, customer footfall, commercial streetscape, everyday life, visual archive, changing land use, night-time economy, customer-facing leisure, regional identity, street-level dining, destination shopping, local character, shopfront economy, and neighbourhood drinking venue. Current relevance extends to consumer spending and brand consolidation, particularly through the role of markets and independent shops in keeping town centres active. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into commercial rents and staffing pressure, not least because of how branded and independent hospitality compete for changing leisure spending. Small period details of public access and movement at Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK may become more significant with time, particularly following changing commercial priorities. The wider setting retains connections with local history, hospitality trade, mixed-use town centre, town-centre economy, high-street commerce, consumer retail, before-and-after reference, and community pub. The recorded references to seaside, Blackpool, Lancashire, Whats, and lowering preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The period setting at Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The frame retains a point of historical comparison as part of Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK's history.
Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,Blackpool,Lancs,Lancashire,England,UK,English,British,for,shop,store,sell,tabs,tobacco,smoke,smoking,smokes,cancer,related,disease,diseases,heart disease,lung,bad habit,bad,northern,north west,cigs,cig,carcinogen,legislation,marketing,negative,too,easy,to,buy,ban,Rishi Sunak
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRM413 - A cigarette is a narrow cylinder containing burnable material, typically tobacco, that is rolled into thin paper for smoking. The cigarette is ignited at one end, causing it to smolder
the resulting smoke is orally inhaled via the opposite end. Cigarette smoking is the most common method of tobacco consumption. The term cigarette, as commonly used, refers to a tobacco cigarette, but the word is sometimes used to refer to other substances, such as a cannabis cigarette or an herbal cigarette. A cigarette is distinguished from a cigar by its usually smaller size, use of processed leaf, and paper wrapping, which is typically white.
Since the 1920s, scientists and doctors have been able to link smoking with respiratory illness. Researchers have identified negative health effects from smoking cigarettes such as cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, heart disease, and other health problems relating to nearly every organ of the body. Nicotine, the psychoactive drug in tobacco, makes cigarettes highly addictive. About half of cigarette smokers die of tobacco-related disease and lose on average 14 years of life. Every year, tobacco cigarettes kill more than 8 million people worldwide
with 1.2 million of those being non-smokers dying as the result of exposure to second-hand smoke. Second-hand smoke from cigarettes causes many of the same health problems as smoking, including cancer, which has led to legislation and policy that has prohibited smoking in many workplaces and public areas. Cigarette smoke contains over 7,000 chemical compounds, including arsenic, formaldehyde, hydrogen cyanide, lead, carbon monoxide, acrolein, and other poisonous substances. Over 70 of these are carcinogenic
Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUk,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,drive through,dusk,evening,night,night time,nighttime,takeaway,litter,heart,disease,dangers,of,illuminated,bad diet,through,drive-through,drive,KFC Latchford,car,cars,Sanders,col,franchises,franchise,centre,food,city,diet,bad,fat,fast
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFFFHB - . This location-based editorial photograph from the recorded location in 2019 preserves a recognisable subject together with clues about how the place was used and presented at the time. The photograph records Drive through KFC,Kentucky Fried Chicken,Latchford,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4. The scene additionally carries associations with public realm, before-and-after reference, festive eating, supporter identity, contemporary social history, archival record, stadium culture, club history, football tourism, regional identity, professional football, local history, changing streetscape, and supporter community. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject sits within continuing debate about stadium redevelopment, football tourism and the value of stadium imagery as clubs redevelop or change grounds. The present-day relevance extends to local sourcing and food prices, while a wider concern is how food traditions survive alongside changing diets and lifestyles. With the passage of time, the photograph preserves the combination of built form, activity and local identity within the recorded location. The surrounding context also covers community identity, fan culture, traditional cuisine, spectator sport, traditional recipe, ceremonial meal, changing land use, and football heritage. Details involving through, Kentucky, Fried, Drive, and Warrington give the scene useful specificity and strengthen its local, cultural or historical identity. 