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  • As a mother and younger brother look on, a 4 year-old girl has her weight checked by a local health visitor on scales in a south London childrens' clinic. Looking over her shoulder, the girl notices the reading on the scales that tell us she is 17.36 kilos (38lbs US) which is a healthy weight for a young, growing body. As her mummy and young brother look on, the community health visitor writes this progress into the child's personal health book, updated with her vital statistics since the day of her birth.
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  • Corporal Karen McNally is a flight planning administrator in the 'Red Arrows', Britain's Royal Air Force aerobatic team. Reaching up across the information board, this RAF lady is responsible for maintaining this vital part of the team's logistical plans that are outlined on this busy calendar of their movements and appearances at a seasonal series of air shows and fly-pasts across the UK and a few European venues. Since 1965 the squadron have flown over 4,000 shows in 52 countries and are an important part of Britain's summer events where aerobatics aircraft perform their manoeuvres in front of massed crowds. Corporal McNally is a part of the team called the Blues, the team's ground support personnel that outnumber the pilots (the Reds) by 8 to 1.
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  • From 1,100m away, a shooting target at a firing range belonging to the Land Warfare Centre, has been punctured by bullet holes from a new British-made Long Range L115A3 sniper rifle on Salisbury Plain, Warminster, England.  Sniping means concealment, observation and assassination, a strategy the British are using more against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Swiss Lapua .338 inch rounds (8.59mm) travel at sub-sonic speeds of 936 metres/sec, finding its target accurately up to 1km. The rifle weighs 6.8kg with telescopic image-intensified scopes to 25x life size vision, made by Schmidt & Bender. Front-mounted ‘suppressor’ minimises the signature normally compromising snipers’ position. At £23,000 each, a £4 million contract has been awarded to Accuracy International, to provide the Army, Royal Marines and RAF. The army say it's their best ever sniper rifle.
    sniper_rifle09-06-03-2008 _1_1.jpg
  • Advert for a clothing company selling the perfect face mask on 25th June 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. As the July deadline approaces and government will relax its lockdown rules further, the West End remains quiet, while some non-essential shops are allowed to open with individual shops setting up social distancing systems.
    20200625_covid london face covering_...jpg
  • Undressed female mannequins, awaiting latest clothing show body forms and proportions in a central London street. As proof of how the fashion and retail industries see the perfect woman's form, we see a skinnier look, the proportions of a curvy rather than a rounded female shape. Womens' groups however see this as unrepresentative, undermining how women see themselves portrayed accurately in the shop window and therefore in everyday life.
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  • Undressed female mannequins, awaiting latest clothing show body forms and proportions in a central London street. As proof of how the fashion and retail industries see the perfect woman's form, we see a skinnier look, the proportions of a curvy rather than a rounded female shape. Womens' groups however see this as unrepresentative, undermining how women see themselves portrayed accurately in the shop window and therefore in everyday life.
    retail_window06-04-02-2015_1.jpg
  • Kneeling in undergrowth, a camouflaged British infantry soldier is seen looking down the telescopic sight of the new British-made Long Range L115A3 sniper rifle on Salisbury Plain, Warminster, England. Sniping means concealment, observation and assassination, a strategy the British are using more against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Swiss Lapua .338 inch rounds (8.59mm) travel at sub-sonic speeds of 936 metres/sec, finding its target accurately up to 1,100 metres. The rifle weighs 6.8kg with telescopic image-intensified scopes to 25x life size vision, made by Schmidt & Bender. Front-mounted ‘suppressor’ minimises the signature normally compromising snipers’ position. At £23,000 each, a £4 million contract has been awarded to Accuracy International, to provide the Army, Royal Marines and RAF. The British say this is the best sniper rifle in the world.
    sniper_rifle22-06-03-2008 _1_1.jpg
  • Lying in undergrowth, a camouflaged British infantry soldier is seen looking down the telescopic sight of the new British-made Long Range L115A3 sniper rifle on Salisbury Plain, Warminster, England. Sniping means concealment, observation and assassination, a strategy the British are using more against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Swiss Lapua .338 inch rounds (8.59mm) travel at sub-sonic speeds of 936 metres/sec, finding its target accurately up to 1,100 metres. The rifle weighs 6.8kg with telescopic image-intensified scopes to 25x life size vision, made by Schmidt & Bender. Front-mounted ‘suppressor’ minimises the signature normally compromising snipers’ position. At £23,000 each, a £4 million contract has been awarded to Accuracy International, to provide the Army, Royal Marines and RAF. The British say this is the best sniper rifle in the world.
    sniper_rifle16-06-03-2008 _1_1.jpg
  • Lying in undergrowth, a camouflaged British infantry soldier is seen squinting down the telescopic sight of the new British-made Long Range L115A3 sniper rifle on Salisbury Plain, Warminster, England. Sniping means concealment, observation and assassination, a strategy the British are using more against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Swiss Lapua .338 inch rounds (8.59mm) travel at sub-sonic speeds of 936 metres/sec, finding its target accurately up to 1,100 metres. The rifle weighs 6.8kg with telescopic image-intensified scopes to 25x life size vision, made by Schmidt & Bender. Front-mounted ‘suppressor’ minimises the signature normally compromising snipers’ position. At £23,000 each, a £4 million contract has been awarded to Accuracy International, to provide the Army, Royal Marines and RAF. The British say this is the best sniper rifle in the world.
    sniper_rifle14-06-03-2008 _1_1.jpg
  • Lying in undergrowth, a camouflaged British infantry soldier is seen looking down the telescopic sight of the new British-made Long Range L115A3 sniper rifle on Salisbury Plain, Warminster, England. Sniping means concealment, observation and assassination, a strategy the British are using more against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Swiss Lapua .338 inch rounds (8.59mm) travel at sub-sonic speeds of 936 metres/sec, finding its target accurately up to 1,100 metres. The rifle weighs 6.8kg with telescopic image-intensified scopes to 25x life size vision, made by Schmidt & Bender. Front-mounted ‘suppressor’ minimises the signature normally compromising snipers’ position. At £23,000 each, a £4 million contract has been awarded to Accuracy International, to provide the Army, Royal Marines and RAF. The British say this is the best sniper rifle in the world.
