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Times Digital 5 Oct Journalist and Television presenter, Dame Esther Rantzen DBE, arrives at the BBC television studios in Central London Contributor: Tommy London / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: PHY66T First light over Denbies Vineyard - Denbies Wine Estate Contributor: Helen Dixon / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: BHEDB8 Vienna. Aerial view of northern Vienna cityscape and Danube river, Floridsdorf, capital of Austria Contributor: Dalibor Brlek / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: 2AMB5NM Bottlenose dolphin, tursiops truncatus, blowing bubbles while swimming Contributor: Mattia Dantonio / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: G2K3RJ Kraai; Hooded Crow Contributor: AGAMI Photo Agency / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: M8DB03 Wetherspoons pub. Interior of the Winter Gardens pub, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England, UK Contributor: Ian Dagnall / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: 2K971E5 Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire, England. Contributor: Anthony P Morris, Farmoor. / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: 2A723YX Author Susan Hill at her home in Gloucesteshire, UK. Contributor: Andrew Fox / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: EAA9HM Stockholm, Sweden. 21st Mar, 2023. American historian Timothy D. Snyder photographed in Stockholm, Sweden, March 21, 2023. Photo: Thomas Karlsson/DN/TT/code 3523 Credit: TT News Agency/Alamy Live News Contributor: TT News Agency / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: 2PYX24D Loch Tummel from the summit of Schiehallion, Perthshire Contributor: Keith Fergus / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: D9YFAA View of Cadaques village on Mediterranean seaside, Costa Brava, Catalonia, Spain Contributor: Valery Bareta / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: HWK7A1 London, UK. Bishop of Dover Rose Hudson-Wilkin, Alforde Gardner, Basil Watson. A statue designed by Jamaican artist and sculptor Basil Watson, was unveiled today by The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in Waterloo Station, to mark the Windrush generation. Contributor: michael melia / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: 2JDN25J Down House, c1990-2010. Artist: David Sellman. Contributor: Heritage Image Partnership Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: HT3K8F The Edinburgh Academy Senior School, Edinburgh Scotland Contributor: Essential Stock / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: 2FJX56F Lochinver, Scotland, UK - September 19, 2017: Motorcyclists ride on the A837 road, part of the North Coast 500 route, beside rivers and low hills in t Contributor: Joe Dunckley / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: 2B620Y0 Aerial view of recently nationalised Ferguson Marine shipyard and Calmac ferry Glen Sannox on the Clyde at Port Glasgow, Scotland ,UK Contributor: Iain Masterton / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: 2AGHX6C Jim McColl of Clyde Blowers Capital, photographed in Ferguson's Marine shipyard on the River Clyde, in Port Glasgow, Scotland, on 12 June 2019. Contributor: jeremy sutton-hibbert / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: W2CYBY Peterhead, Scotland, UK. 16th December 2021. Aerial view of the St Fergus gas terminal plant near Peterhead in Aberdeenshire. The terminal is the proposed location for the Acorn carbon capture and storage project which recently missed out on UK Government funding, The Government suggested it was possible the project would however go ahead in 2023 . Iain Masterton/Alamy Live News. Contributor: Iain Masterton / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: 2HB1BN4

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Times Digital 26 Sep London, England, UK. 12th Oct, 2023. Labour Party leader KEIR STARMER with his Chief of Staff SUE GRAY is seen in Westminster as he appears on BBC local radios. (Credit Image: © Tayfun Salci/ZUMA Press Wire) EDITORIAL USAGE ONLY! Not for Commercial USAGE! Contributor: ZUMA Press, Inc. / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: 2T17PM8 Western chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) with stone cracking palm nuts, rainforest, use of tools, at Bossou, Nzerekore Region, Guinea Contributor: imageBROKER.com GmbH & Co. KG / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: 2NEDGFP Chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes verus) 'Jeje' adult male. Bossou, Republic of Guinea. Contributor: Nature Picture Library / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: 2XFX4JB a woman stacks shelves in a Co Op Food store Contributor: Chris Bull / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: G31GCW co-operative funeralcare shop front on high street Contributor: Peter Noyce PLB / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: CTKC45 Estate agents' sale boards in Littlehampton, West Sussex. Contributor: Andrew Hasson / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: CNTP1M The Rightmove website features on an iPad tablet device which rests on a wooden table beside a notepad and pencil and a cup of coffee (Editorial only) Contributor: M4OS Photos / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: KH3AFB Close Brothers London HQ - UK merchant banking group head office at 10 Crown Place London - Close Brothers Group PLC. Contributor: Robert Evans / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: 2GG3NJ8 3831990 Sergio Donati in his House (1993); (add.info.: Fregene (Rome), 1993. Italian screenwriter Sergio Donati / Fregene (Roma), 1993. Lo sceneggiatore Sergio Donati); © Marcello Mencarini. All rights reserved 2024. Contributor: Lebrecht Music & Arts / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: 2WM17RD Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur City Centre, Malaysia Contributor: Terry Hewitt / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: BKKTG6 A Scotrail passenger train departing Gorebridge on route from Tweedbank to Edinburgh Waverley station. Contributor: Ian Bell / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: W8911A A view down the Devil's Staircase towards the Pass of Glencoe in the Scottish Highlands Contributor: David Lichtneker / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: D4M4HP

Ian Davidson London, 2021. Keep our NHS public protest outside the Houses of Parliament Rachael Maskell Labour MP 2G7HWBN Bryan, thanks, an old picture!

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Times Digital 31 Aug New housing development being built on a green field site on the outskirts of Buxton, Derbyshire,UK Contributor: shoults / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: 2A3KJBC A sign by residents near Newcastle upon Tyne objecting to plans to build on land designated as green belt Contributor: Joseph Gaul / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: DMY6JT Eton College Public School viewed from the Sports playing field Contributor: Chris Lofty / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: E5D6CJ Birmingham, UK. 22nd Aug, 2024. Students who all got grade 9s in their GCSEs at King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls, Kings Heath, Birmingham. Credit: Peter Lopeman/Alamy Live News Contributor: PetaPix / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: 2XX3DMY Ars to be is there still indexing problems on the Alamy database? London, UK 5 May 2024 Jacqui Smith has a selfie taken. Jacqui Smith, British broadcaster, political commentator and former Labour Party politician, a Contributor: Mark Thomas / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: 2X509FX Entrance to the Royal Courts of Justice which house High Court and Court of Appeal, London, United Kingdom Contributor: Anastasia Yakovleva / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: 2A34RAM Northern pike (Esox lucius) at Schönbrunn Zoo in Vienna, Austria. Contributor: Azoor Wildlife Photo / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: EWCACT Gannets, Helgoland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Contributor: imageBROKER.com GmbH & Co. KG / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: 2F9GPE4 Amazon warehouse uk with Amazon Logo East Midlands Gateway SEGRO Logistics Park Junction 24 East Midlands England UK GB Contributor: eye35 / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: 2F7M7EF London, UK. 10th Mar, 2024. Dame Sharon Michele White, Lady Chote, at the BBC after appearing on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg. Sharon White is the Chair of the John Lewis Partnership. Credit: Joe Maida/Alamy Live News Contributor: Joe Maida / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: 2WR2T3M Estate agent window, Upper Street, Islington, London, England, UK Contributor: Alex Segre / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: CPF30Y close up image of Signing Last Will & Testament Contributor: robert hyrons / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: KJG2HG Kevin McCloud with his shed in Watchet, Somerset. Contributor: christopher jones / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: KB21M3 Oxeye daisy growing on hillside in Devon Contributor: David Wolledge / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: JBET93 Buddleja 'Morning Mist' (B. crispa x loricata) Wiert Nieuman / Alamy Stock Photo Small Tortoiseshell, Aglais urticae, on a Yellow Buddleja globosa flower Richardom / Alamy Stock Photo I am still finding PA images captioned as Alamy. It takes about two or three hours to go through The Times and I dislike wasting my time. I had to stop the process part way through as the Alamy search engine stopped working……