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. The location additionally provides evidence of stadium redevelopment and the value of stadium imagery as clubs redevelop or change grounds as part of the longer story of the recorded location. A further contemporary connection is hospitality costs and the role of ceremonial food in annual celebrations when considered against later change at the recorded location.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,Scotland,Food,traditional,deep,fried,mars bar,marsbar,fry,frying,heart,disease,food dangers,dangerous,chippy,chip shop,takeaway,Takeaway Food,Heart Attack,obese,bad,habits,UK,Scots,Edinburgh,Desert,Fried Supper,Classic,foody,menu,supper menu,sweet,tooth,sweet tooth,cardiovascular,Poor diet,Human dustbin,tourist food,Essential Scots Delicacy,sign
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy MGMJKD - . This location-specific image from the recorded location in 2017 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The image documents Scottish Deep Fried Mars Bar. The surrounding context encompasses counter-terrorism awareness, terrorism aftermath, public-space protection, regional identity, civic response, visual archive, public security, public realm, community resilience, documentary photography, security-conscious public realm, city-centre security, terror attack aftermath, and changing streetscape. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with victim remembrance, protective security and the continuing importance of proportionate security around crowded places. As a dated visual record of the recorded location, the frame retains period objects and surrounding context, making it especially useful if different community use subsequently changes the scene. The photograph additionally reflects local history, place identity, period detail, social history, post-attack city, urban resilience, community identity, and everyday life. Elements such as Scottish and Fried add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. Image MGMJKD therefore remains a useful historical reference to Scottish Deep Fried Mars Bar, with its date, wording, design and surrounding details providing the documentary context. Another strand within the photograph is victim remembrance and the continuing importance of proportionate security around crowded places in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. The setting also helps illustrate counter-terrorism and the continuing importance of proportionate security around crowded places within the real-world context of the recorded location. It also preserves period character before later change alters the scene.
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Keywords: Cheshire,England,UK,rotary,rotating,cooking,making,rising,rise,bake,off,bakeoff,industry,industrial,Roberts,sliced,supermarket,manufactured,for,automation,house,bakehouse,brown,bun,cake,outside,external,building,conveyor,equipment,factory,hot,line,loaf,loaves,Bake House,GoTonySmith,meal,nourishment,nutrition,output,stainless,steel,clean,clinical,wheat,gluten,intolerance,intolerances,plant,preparing,production,rack,rise,rows,sequential,transporter,tray,allergy,allergies,coeliac,disease,wheat,arable,gliaden,lifelong,intolerance,Cereal,grain,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,gluten-free
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7DDYD - . This authentic period view of Rudheath, Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK in 2015 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The location is represented through Bread cooler in bakery food factory, Northwich,Cheshire,England, UK. The wider scene also brings together regional food culture, comfort food, popular cuisine, changing streetscape, everyday cuisine, hospitality food service, period detail, before-and-after reference, traditional takeaway, place identity, street food culture, everyday life, archival record, and historical comparison. For current editorial use, nutrition and food inflation provide additional context, especially through the enduring appeal of traditional takeaway meals. For later comparison, the photograph preserves street furniture and boundaries at Rudheath, Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK, details that may look very different after changing commercial priorities. The subject also sits alongside food heritage, British food tradition, local character, public realm, local dining tradition, social history, classic British meal, and documentary photography. The combination of factory, cooler, Northwich, bakery, and Bread anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. A later view of Rudheath, Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Another strand within the photograph is nutrition and how familiar dishes remain cultural shorthand for British food as part of the longer story of Rudheath, Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK. The setting also helps illustrate food inflation and the pressure of food and energy prices on small hospitality businesses when considered against later change at Rudheath, Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK. Image F7DDYD also remains a dated record of Rudheath, Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK.