    sniper_rifle12-06-03-2008 _1_1.jpg
  • A camouflaged British infantry soldier is seen down the telescopic sight of the new British-made Long Range L115A3 sniper rifle on Salisbury Plain, Warminster, England. Sniping means concealment, observation and assassination, a strategy the British are using more against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Swiss Lapua .338 inch rounds (8.59mm) travel at sub-sonic speeds of 936 metres/sec, finding its target accurately up to 1,100 metres. The rifle weighs 6.8kg with telescopic image-intensified scopes to 25x life size vision, made by Schmidt & Bender. Front-mounted ‘suppressor’ minimises the signature normally compromising snipers’ position. At £23,000 each, a £4 million contract has been awarded to Accuracy International, to provide the Army, Royal Marines and RAF. The British say this is the best sniper rifle in the world.
    sniper_rifle11-06-03-2008 _1_1.jpg
  • Looking down a firing range towards numbered targets, seen down the telescopic sight of the new British-made Long Range L115A3 sniper rifle on Salisbury Plain, Warminster, England. Sniping means concealment, observation and assassination, a strategy the British are using more against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Swiss Lapua .338 inch rounds (8.59mm) travel at sub-sonic speeds of 936 metres/sec, finding its target accurately up to 1,100 metres. The rifle weighs 6.8kg with telescopic image-intensified scopes to 25x life size vision, made by Schmidt & Bender. Front-mounted ‘suppressor’ minimises the signature normally compromising snipers’ position. At £23,000 each, a £4 million contract has been awarded to Accuracy International, to provide the Army, Royal Marines and RAF. The British say this is the best sniper rifle in the world.
    sniper_rifle10-06-03-2008 _1_1.jpg
  • Lying on his stomach, a camouflaged British infantry soldier is seen looking down the telescopic sight of the new British-made Long Range L115A3 sniper rifle on Salisbury Plain, Warminster, England. Sniping means concealment, observation and assassination, a strategy the British are using more against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Swiss Lapua .338 inch rounds (8.59mm) travel at sub-sonic speeds of 936 metres/sec, finding its target accurately up to 1,100 metres. The rifle weighs 6.8kg with telescopic image-intensified scopes to 25x life size vision, made by Schmidt & Bender. Front-mounted ‘suppressor’ minimises the signature normally compromising snipers’ position. At £23,000 each, a £4 million contract has been awarded to Accuracy International, to provide the Army, Royal Marines and RAF. The British say this is the best sniper rifle in the world.
    sniper_rifle08-06-03-2008 _1_1.jpg
  • Lying in undergrowth with a photographer shooting pictures, a camouflaged British infantry soldier is seen looking down the telescopic sight of the new British-made Long Range L115A3 sniper rifle on Salisbury Plain, Warminster, England. Sniping means concealment, observation and assassination, a strategy the British are using more against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Swiss Lapua .338 inch rounds (8.59mm) travel at sub-sonic speeds of 936 metres/sec, finding its target accurately up to 1,100 metres. The rifle weighs 6.8kg with telescopic image-intensified scopes to 25x life size vision, made by Schmidt & Bender. Front-mounted ‘suppressor’ minimises the signature normally compromising snipers’ position. At £23,000 each, a £4 million contract has been awarded to Accuracy International, to provide the Army, Royal Marines and RAF.
    sniper_rifle03-06-03-2008 _1_1_1.jpg
  • Lying in undergrowth, a camouflaged British infantry soldier is seen looking down the telescopic sight of the new British-made Long Range L115A3 sniper rifle on Salisbury Plain, Warminster, England. Sniping means concealment, observation and assassination, a strategy the British are using more against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Swiss Lapua .338 inch rounds (8.59mm) travel at sub-sonic speeds of 936 metres/sec, finding its target accurately up to 1,100 metres. The rifle weighs 6.8kg with telescopic image-intensified scopes to 25x life size vision, made by Schmidt & Bender. Front-mounted ‘suppressor’ minimises the signature normally compromising snipers’ position. At £23,000 each, a £4 million contract has been awarded to Accuracy International, to provide the Army, Royal Marines and RAF. The British say this is the best sniper rifle in the world.
    sniper_rifle02-06-03-2008 _1_1_1.jpg
  • Military air traffic controller Flight Lieutenant Barrie Robinson is on duty in the control tower at RAF Scampton, home base of the 'Red Arrows', Britain's Royal Air Force aerobatic team. RAF controllers liaise with civilian air authorities to ensure safe travel for any aircraft using their airspace, manning communications and airfield safety, the officer wears a headset with which to speak to air crew and ground-based personnel. Scampton is not the busy airfield that other stations are where larger squadrons are based but the Red Arrows fly their training sorties from here up to six times a day in the winter months then use this as a base from which to fly their summer air shows.
    Red_Arrows372_RBA.jpg
  • Two toilet rolls are ready for use in a Paris hotel room toilet. Folded into triangular, pointed ends that point down to the bathroom floor in a famliar manner known to businessmen and and tourists during overnight stays in these anonymous and generic rest-stops frequented by travellers. Mounted onto a brown wall, the twin toilet roll holders are fixed side by side and have a shiny chrome finish.
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  • New skyscraper One Blackfriars Bridge on the Southern skyline of London, England, United Kingdom. 1 Blackfriars or One Blackfriars, is a development at Bankside, London. The development is a 52-storey 170m tower and two smaller buildings of 6 and 4 stories respectively. Uses include residential flats, a hotel and retail.
    20181010_one blackfriars_001.jpg
  • The finalists of the French leg of tandems surfing’s world tour pose in Seignosse, Left to right: , Dhelia Birou, 20, and  Clement Cetran; Caroline and Loic; Jeremy Boisson, 24, and  Julie Desarnaud, 17 and finally Rico Leroy, 35,  and Sarah Burel, 19. Tandem surfing is a hybrid of surfing and acrobatics. It originated in the 1930s in Hawaii when the Waikiki Beach boys would take female tourists for rides on their boards it has since evolved into an international competition sport (run by ITSA) where couples perform complex gymnastics on surf.
    tandemsurfers31_1.jpg
  • Marie and Julien tandem surfers exit the surf during a heat at the French leg of the world tandem tour at Seignossse. Tandem surfing is a hybrid of surfing and acrobatics. It originated in the 1930s in Hawaii when the Waikiki Beach boys would take female tourists for rides on their boards. It has since evolved into an international competition sport where couples perform complex gymnastics on surf.
    tandemsurfers22_1.jpg
  • A couple examine a scoring chart at the French Tandem Surfing Finals. The competitors are competing for a share of  $3000 dollars in  prize money. Contestants are judged on different types of lifts which are scored according to their difficulty with certain lifts getting many more points. <br />
Tandem surfing is a hybrid of surfing and acrobatics. It originated in the 1930s in Hawaii when the Waikiki beach boys would take female tourists for rides on their boards it has since evolved into an international competition sport where couples perform complex Gymnastics on Surf.
    tandemsurfers20_1.jpg
  • Jan and Virginie return from the water not entirely happy with their performance at   the French Tandem Surfing Finals.  Surprisingly rarely for this sport, they are a couple on and off the water which might explain why they were arguing and why they left the event shortly after the picture was taken.