Rudheath, Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK
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Keywords: Cheshire,England,UK,rotary,rotating,cooking,making,rising,rise,bake,off,bakeoff,industry,industrial,Roberts,sliced,supermarket,manufactured,for,automation,house,bakehouse,brown,bun,cake,outside,external,building,conveyor,equipment,factory,hot,line,loaf,loaves,Bake House,GoTonySmith,meal,nourishment,nutrition,output,stainless,steel,clean,clinical,wheat,gluten,intolerance,intolerances,plant,preparing,production,rack,rise,rows,sequential,transporter,tray,allergy,allergies,coeliac,disease,wheat,arable,gliaden,lifelong,intolerance,Cereal,grain,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,gluten-free
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7DDYR - . An identifiable period record of Rudheath, Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK in 2015, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The scene records Bread cooler in bakery food factory, Northwich,Cheshire,England, UK. A broader reading of the photograph includes community identity, contemporary social history, local dining tradition, British food tradition, regional identity, archival record, historical comparison, traditional takeaway, everyday life, hospitality food service, local history, food heritage, everyday cuisine, and comfort food. Today's relevance is strengthened by nutrition, consumer spending and the continuing question of the pressure of food and energy prices on small hospitality businesses. For later comparison, the photograph preserves materials and architectural details at Rudheath, Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK, details that may look very different after new ownership. The wider setting retains connections with classic British meal, regional food culture, changing streetscape, period detail, visual archive, food-and-drink heritage, public realm, and before-and-after reference. References to bakery, Northwich, cooler, Bread, and factory give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. By fixing the subject within Rudheath, Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The location additionally provides evidence of nutrition and the enduring appeal of traditional takeaway meals when considered against later change at Rudheath, Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK. A further contemporary connection is nutrition and how food signs and shopfronts become part of urban cultural identity without losing the local specificity of Rudheath, Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK.
Rudheath, Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK
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Keywords: Services Toilet,M5,M50 Strensham,England,UK,contraception,tic tac,sweets,sweet,flavoured,ribbed,LRC,London rubber company,rubbers,sex,underage,illicit,colour,latex,easyon,easy-on,prophylactic,prophylactics,protective,sexual,sexuality,landscape,supplies,STD,sexual health,VD,venereal,aids,Gotonysmith,health,disease,venereal diseases,birth,control,birth control,catholic,motorways,gentlemen,convenience,WC,family planning,family,planning,recreational,recreational sex,games,stimulate,stimulated,penis,toy,toys,sex toys,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED9CE4 - . Durex Condom Vending Machine in a Motorway Services Toilet, M5, M50 Strensham, England, UK. Photographed at M5 services, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 07 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 Durex, Condom, Vending, Machine, Motorway, Service, Services Toilet, contraception, tic tac and sweets, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image has relevance to landscape, countryside, waterways, parks, gardens, environmental quality and the relationship between natural features and nearby settlement. It can illustrate editorial coverage of tourism, walking, recreation, conservation, seasonal change, biodiversity, green space, waterways and local identity. Vegetation, water, paths, buildings, weather and landform provide geographic and environmental context, helping the image work as both a place record and a broader landscape photograph. The documentary approach is useful for archive comparison, showing how a location looked at a particular time and how vegetation, land use or development may change later. Search themes include landscape, countryside, waterways, parks, gardens, environment, green space, tourism, recreation, seasonal conditions and local geography. The location view can also provide a useful baseline for later comparison as vegetation, land use, water levels or surrounding development change. 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. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
M5 services, England, UK
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Keywords: toast,pasta,letters,message,good,eating,health,healthy,eating,eat,western,diet,diets,bread,salt,E8,color,colours,cancer,danger,dangers,of,bad,cheap,carotine,US,UK,risk,risks,poor,NHS,national,health,service,overweight,over,weight,healthier,disease,and,disability,ill-health,illhealth,Gotonysmith Coronary Heart Disease,high blood pressure,non-insulin dependent diabetes,constipation,joint pain animal,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy E6HY4W - Being healthy is also about what you eat - choosing the right food. It is important to enjoy the food you eat - and eating in a healthier way may even be cheaper!
Our food is filled with colours, salt, hidden sugar and other elements.
There is a direct relationship between your level of physical activity and how much energy you use up from the food you eat. If you eat more than you use the surplus energy is stored as body fat
this means you will become overweight which in itself increases your risk of disease and disability.
The risks to you: Coronary Heart Disease, high blood pressure, non-insulin dependent diabetes, constipation, joint pain, being out of breath. Your risks multiply if you eat too much animal fat, smoke, drink alcohol and take very little exercise
England
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Keywords: EH1,Scottish,Scot,scots,independance,independence,The,baked,potato,bad,diet,red,food,eating,habit,habits,heart,attack,fat,fatty,food,low,life,lowest,expectancy,in,europe,poor,health,record,Scotlands,unhealthy,tatties,excess,consumption,of,saturated,fat,salt,and,sugar,off,royal,Gotonysmith,mile,places,to,eat,tourist,travel,spuds,shops,takeaway,carryout,carry,out,carryoot,cardiovascular,disease,cancer,hypertension,type 2 diabetes and obesity cakes cake,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED3AW - . The Tempting Tattie Baked Spud shop Edinburgh Scotland UK. Photographed at Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland EH1. The photograph was taken on 26 August 2013. 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 Edinburgh, Scots, Tempting, Tattie, potatoes, Spud, shop, Scottish, Scot and independance, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is useful for editorial coverage of eating out, restaurant culture, food presentation, hospitality and the way international cuisine has become part of everyday dining in British cities. Food, crockery, tableware, menus, serving dishes and restaurant surroundings can provide strong visual cues for features about cuisine, ingredients, dining habits, tourism, leisure spending and the hospitality economy. The image is documentary rather than studio food photography, giving it relevance to real-world restaurant reviews, travel features, local food guides and stories about consumer choice. It also records the appearance and presentation of a meal at a particular time and place, useful for archive, lifestyle and social-history contexts. Search themes include restaurant dining, cuisine, food presentation, hospitality, eating out, table settings, tourism, consumer lifestyle and the local food economy. Because this is a real meal in a real venue rather than a studio arrangement, it has particular value for travel, dining and social-history features. 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.
Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland EH1
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Keywords: Sun,sunny,isolated,macro,close,up,closeup,close-up,cereal,grain,british,Wheat,English,england,field,farmer,farmers,farming,arable,grain,world,trade,vegetable,protein,food,Triticeae,Triticum,starch,endosperm,ear,white,flour,Gluten,sensitivity,sensitive,undetected,coeliac,disease,celiac,gliadin,Gotonysmith,barley,and,rye,gliadin,the,enzyme,tissue,transglutaminase,gluten-free,diet,glutenfree,harvested,harvests,festival,high,quality,prices,price,bushel,yield,improvement,futures,producer,low,crop,anthesis,stage,Whole,golden,gold,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DB0GF7 - Wheat is a cereal grain, originally from the Levant region of the Near East and Ethiopian Highlands, but now cultivated worldwide. In 2010, world production of wheat was 651 million tons, making it the third most-produced cereal after maize (844 million tons) and rice (672 million tons). Wheat was the second most-produced cereal in 2009
world production in that year was 682 million tons, after maize (817 million tons), and with rice as a close third (679 million tons).
This grain is grown on more land area than any other commercial food.
World trade in wheat is greater than for all other crops combined. Globally, wheat is the leading source of vegetable protein in human food, having a higher protein content than other major cereals, maize (corn) or rice. In terms of total production tonnages used for food, it is currently second to rice as the main human food crop and ahead of maize, after allowing for maize's more extensive use in animal feeds.
Wheat was a key factor enabling the emergence of city-based societies at the start of civilization because it was one of the first crops that could be easily cultivated on a large scale, and had the additional advantage of yielding a harvest that provides long-term storage of food. Wheat contributed to the emergence of city-states in the Fertile Crescent, including the Babylonian and Assyrian empires.
Wheat grain is a staple food used to make flour for leavened, flat and steamed breads, biscuits, cookies, cakes, breakfast cereal, pasta, noodles, couscous and for fermentation to make beer, other alcoholic beverages, or biofuel.
Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: Sun,sunny,isolated,macro,close,up,closeup,close-up,cereal,grain,british,Wheat,English,england,field,farmer,farmers,farming,arable,grain,world,trade,vegetable,protein,food,Triticeae,Triticum,starch,endosperm,ear,white,flour,Gluten,sensitivity,sensitive,undetected,coeliac,disease,celiac,gliadin,Gotonysmith,barley,and,rye,gliadin,the,enzyme,tissue,transglutaminase,gluten-free,diet,glutenfree,harvested,harvests,festival,high,quality,prices,price,bushel,yield,improvement,futures,producer,low,crop,anthesis,stage,Whole,golden,gold,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DB0GKG - Wheat is a cereal grain, originally from the Levant region of the Near East and Ethiopian Highlands, but now cultivated worldwide. In 2010, world production of wheat was 651 million tons, making it the third most-produced cereal after maize (844 million tons) and rice (672 million tons). Wheat was the second most-produced cereal in 2009
world production in that year was 682 million tons, after maize (817 million tons), and with rice as a close third (679 million tons).