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  • Tandem surfers Dhelia Birou, 20 and  Clement Cetran, take time out at an event in Seignosse, France. Tandem surfing is a hybrid of surfing and acrobatics. It originated in the 1930s in Hawaii when the Waikiki Beach boys would take female tourists for rides on their boards.
    tandemsurfers17_1.jpg
  • Tandem surfers Dhelia Birou, 20 and Clement Cetran, practising lifts prior to the French leg of the tandem surfing world tour. They are hoping to win prize money of  up to $1200. Tandem surfing is a hybrid of surfing and acrobatics. Originating in the 1930s in Hawaii when the Waikiki Beach boys would take female tourists for rides on their boards.
    tandemsurfers15_1.jpg
  • Rico Leroy, 35 and Sarah Burel, 19, demonstrating a tandem Surfing lift the day before the French Tandem Surfing finals. Tandem surfing is a hybrid of surfing and acrobatics. Originating in the 1930s in Hawaii when the Waikiki Beach boys would take female tourists for rides on their boards. The sport was most popular in the 50s and 60 s. It is however currently enjoying a renaissance after several decades in the doldrums thanks mainly to the work of Rico Leroy, a passionate ex-French pole vaulter who has set up the International Tandem Surfing Association  (ITSA).
    tandemsurfers8_1.jpg
  • Helicopters circle over new skyscraper One Blackfriars Bridge on the Southern skyline of London, England, United Kingdom. 1 Blackfriars or One Blackfriars, is a development at Bankside, London. The development is a 52-storey 170m tower and two smaller buildings of 6 and 4 stories respectively. Uses include residential flats, a hotel and retail.
    20181013_one blackfriars_001.jpg
  • The finalists of the French leg of tandems surfing’s world tour pose in Seignosse, Left to right: , Dhelia Birou, 20, and  Clement Cetran; Caroline and Loic; Jeremy Boisson, 24, and  Julie Desarnaud, 17 and finally Rico Leroy, 35,  and Sarah Burel, 19. Tandem surfing is a hybrid of surfing and acrobatics. It originated in the 1930s in Hawaii when the Waikiki Beach boys would take female tourists for rides on their boards it has since evolved into an international competition sport (run by ITSA) where couples perform complex gymnastics on surf.
    tandemsurfers29_1.jpg
  • Rico Leroy, 35 and  Sarah Burel, 19, demonstrating a tandem Surfing lift the day before the French Tandem Surfing finals. Tandem surfing is a hybrid of surfing and acrobatics. Originating in the 1930s in Hawaii when the Waikiki Beach boys would take female tourists for rides on their boards it has since evolved into an international competition sport where couples perform complex Gymnastics on Surf.
    tandemsurfers27_1.jpg
  • Tandem Surfer Dhelia Birou, 20 is lifted by her partner  Clement Cetran during a training session on the beach at Seignosse, France. Tandem surfing is a hybrid of surfing and acrobatics. Originating in the 1930s in Hawaii when the Waikiki Beach boys would take female tourists for rides on their boards it has since evolved into an international competition sport where couples perform complex Gymnastics on Surf.
    tandemsurfers26_1.jpg
  • Eric Andre and Ophelie; Rico Leroy, 35, and  Sarah Burel, 19 show off skills developed for competitive tandem surfing, the French leg of the world tandem tour, Seignossse. Tandem surfing is a hybrid of surfing and acrobatics. It originated in the 1930s in Hawaii when the Waikiki Beach boys would take female tourists for rides on their <br />
Boards. It has since evolved into an international competition sport where couples perform complex Gymnastics on Surf.
    tandemsurfers23_1.jpg
  • Rico Leroy, 35 and Sarah Burel, 19, during a training session  the day before the French Tandem Surfing finals. Tandem surfing is a hybrid of surfing and acrobatics. It originated in the 1930s in Hawaii when the Waikiki Beach boys would take female tourists for rides on their boards it has since evolved into an international competition sport where couples perform complex Gymnastics on Surf.
    tandemsurfers21_1.jpg
  • Rico Leroy’s Surfboard Anglet, near Biarritz, South West France.
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  • Tandem surfers Dhelia Birou, 20 and Clement Cetran, take time out at an event in Seignosse, France. Tandem surfing is a hybrid of surfing and acrobatics. It originated in the 1930s in Hawaii when the Waikiki Beach boys would take female tourists for rides on their boards.
    tandemsurfers7_1.jpg
  • A surfer makes his way down to the beach at Seignosse, South of France. Tandem surfing is a hybrid of surfing and acrobatics. It originated in the 1930s in Hawaii when the Waikiki Beach boys would take female tourists for rides on their boards.  The sport was most popular in the 50s and 60s. It is, however, currently enjoying a renaissance after several decades in the doldrums thanks mainly to the work of  Rico Leroy who set up The International Tandem Surfing Association  or ITSA.
    tandemsurfers5_1.jpg
  • Tandem surfers practising prior to the semi-final, French leg, tandem surfing world tour: (Eric Andre and Ophelie foreground,  Dhelia Birou, 20 and  Clement Cetran  background).  Competitors are judged on different types of lifts which are scored according to their difficulty as well as general grace and surfing prowess. Tandem surfing is a hybrid of surfing and acrobatics. Originating in the 1930’s in Hawaii when the Waikiki Beach boys would take female tourists for rides on their boards.
    tandemsurfers_1.jpg
  • The tower containing Big Ben amid the Gothic architecture of Britain's Houses of Parliament and jogger on the Embankment. Passing-by at speed with a slight blur, the male sportsman runs by the racks of colourful postcards showing London scenes, their prices written on makeshift marker on a white board. Beyond is Westminster Bridge that stretches of the River Thames, towards the British Houses of Parliament, with Big Ben's clock tower rising high above. It is a fine sunny day and a woman is writing more prices for tourist mementoes of another board, leaning on the river wall. The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords (the upper house). Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster.