This grain is grown on more land area than any other commercial food.
World trade in wheat is greater than for all other crops combined. Globally, wheat is the leading source of vegetable protein in human food, having a higher protein content than other major cereals, maize (corn) or rice. In terms of total production tonnages used for food, it is currently second to rice as the main human food crop and ahead of maize, after allowing for maize's more extensive use in animal feeds.
Wheat was a key factor enabling the emergence of city-based societies at the start of civilization because it was one of the first crops that could be easily cultivated on a large scale, and had the additional advantage of yielding a harvest that provides long-term storage of food. Wheat contributed to the emergence of city-states in the Fertile Crescent, including the Babylonian and Assyrian empires.
Wheat grain is a staple food used to make flour for leavened, flat and steamed breads, biscuits, cookies, cakes, breakfast cereal, pasta, noodles, couscous and for fermentation to make beer, other alcoholic beverages, or biofuel.
Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8FBDP - An ear is the grain-bearing tip part of the stem of a cereal plant, such as wheat or maize. It can also refer to a prominent lobe in some leaves.
The ear is a spike, consisting of a central stem on which grows tightly packed rows of flowers. These develop into fruits containing the edible seeds. In corn, it is protected by leaves called husks.
In some species (including wheat), unripe ears contribute significantly to photosynthesis, in addition to the leaves lower down the plant.
A parasite known as Anguina tritici (Ear Cockle) specifically affects the ears on wheat and rye by destroying the tissues and stems during growth. With exception to North Africa and West Asia, the parasite has been eradicated in all countries by using the crop rotation system
Grappenhall Warrington Cheshire England UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEMWP7 - The common spangle gall wasp is a tiny wasp, Neuropterus quercusbaccarum, that causes a growth, or 'gall', on the underside of oak leaves in early autumn. It is common and widespread, and a single leaf can host up to 100 galls, each containing a single larva. The galls fall to the ground and can be seen around oak trees during autumn. The larvae continue to develop through the winter, and emerge as adults in April.
How to identify
The common spangle gall wasp produces a brown, disc-shaped gall on the undersides of oak leaves. You are more likely to see the galls than the adult gall wasps or the grubs. However, there are several similar, disc-shaped galls that grow on oak trees.
Stretton, South Warrington, Cheshire , North west England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4139545052 - 'David is a rarity at the night shelter.
Outside is his 5 series BMW in electric blue. By day he is a successful dentist in Widnes. He is also a christian (with a small 'c') and see's helping out in the shelter, preparing food, looking at rotted teeth, a way to put something back.
'Medics are rarely seen around the homeless, they are rarely the 'Good Samaritan' '
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HDMH - . Lady smoker holding a home-made roll up, smoking outside a building in England ,UK where a smoking ban in public places in force. The recorded location is Cheshire, England. The wider historical story is that images of smoking outside buildings reflect the major behavioural shift created by smoke-free legislation
Since 2007 smokers in England have generally had to leave enclosed workplaces and hospitality venues, making doorways, pavements and designated areas the visible setting for tobacco use. The wider historical story is that medical and wellbeing scenes document how healthcare is delivered and understood
Clinical tools, health clubs, food advice and regulated behaviours all reflect evolving ideas about prevention, risk and personal responsibility. As background, architecture records the priorities of the period in which a building was designed: materials, ornament, scale and planning can reveal changing technologies, social status and commercial use
Later alterations and changes of tenant add further layers, so a single façade can embody several phases of local history. In the present 2026 context, the subject is especially topical because the Tobacco and Vapes Act received Royal Assent in April, creating a generational restriction on tobacco sales for people born on or after 1 January 2009 and giving powers for further smoke-free and vape-free places
Smoking imagery therefore connects historic behaviour with a major new phase of UK tobacco control. In the present 2026 context, public health increasingly emphasises prevention and reducing long-term demand on services
Subjects involving smoking, exercise, nutrition or clinical care therefore have relevance beyond the immediate scene. The subject remains topical in 2026 because public health increasingly emphasises prevention and reducing long-term demand on services
Subjects involving smoking, exercise, nutrition or clinical care therefore have relevance beyond the immediate scene.