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  • As Prime Minister Theresa May prepares to sell her Brexit deal ahead of five days of debate and eventual vote in parliament, pro-EU Remainers protest to passing motorists outside the House of Commons, on 4th December 2018, in London, England. This week will be a vital step for Mays Premiership and the UKs Brexit status.
    brexit_protest-50-04-12-2018.jpg
  • As Prime Minister Theresa May prepares to sell her Brexit deal ahead of five days of debate and eventual vote in parliament, Brexiteers shout at passing motorists outside the House of Commons, on 4th December 2018, in London, England. This week will be a vital step for May's Premiership and the UK's Brexit status.
    brexit_protest-15-04-12-2018.jpg
  • As Prime Minister Theresa May prepares to sell her Brexit deal ahead of five days of debate and eventual vote in parliament, eminent pro-EU Remainer campaigner Steve Bray protests outside the House of Commons, on 4th December 2018, in London, England. This week will be a vital step for Mays Premiership and the UKs Brexit status.
    brexit_protest-21-04-12-2018.jpg
  • As Prime Minister Theresa May prepares to sell her Brexit deal ahead of five days of debate and eventual vote in parliament, Brexiteers protest their ideals outside the House of Commons, on 4th December 2018, in London, England. This week will be a vital step for May's Premiership and the UK's Brexit status.
    brexit_protest-18-04-12-2018.jpg
  • As Prime Minister Theresa May prepares to sell her Brexit deal ahead of five days of debate and eventual vote in parliament, Brexiteers shout at passing motorists outside the House of Commons, on 4th December 2018, in London, England. This week will be a vital step for May's Premiership and the UK's Brexit status.
    brexit_protest-13-04-12-2018.jpg
  • As Prime Minister Theresa May prepares to sell her Brexit deal ahead of five days of debate and eventual vote in parliament, both pro-EU Remainers and Brexiteers argue outside the House of Commons, on 4th December 2018, in London, England. This week will be a vital step for Mays Premiership and the UKs Brexit status.
    brexit_protest-09-04-12-2018.jpg
  • As Prime Minister Theresa May prepares to sell her Brexit deal ahead of five days of debate and eventual vote in parliament, pro-EU Remainers protest their ideals outside the House of Commons, on 4th December 2018, in London, England. This week will be a vital step for Mays Premiership and the UKs Brexit status.
    brexit_protest-04-04-12-2018.jpg
  • Brutalist concrete architecture of New Street Station Signal Box in Birmingham, United Kingdom. New Street Station has been at the centre of public attention in recent times, with its extensive redevelopment works in full swing. However, at the heart of it, and often overlooked, sits the Grade II listed signal box on Navigation Street, which houses the centre of all rail operations of the station. The corrugated concrete Brutalist structure may polarise public opinion, but is actually home of one of the city’s most vital and intense infrastructure systems, serving the busiest rail interchange in the UK. Brutalist architecture is a movement in architecture that flourished from the 1950s to the mid-1970s, descending from the modernist architectural movement of the early 20th century.
    20170518_brutalist birmingham_001.jpg
  • Local people praying at the baci ceremony with several domesticated Asian elephants and their mahouts in the background, Sayaboury elephant festival, Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. The baci is a long series of chanted blessings and exhortations to welcome back any ‘kwans’ or body spirits that might have been lost. In traditional Lao culture it is believed that elephants, like humans, have 32 kwan (or souls), vital for health and spiritual wellbeing. Originally created by ElefantAsia in 2007, the 3-day elephant festival takes place in February in the province of Sayaboury with over 80,000 local and international people coming together to experience the grand procession of decorated elephants. It is now organised by the provincial government of Sayaboury.The Elephant Festival is designed to draw the public's attention to the condition of the endangered elephant, whilst acknowledging and celebrating the ancestral tradition of elephant domestication and the way of life chosen by the mahout.
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  • A Sale offer sign and mannequins are seen in the window of London’s Long Acre (street) clothing shop. Both mannequins are undressed apart for their underwear – a red bra and pants for the female and a pair of boxer shorts for the male. Further reductions are also promised if the potential customer enters the store. With an economic recession taking hold on Britain’s high streets and exclusive retail outlets, deals and offers are vital to keep spending and turnover up.
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  • Pilot of the Red Arrows, UK's RAF aerobatic team readies himself before a simulated ditching in the cold sea during exercise. We see the pilot, looking nervous - happier in the air - wearing survival gear, Flt. Lt. Steve Underwood of the elite team, about to plunge into the cold Mediterranean waters for his annual Wet Drill exercise during Spring training in Cyprus. The rehearsal is to practise a helicopter recovery after a fast-jet ejection over the sea. His RAF-issue life vest (containing a vital life-raft) will inflate when in contact with the salt water and helps him stay afloat before the helicopter pick-up. This yearly event is required of all flying personnel to ensure that any accident over water can reach a positive outcome - by the rescuing of an expensively-trained pilot or navigator.
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  • 50 anti-cut activists staged their own auction and sell-off of public institutions, teachers and nurses outside Sotheby's auction house in London.‘Orgy of the Rich’ says. "The Sotheby’s Contemporary Art auction features secondary market artworks expected to fetch upwards of £30million. Most of these works will end up in the hands of private collectors or used as tax havens, while vital public provisions such as Education and Health Care, get the shaft”.‘This evening’s take of 30 million pounds would pay the annual salary of 1389 new teachers, 1765 qualified nurses or the budget of 150 libraries for a year.’The organisers of the demonstration are from a broad coalition of artists, students, public servants and creative workers formed in reaction to the government’s announcement that the arts and educational institutions will have to produce more on a lot less.
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  • A man steps over the 2 metre social distancing advice line taped to the floor outside NatWest bank on the15th of June 2020 in Folkestone, United Kingdom. The central shopping streets were deserted due to the lock down in place but banks remained open during the lockdown of 2020 as a vital service.
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  • Ferry service suspended sign for the Knott End on Sea to Fleetwood service due to the Coronavirus pandemic on 14th May 2020 in Knott End on Sea, Lancashire, United Kingdom. The Fleetwood to Knott End ferry service provides a vital link for visitors and locals between Fleetwood and Knott End. The ferry journey takes less than 10 minutes.
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  • Ferry service suspended sign for the Knott End on Sea to Fleetwood service due to the Coronavirus pandemic on 14th May 2020 in Knott End on Sea, Lancashire, United Kingdom. The Fleetwood to Knott End ferry service provides a vital link for visitors and locals between Fleetwood and Knott End. The ferry journey takes less than 10 minutes.
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  • As a helicopter from an Air Ambulance service takes off into overcast skies from the helipad on the roof of Kings College Hospital Trust, a westbound London Overground train leaves nearby Denmark Hill station which is used by many travelling outpatients and visitors to this vital NHS Trust, on 27th February 2020, in London, England.
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  • As Prime Minister Theresa May prepares to sell her Brexit deal ahead of five days of debate and eventual vote in parliament, both pro-EU Remainers protest outside the House of Commons, on 4th December 2018, in London, England. This week will be a vital step for Mays Premiership and the UKs Brexit status.
    brexit_protest-54-04-12-2018.jpg
  • As Prime Minister Theresa May prepares to sell her Brexit deal ahead of five days of debate and eventual vote in parliament, pro-EU Remainers protest to passing motorists outside the House of Commons, on 4th December 2018, in London, England. This week will be a vital step for Mays Premiership and the UKs Brexit status.
    brexit_protest-51-04-12-2018.jpg
  • As Prime Minister Theresa May prepares to sell her Brexit deal ahead of five days of debate and eventual vote in parliament, pro-EU Remainers protest to passing motorists outside the House of Commons, on 4th December 2018, in London, England. This week will be a vital step for Mays Premiership and the UKs Brexit status.
    brexit_protest-49-04-12-2018.jpg
  • As Prime Minister Theresa May prepares to sell her Brexit deal ahead of five days of debate and eventual vote in parliament, both pro-EU Remainers protest outside the House of Commons, on 4th December 2018, in London, England. This week will be a vital step for Mays Premiership and the UKs Brexit status.
    brexit_protest-48-04-12-2018.jpg
  • As Prime Minister Theresa May prepares to sell her Brexit deal ahead of five days of debate and eventual vote in parliament, both pro-EU Remainers protest outside the House of Commons, on 4th December 2018, in London, England. This week will be a vital step for Mays Premiership and the UKs Brexit status.
    brexit_protest-42-04-12-2018.jpg
  • As Prime Minister Theresa May prepares to sell her Brexit deal ahead of five days of debate and eventual vote in parliament, both pro-EU Remainers protest outside the House of Commons, on 4th December 2018, in London, England. This week will be a vital step for Mays Premiership and the UKs Brexit status.
    brexit_protest-44-04-12-2018.jpg
  • As Prime Minister Theresa May prepares to sell her Brexit deal ahead of five days of debate and eventual vote in parliament, both pro-EU Remainers and Brexiteers protest their ideals outside the House of Commons, on 4th December 2018, in London, England. This week will be a vital step for Mays Premiership and the UKs Brexit status.
    brexit_protest-38-04-12-2018.jpg
  • As Prime Minister Theresa May prepares to sell her Brexit deal ahead of five days of debate and eventual vote in parliament, both pro-EU Remainers and Brexiteers protest their ideals outside the House of Commons, on 4th December 2018, in London, England. This week will be a vital step for Mays Premiership and the UKs Brexit status.
    brexit_protest-40-04-12-2018.jpg
  • As Prime Minister Theresa May prepares to sell her Brexit deal ahead of five days of debate and eventual vote in parliament, Brexiteers protest their ideals outside the House of Commons, on 4th December 2018, in London, England. This week will be a vital step for May's Premiership and the UK's Brexit status.
    brexit_protest-36-04-12-2018.jpg
  • As Prime Minister Theresa May prepares to sell her Brexit deal ahead of five days of debate and eventual vote in parliament, both pro-EU Remainers and Brexiteers protest their ideals outside the House of Commons, on 4th December 2018, in London, England. This week will be a vital step for Mays Premiership and the UKs Brexit status.
    brexit_protest-34-04-12-2018.jpg
  • As Prime Minister Theresa May prepares to sell her Brexit deal ahead of five days of debate and eventual vote in parliament, Brexiteers protest their ideals outside the House of Commons, on 4th December 2018, in London, England. This week will be a vital step for May's Premiership and the UK's Brexit status.
    brexit_protest-30-04-12-2018.jpg
  • As Prime Minister Theresa May prepares to sell her Brexit deal ahead of five days of debate and eventual vote in parliament, both pro-EU Remainers and Brexiteers argue outside the House of Commons, on 4th December 2018, in London, England. This week will be a vital step for Mays Premiership and the UKs Brexit status.
    brexit_protest-33-04-12-2018.jpg
  • As Prime Minister Theresa May prepares to sell her Brexit deal ahead of five days of debate and eventual vote in parliament, Brexiteers protest their ideals outside the House of Commons, on 4th December 2018, in London, England. This week will be a vital step for May's Premiership and the UK's Brexit status.
    brexit_protest-29-04-12-2018.jpg
  • As Prime Minister Theresa May prepares to sell her Brexit deal ahead of five days of debate and eventual vote in parliament, both pro-EU Remainers and Brexiteers protest their ideals outside the House of Commons, on 4th December 2018, in London, England. This week will be a vital step for Mays Premiership and the UKs Brexit status.
    brexit_protest-24-04-12-2018.jpg
  • As Prime Minister Theresa May prepares to sell her Brexit deal ahead of five days of debate and eventual vote in parliament, eminent pro-EU Remainer campaigner Steve Bray protests outside the House of Commons, on 4th December 2018, in London, England. This week will be a vital step for Mays Premiership and the UKs Brexit status.
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  • As Prime Minister Theresa May prepares to sell her Brexit deal ahead of five days of debate and eventual vote in parliament, both pro-EU Remainers and Brexiteers argue outside the House of Commons, on 4th December 2018, in London, England. This week will be a vital step for Mays Premiership and the UKs Brexit status.