Cheshire, England
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1Y80R - Exterior of Glossop Primary Care Centre on George Street, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, photographed in bright summer sunshine beneath a blue sky, with mature trees partly shading the modern brick and glass NHS building and its Tameside and Glossop signage. The community healthcare facility provides a local NHS presence in the town and is listed by Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust at George Street, Glossop, SK13 8AY, around 0.3 miles from Glossop railway station. The centre forms part of the network of community services serving Glossop and the wider High Peak area, providing an accessible setting for primary, outpatient and community healthcare closer to patients' homes. The image also records a period of significant organisational change in the local NHS. From 1 April 2026, Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust and Stockport NHS Foundation Trust aligned governance arrangements through a Joint Board, while remaining legally separate foundation trusts, as they develop a joint organisational strategy intended to improve healthcare services across their communities. The Trust has also highlighted increased use of digital technology and artificial intelligence. In June 2026 it reported deployment of an AI model designed to identify patients at higher risk of returning to A&E within a month, allowing multidisciplinary teams to consider earlier community-based intervention and potentially reduce avoidable emergency department attendance. Other current developments include digital appointment letters, expanded use of the NHS App and joint working with Stockport. This exterior view therefore illustrates both a neighbourhood NHS healthcare facility in Glossop and the wider shift towards integrated, community-based and digitally supported care across Tameside, Glossop and neighbouring Stockport.
George St, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 8AY
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2N482TN - How NHS bowel cancer screening scheme works, in the UK
You will be sent an invitation letter with information about bowel cancer screening. The information is to help you decide whether to take part. Then we send you a faecal immunochemical test, or ˜FIT kit' for short. It detects blood in your poo (blood you would not notice by eye). We look for blood because polyps and bowel cancers sometimes bleed. Finding blood does not diagnose bowel cancer but it means you need further tests (usually a bowel examination).
Most people's screening result shows they do not need any further tests.
Some people will need further tests. If this is the case for you, we will offer you an appointment to talk about having a colonoscopy. Colonoscopy looks at the inside of your bowel. We use colonoscopy to find the source of the blood.
You use the FIT kit in the privacy of your home. It's a simple way to collect a tiny sample of poo. The kit (pictured below) is a small plastic bottle with a stick attached inside the lid. You use the stick to collect the sample, which you seal into the bottle. There are instructions with each kit.
Once used, you post the kit in its prepaid packaging to a laboratory for processing. Using the kit takes just a few minutes and it's an easy and effective way to screen for early bowel cancer.
North West England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2N482MY - How NHS bowel cancer screening scheme works, in the UK
You will be sent an invitation letter with information about bowel cancer screening. The information is to help you decide whether to take part. Then we send you a faecal immunochemical test, or ˜FIT kit' for short. It detects blood in your poo (blood you would not notice by eye). We look for blood because polyps and bowel cancers sometimes bleed. Finding blood does not diagnose bowel cancer but it means you need further tests (usually a bowel examination).
Most people's screening result shows they do not need any further tests.
Some people will need further tests. If this is the case for you, we will offer you an appointment to talk about having a colonoscopy. Colonoscopy looks at the inside of your bowel. We use colonoscopy to find the source of the blood.
You use the FIT kit in the privacy of your home. It's a simple way to collect a tiny sample of poo. The kit (pictured below) is a small plastic bottle with a stick attached inside the lid. You use the stick to collect the sample, which you seal into the bottle. There are instructions with each kit.
Once used, you post the kit in its prepaid packaging to a laboratory for processing. Using the kit takes just a few minutes and it's an easy and effective way to screen for early bowel cancer.
Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF0NPC - . Corn in a summer English field battling wild flowers near Walton, Warrington Cheshire UK. Photographed on 18 July 2009. The recorded location is A56, Walton, Warrington , Cheshire, England UK. Nature flourishing in the countryside. Looking at the subject's development, nature photography can serve both aesthetic and documentary purposes, preserving details of species, flowering seasons, weather and land use
Repeated images of the same places also become useful evidence of environmental evolution over time. In historical terms, farming and allotment imagery records the practical work behind food production, from ploughing and arable crops to small-scale vegetable growing
Allotments expanded strongly during periods of food shortage and remain an significant part of British urban and suburban gardening culture. Historically, flowers and foliage provide precise seasonal markers
Snowdrops are associated with late winter and early spring, while seed heads and autumn leaves show later stages of the plant cycle
dew, frost and backlighting can further emphasise structure. For the 2026 context, climate adaptation and biodiversity remain prominent concerns, giving ordinary countryside scenes greater documentary relevance
Changes in rainfall, temperature and land management affect flowering, crops, insects and wildlife, while public interest in nature recovery continues to grow. During 2026, food security, soil health, biodiversity and climate resilience are increasingly central to UK farming and gardening
Images of crops, allotments and field work can support coverage of domestic food production, sustainable agriculture and adaptation to more variable weather. In 2026, climate adaptation and biodiversity remain prominent concerns, giving ordinary countryside scenes greater documentary relevance
Changes in rainfall, temperature and land management affect flowering, crops, insects and wildlife, while public interest in nature recovery continues to grow.
A56, Walton, Warrington , Cheshire, England UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DB0GYN - Wheat is a cereal grain, originally from the Levant region of the Near East and Ethiopian Highlands, but now cultivated worldwide. In 2010, world production of wheat was 651 million tons, making it the third most-produced cereal after maize (844 million tons) and rice (672 million tons). Wheat was the second most-produced cereal in 2009
world production in that year was 682 million tons, after maize (817 million tons), and with rice as a close third (679 million tons).
This grain is grown on more land area than any other commercial food.
World trade in wheat is greater than for all other crops combined. Globally, wheat is the leading source of vegetable protein in human food, having a higher protein content than other major cereals, maize (corn) or rice. In terms of total production tonnages used for food, it is currently second to rice as the main human food crop and ahead of maize, after allowing for maize's more extensive use in animal feeds.
Wheat was a key factor enabling the emergence of city-based societies at the start of civilization because it was one of the first crops that could be easily cultivated on a large scale, and had the additional advantage of yielding a harvest that provides long-term storage of food. Wheat contributed to the emergence of city-states in the Fertile Crescent, including the Babylonian and Assyrian empires.
Wheat grain is a staple food used to make flour for leavened, flat and steamed breads, biscuits, cookies, cakes, breakfast cereal, pasta, noodles, couscous and for fermentation to make beer, other alcoholic beverages, or biofuel.
Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DB0GAF - Wheat is a cereal grain, originally from the Levant region of the Near East and Ethiopian Highlands, but now cultivated worldwide. In 2010, world production of wheat was 651 million tons, making it the third most-produced cereal after maize (844 million tons) and rice (672 million tons). Wheat was the second most-produced cereal in 2009
world production in that year was 682 million tons, after maize (817 million tons), and with rice as a close third (679 million tons).
This grain is grown on more land area than any other commercial food.
World trade in wheat is greater than for all other crops combined. Globally, wheat is the leading source of vegetable protein in human food, having a higher protein content than other major cereals, maize (corn) or rice. In terms of total production tonnages used for food, it is currently second to rice as the main human food crop and ahead of maize, after allowing for maize's more extensive use in animal feeds.
Wheat was a key factor enabling the emergence of city-based societies at the start of civilization because it was one of the first crops that could be easily cultivated on a large scale, and had the additional advantage of yielding a harvest that provides long-term storage of food. Wheat contributed to the emergence of city-states in the Fertile Crescent, including the Babylonian and Assyrian empires.
Wheat grain is a staple food used to make flour for leavened, flat and steamed breads, biscuits, cookies, cakes, breakfast cereal, pasta, noodles, couscous and for fermentation to make beer, other alcoholic beverages, or biofuel.
Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