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  • As Prime Minister Theresa May prepares to sell her Brexit deal ahead of five days of debate and eventual vote in parliament, Brexiteers shout at passing motorists outside the House of Commons, on 4th December 2018, in London, England. This week will be a vital step for May's Premiership and the UK's Brexit status.
    brexit_protest-12-04-12-2018.jpg
  • As Prime Minister Theresa May prepares to sell her Brexit deal ahead of five days of debate and eventual vote in parliament, both pro-EU Remainers and Brexiteers argue outside the House of Commons, on 4th December 2018, in London, England. This week will be a vital step for Mays Premiership and the UKs Brexit status.
    brexit_protest-06-04-12-2018.jpg
  • As Prime Minister Theresa May prepares to sell her Brexit deal ahead of five days of debate and eventual vote in parliament, Brexiteers protest their ideals outside the House of Commons, on 4th December 2018, in London, England. This week will be a vital step for May's Premiership and the UK's Brexit status.
    brexit_protest-02-04-12-2018.jpg
  • As Prime Minister Theresa May prepares to sell her Brexit deal ahead of five days of debate and eventual vote in parliament, Brexiteers protest their ideals outside the House of Commons, on 4th December 2018, in London, England. This week will be a vital step for May's Premiership and the UK's Brexit status.
    brexit_protest-01-04-12-2018.jpg
  • Masatsugu Okutani, 41 performs a waterfall purification ceremony at Kiyo-Taki waterfall. Purification is one of the most important aspects of Shinto as well as being at the core of Japanese culture. There are many different ways to purify oneself. Amongst them: The Grand purification ceremony conducted at the end of June and end of December each year. Purification at water fountain before entering any given sanctuary, also purification at waterfalls, rivers or at sea. The concept of purification is completely different to the one considered by western societies. In Japan, to purify means removing ones rationality and maximize ones sensitivity, and the condition of purifying is when one’s sensitivity is maximized. The reason why sensitivity is important is because there is no rationality in nature and one’s sensitivity is the source and the core of vital force. In this sense, when Japanese say purification, there is no link or reference with so-called sin in the Christian sense. Among Japanese culture, this is the core and commonality. For example, Japanese tea ceremony. The objective is to become one with the host and guest which is impossible, but is possible when both could maximize their sensitivities because when it maximized, there is no feeling of individual, no feeling of time.
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  • Brutalist concrete architecture of New Street Station Signal Box in Birmingham, United Kingdom. New Street Station has been at the centre of public attention in recent times, with its extensive redevelopment works in full swing. However, at the heart of it, and often overlooked, sits the Grade II listed signal box on Navigation Street, which houses the centre of all rail operations of the station. The corrugated concrete Brutalist structure may polarise public opinion, but is actually home of one of the city’s most vital and intense infrastructure systems, serving the busiest rail interchange in the UK. Brutalist architecture is a movement in architecture that flourished from the 1950s to the mid-1970s, descending from the modernist architectural movement of the early 20th century.
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  • A male Asian elephant at the Baci ceremony at the Sayaboury Elephant Festival, Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. The baci is a long series of chanted blessings and exhortations to welcome back any ‘kwans’ or body spirits that might have been lost. In traditional Lao culture it is believed that elephants, like humans, have 32 kwan (or souls), vital for health and spiritual wellbeing. Originally created by ElefantAsia in 2007, the 3-day elephant festival takes place in February in the province of Sayaboury with over 80,000 local and international people coming together to experience the grand procession of decorated elephants. It is now organised by the provincial government of Sayaboury.The Elephant Festival is designed to draw the public's attention to the condition of the endangered elephant, whilst acknowledging and celebrating the ancestral tradition of elephant domestication and the way of life chosen by the mahout.
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  • Local people praying at the baci ceremony with several domesticated Asian elephants and their mahouts in the background, Sayaboury elephant festival, Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. The baci is a long series of chanted blessings and exhortations to welcome back any ‘kwans’ or body spirits that might have been lost. In traditional Lao culture it is believed that elephants, like humans, have 32 kwan (or souls), vital for health and spiritual wellbeing. Originally created by ElefantAsia in 2007, the 3-day elephant festival takes place in February in the province of Sayaboury with over 80,000 local and international people coming together to experience the grand procession of decorated elephants. It is now organised by the provincial government of Sayaboury.The Elephant Festival is designed to draw the public's attention to the condition of the endangered elephant, whilst acknowledging and celebrating the ancestral tradition of elephant domestication and the way of life chosen by the mahout.
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  • Buddhist monks tie cotton string onto an elephants tusk during the Baci ceremony at the Sayaboury elephant festival, Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. The baci is a long series of chanted blessings and exhortations to welcome back any ‘kwans’ or body spirits that might have been lost. In traditional Lao culture it is believed that elephants, like humans, have 32 kwan (or souls), vital for health and spiritual wellbeing. Originally created by ElefantAsia in 2007, the 3-day elephant festival takes place in February in the province of Sayaboury with over 80,000 local and international people coming together to experience the grand procession of decorated elephants. It is now organised by the provincial government of Sayaboury.The Elephant Festival is designed to draw the public's attention to the condition of the endangered elephant, whilst acknowledging and celebrating the ancestral tradition of elephant domestication and the way of life chosen by the mahout.
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  • Mahouts and their elephants at a baci ceremony at the Sayaboury elephant festival, Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. The baci is a long series of chanted blessings and exhortations to welcome back any ‘kwans’ or body spirits that might have been lost. In traditional Lao culture it is believed that elephants, like humans, have 32 kwan (or souls), vital for health and spiritual wellbeing.<br />
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Originally created by ElefantAsia in 2007, the 3-day elephant festival takes place in February in the province of Sayaboury with over 80,000 local and international people coming together to experience the grand procession of decorated elephants. It is now organised by the provincial government of Sayaboury.The Elephant Festival is designed to draw the public's attention to the condition of the endangered elephant, whilst acknowledging and celebrating the ancestral tradition of elephant domestication and the way of life chosen by the mahout. Laos was once known as the land of a million elephants but now there are fewer than 900 living in the country. Around 470 of them are in captivity, traditionally employed by a lucrative logging industry. Elephats are trained and worked by a mahout (handler) whose relationship to the animal is often described as a marriage and can last a lifetime. But captive elephants are often overworked and exhausted and as a consequence no longer breed. With only two elephants born for every ten that die, the Asian elephant, the sacred national emblem of Laos, is under serious threat of extinction.
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  • Buddhist monks and important local dignitaries during the baci ceremony at the Sayaboury elephant festival, Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. The baci is a long series of chanted blessings and exhortations to welcome back any ‘kwans’ or body spirits that might have been lost. In traditional Lao culture it is believed that elephants, like humans, have 32 kwan (or souls), vital for health and spiritual wellbeing.<br />
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Originally created by ElefantAsia in 2007, the 3-day elephant festival takes place in February in the province of Sayaboury with over 80,000 local and international people coming together to experience the grand procession of decorated elephants. It is now organised by the provincial government of Sayaboury.The Elephant Festival is designed to draw the public's attention to the condition of the endangered elephant, whilst acknowledging and celebrating the ancestral tradition of elephant domestication and the way of life chosen by the mahout. Laos was once known as the land of a million elephants but now there are fewer than 900 living in the country. Around 470 of them are in captivity, traditionally employed by a lucrative logging industry. Elephants are trained and worked by a mahout (handler) whose relationship to the animal is often described as a marriage and can last a lifetime. But captive elephants are often overworked and exhausted and as a consequence no longer breed. With only two elephants born for every ten that die, the Asian elephant, the sacred national emblem of Laos, is under serious threat of extinction.
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  • A mahout (handler) hands his Asian elephant a piece of sugar cane during the baci ceremony at Sayaboury elephant festival, Sayaboury province, Lao PDR. The baci is a long series of chanted blessings and exhortations to welcome back any ‘kwans’ or body spirits that might have been lost. In traditional Lao culture it is believed that elephants, like humans, have 32 kwan (or souls), vital for health and spiritual wellbeing.<br />
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Originally created by ElefantAsia in 2007, the 3-day elephant festival takes place in February in the province of Sayaboury with over 80,000 local and international people coming together to experience the grand procession of decorated elephants. It is now organised by the provincial government of Sayaboury.The Elephant Festival is designed to draw the public's attention to the condition of the endangered elephant, whilst acknowledging and celebrating the ancestral tradition of elephant domestication and the way of life chosen by the mahout. Laos was once known as the land of a million elephants but now there are fewer than 900 living in the country. Around 470 of them are in captivity, traditionally employed by a lucrative logging industry. Elephats are trained and worked by a mahout (handler) whose relationship to the animal is often described as a marriage and can last a lifetime. But captive elephants are often overworked and exhausted and as a consequence no longer breed. With only two elephants born for every ten that die, the Asian elephant, the sacred national emblem of Laos, is under serious threat of extinction.
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  • A fisherman returns home after an all night fishing spree in the Sunderbans delta,  Bay of Bengal, as he reaches his mooring spot his family come out to greet him as well as give him vital additional manpower at the time of hoisting the boat to higher ground pushing and heaving through the muddy mangrove sludge, West Bengal, India
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  • In a red helmet, Squadron Leader Spike Jepson, team leader of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, plunges into the blue  Mediterranean waters for his annual Wet Drill exercise during Spring training in Cyprus. We see the pilot, small in the picture surrounded by frothing, blue water that engulfs his small body making him look vulnerable. There are lines attaching him to a boat ensuring his safety. The rehearsal is to practise a helicopter recovery after a fast-jet ejection over the sea. His RAF-issue life vest (containing a vital life-raft) has inflated when in  contact with the salt water and helps him stay afloat in the cold water. This yearly event is required of all flying personnel to ensure that any accident over water can reach a positive outcome - by the rescuing of an expensively-trained pilot or navigator.
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  • Flight Lieutenant Simon Stevens, a pilot in the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, makes a pre-flight check of his Hawk jet aircraft before a practice flight at RAF Scampton. Stevens and his fellow-aviators fly up to 6 times in winter training, learning new manoeuvres. The dangers of high-speed close formation flight makes health and safety precautions vital; the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the Royal Air Force take working environments of their personnel seriously so pre-flight examination of aircraft happens before every sortie (flight). Performing the brief safety walk-around, Stevens bends at the waste to avoid the aeroplane's low aileron despite wearing a helmet, full flying suit, boots, life-vest and anti-g-pants. Flying still continues despite rain clouds in the gloomy Lincolnshire sky.
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  • Giant letters lure potential customers into this branch of Hobbs with a Sale offer sign. Their mannequins are seen in the window of London’s Long Acre (street) clothing shop - a line-up of womens’ fashion variations displayed in the window on a winter’s afternoon. Further reductions are also promised if the potential customer enters the store. With an economic recession taking hold on Britain’s high streets and exclusive retail outlets, deals and offers are vital to keep spending and turnover up.
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  • A passer-by walks past a strong design of the front entrance of a retail shop. Giant letters lure potential customers into this branch of Hobbs with a Sale offer sign. Their mannequins are seen in the window of London’s Long Acre (street) clothing shop - a line-up of womens’ fashion variations displayed in the window on a winter’s afternoon. Further reductions are also promised if the potential customer enters the store. With an economic recession taking hold on Britain’s high streets and exclusive retail outlets, deals and offers are vital to keep spending and turnover up.
    sale_mannequins05-20-01-2011.jpg
  • A man stands outside the entrance of a retail shop, awaiting his partner to emerge. Giant letters lure potential customers into this branch of Hobbs with a Sale offer sign. Their mannequins are seen in the window of London’s Long Acre (street) clothing shop - a line-up of womens’ fashion variations displayed in the window on a winter’s afternoon. Further reductions are also promised if the potential customer enters the store. With an economic recession taking hold on Britain’s high streets and exclusive retail outlets, deals and offers are vital to keep spending and turnover up.
    sale_mannequins03-20-01-2011.jpg
  • Hoping for passing trade, a homeless Big Issue magazine vendor stands on a street corner with her pet dog on the chilly pavement outside a retail shop entrance. Giant letters lure potential customers into this branch of Hobbs with a Sale offer sign. Their mannequins are seen in the window of London’s Long Acre (street) clothing shop - a line-up of womens’ fashion variations displayed in the window on a winter’s afternoon. Further reductions are also promised if the potential customer enters the store. With an economic recession taking hold on Britain’s high streets and exclusive retail outlets, deals and offers are vital to keep spending and turnover up.
    sale_bigissue05-20-01-2011.jpg
  • Hoping for passing trade, a homeless Big Issue magazine vendor spreads a blanket on to the chilly pavement for her pet dog companion outside a retail shop entrance. Giant letters lure potential customers into this branch of Hobbs with a Sale offer sign. Their mannequins are seen in the window of London’s Long Acre (street) clothing shop - a line-up of womens’ fashion variations displayed in the window on a winter’s afternoon. Further reductions are also promised if the potential customer enters the store. With an economic recession taking hold on Britain’s high streets and exclusive retail outlets, deals and offers are vital to keep spending and turnover up.
    sale_bigissue03-20-01-2011.jpg
  • BAE System Hawks of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team and airfield signs landscape. Six Hawk jet aircraft of the elite team, taxi in after another training flight past warning boards that are appropriate for armed jet fighters at RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus rather than aerobatic planes. From a low angle we see a wide landscape looking over the taxi-way markings that direct military airplanes. The Red Arrows aircraft are a deep red colour that stand out against the horizon in an identical line. It is a wide expanse of road surface, the yellow centre-lines are for the benefit of pilots who need guidance for parking areas after landing, or leaving towards the departing runway on the southern part of the Cypriot Mediterranean island. With the Red Arrows, the  taxiing jets all peel off in unison to and from the parking area and these lines are vital for this technique.
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  • Spare wheels belonging to Hawk aircraft of the 'Red Arrows', Britain's Royal Air Force aerobatic team are stored in the team’s hangar at RAF Scampton. On a shelf are the front and rear tyres (tires) and wheel of the Hawk jet aircraft that perform across the UK in the summer months. Since 1965 the squadron have flown over 4,000 shows in 52 countries and are an important part of Britain's summer events where the aircraft perform their manoeuvres in front of crowds. Their spares collection is therefore a vital element to the team’s presence at air shows and fly-pasts. This version of the BAE Systems Hawk is primitive, without computers or fly-by-wire technology. Nevertheless, the team's aircraft are in some cases over 20 years old and their air-frames require constant attention with increasingly frequent major overhauls due.
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  • Lifeguards in the seaside resort of Lowestoft practise the recovery position and resuscitation to a volunteer seaside victim. Lying on the smooth sand near the water's edge, a young man wearing a wetsuit lies pretending to be unconscious, having ingested sea water and requiring immediate treatment by the staff, well-versed in saving lives. As one starts chest compressions, the other holds on the mouth before continuing mouth-to-mouth. Passing time is vital if they are to start a heart and get air into the brain.
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  • During a fair at the famous Alexandra Palace in north London England, where the first BBC broadcasts were made in the mid-30s, the British Inventors Society (BIS) meet in a stand during a British Invention Show, an expo to help international entrepreneurs to sell their new ideas and concepts. BIS was formed in December 2003. The team that came together includes leading inventors and innovators, academics and entrepreneurs who share a common belief – that invention is the vital spark that drives the world’s technology and new orders of wealth creation. But there is no-one at home here, its stand remains unoccupied with vacated seats seen through the open doorway and beneath the plain sign. It is a comical and ironic scene, of unfulfilled ambition and failing innovation.
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  • Sale sign and mannequins in a window of clothing emporium Hobbs in London's Long Acre. Giant letters lure potential customers into this branch of Hobbs with a Sale offer sign. Their mannequins are seen in the window of London’s Long Acre (street) clothing shop - a line-up of womens’ fashion variations displayed in the window on a winter’s afternoon. Further reductions are also promised if the potential customer enters the store. With an economic recession taking hold on Britain’s high streets and exclusive retail outlets, deals and offers are vital to keep spending and turnover up.
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  • Parked on the apron at Paris Orly Airport, a lone pilot of the French national airline Air France, leans out of his right-hand seat's cockpit window of his Boeing 777-328/ER aircraft (F-GSQT). It is a bright morning at this international hub for Air France and without help from ground staff, the silver-haired gentleman who may be the captain and commander of the aircraft (because of age and seat position) has decided to get on with the job of cleaning his window himself much like a driver wiping away flies from his car windscreen. Here however, this chore being performed approximately six meters off the ground so safety is vital - just as a clear front view for the flight-deck crew before their flight. Attached to the plane is the mobile walkway, the air bridge, that awaits boarding passengers but no 'ramp agent' is below.
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  • Chairman of Ernst & Young Mark Ottey peers down on his employees on a giant screen, addressing his loyal audience of E & Y staff who have congregated at an Ernst & Young Academy Day held for 3,000 of company London employees at Excel in London's Docklands, England. The hall is packed and his disciples listen and watch intently and obediently to watch their Leader speak like a Big Brother character, who ernestly and sincerely talks down to them despite being dressed casually for such a large event. Each employee will attend this brainstorming fair where later, motivational pep-talks from executives, outside speakers and gurus will talk to large groups of E & Y personnel so their presence on this day away from the office is vital for the year's business ahead.
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  • Circus acrobats perform high above auditor Ernst & Young's staff during a company Academy Day held for 3,000 of their London employees at Excel in London's Docklands England. Lit with blue light by powerful spotlights, the two girls are suspended in mid-air using hoops attached to safety ropes. They both make dramatic shapes in the air to demonstrate confidence, synchronised teamwork and co-operation between partners, the themes of this corporate day out of the office. The employees out of sight below are attending this fair where motivational pep-talks from executives, outside speakers and gurus will talk to large groups of E & Y personnel so their presence on this day away from the office is vital for the year's business ahead.
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  • Large arrows coloured red, green and yellow point north, west and east - or up, right and left - in three directions, to offer directions to seminars for Ernst & Young staff during their annual Academy Day held for 3,000 of company London employees at Excel in London's Docklands, England. The people are either confidently pacing forward, standing still to seek guidance or simply spontaneously emerging from the shadows to a brighter future, a moment when freedom of choice is offered and the road ahead dictates their fate. It is a scene of corporate theate and each employee will attend this fair where pep-talks from executives, outside speakers and motivational gurus talk to large groups of E & Y personnel so their presence on this day away from the office is vital for the year's business ahead.
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  • A motivational guru is standing on a podium to address an audience of Ernst & Young staff during their annual Academy Day held for 3,000 of company London employees at Excel in London's Docklands, England. Standing confidently on his rostrum with a laptop computer, bottled water and a pyramid as teaching aids, he holds his hand to encourage the personnel to participate by offering their ideas and input dring the seminar. Each employee attending this fair where motivational pep-talks from executives, outside speakers and gurus will talk to large groups of E & Y personnel so their presence on this day away from the office is vital for the year's business ahead.
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  • We see a close-up of rows of name badges awaiting collection by their owners at the beginning of an Ernst & Young Academy Day held for 3,000 of company London employees at Excel in London's Docklands, England. Stacked neatly, we see yellow, green and red lanyards wrapped around each individual Christian and surname. Some names yield clues to the peoples' ethnicity: Either White British like Julia and Rosie, British-Asians like Pratul and Neeraj and possibly British-Muslim like Jamal. Each employee will attend this fair where motivational pep-talks from executives, outside speakers and gurus will talk to large groups of E & Y personnel so their presence on this day away from the office is vital for the year's business ahead.
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  • Moving fast past a farmhouse building on a busy UK A road, unseen traffic leaves its light trails on an otherwise dark winter night near the giant DIRFT warehouse logistics park in Daventry, Northamptonshire England. Some rooms are lit in this remote residence which show signs of occupation. Red tail lights from cars, lorries and trucks streak by with tall traces of container traffic leaves light on the picture, diagonally leaving their mark. It is a very busy highway on which to own a home but this infrastructure is a vital route that keeps Britain's logistics moving across the country 24/7.
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