Times Digital 24 Aug London, UK. 30th July, 2024. Larry the Downing Street cat and Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office patrols the street. He came from Battersea Dogs and Cats Home and has now lived at Number 10 with six Prime Ministers who are David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak, and Keir Starmer. Credit: Karl Black/Alamy Live News Contributor: Karl Black / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: 2XN03K2 London, UK. 18th January 2019. School children after school in a fast food shop. Contributor: Paul Iwala / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: RDPT3H Silence, water installation by Tadao Ando, The Connaught Hotel, Carlos Place, Mayfair, London, England, UK. Contributor: Fotomaton / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: 2FH60MM People sitting in deckchairs in the courtyard of Milton Keynes largest shopping centre, MK Centre. Contributor: AC Manley / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: H5ANCX Tree-lined footpath annd houses, Broadway, Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom Contributor: Greg Balfour Evans / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: J2R5X0 view across roof tops, Letchworth Garden City Contributor: numb / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: BF5KY1 Harvest mouse Micromys minutus Potton Bedfordshire Contributor: Andrew Darrington / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: B2K4FX Caucasian female business woman working from home holding pet dog on her lap Contributor: Cameron Prins / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: 2J8HJ8R Hiscox Insurance logo illuminated at night at the entrance of their office building in York,UK Contributor: James Copeland / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: M6ABJK Smartphone with webpage of British real estate company Home REIT plc on screen in front of business logo. Focus on top-left of phone display. Contributor: Timon Schneider / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: 2M91CKC London, UK 22 Feb 2024 Mike Ashley arrives at the High Court. Mike Ashley is taking Morgan Stanley to court. Mike Ashley's Frasers Group has accused Morgan Stanley of “snobbery” over its decision to impose a $1bn margin call, claiming the bank's move was driven partly by the entrepreneur's humble beginnings. Mike Ashley said Morgan Stanley sought to force the UK retailer out of a position it held in German brand Hugo Boss and said the demand for collateral was completely unbelievable. The dispute relates to long positions Frasers started to accumulate in Hugo Boss from 2019 via its broker Sa Contributor: Mark Thomas / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: 2WKR81D Thames Water worker and workmen digging up the road and buses on King William Street in the summer of 2019 City of London England UK KATHY DEWITT Contributor: Kathy deWitt / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: WA7YT0 Bella Italia pavement cafe and people shoppers in The Rows in historic city centre in summer. Eastgate Street, Chester, Cheshire, England, UK, Britain Contributor: Realimage / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: WH3MJF Birmingham, UK. 18th December, 2021. Birmingham's Bullring Shopping Centre was virtually empty today despite it being 'Super Saturday', the last Saturday before Christmas which is regarded as usually being one of the busiest shopping day's of the year. Elevators were hardly busy even by normal Saturday standards. Many people have decided to stay away due to the rise of the Omicron variant of Covid in the UK. Pic by Credit: Stop Press Media/Alamy Live News Contributor: Stop Press Media / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: 2HBB113 People queue to check in at Gatwick Airport, South Terminal. Contributor: Andy Soloman / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: 2JAF7D7 Edinburgh, United Kingdom. 10 August, 2024 Pictured: L to R: Matthew Stadlen, Jess Phillips. The All Talk series of interviews at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival features the guest presenter, Matthew Stadlen, who is interviewing the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls, Jess Phillips MP. Credit: Rich Dyson/Alamy Live News Contributor: Rich Dyson / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: 2XRFP5F Echeveria agavoides 'Red Edge'. Contributor: Gina Kelly / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: 2AAMX24 France, Cotes d'Armor, Ploubazlanec, Loguivy-de-la-Mer fishing harbour on the GR 34 hiking trail Contributor: Hemis / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: R8R90H Jaguar XJ220 car, UK 1990s Contributor: colaimages / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: 2R0NH3R Coast looking south to St Cyrus from near Johnshaven, Aberdeenshire, Highland Region, Scotland UK Contributor: DGB / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: T2GK33 Lauder, UK. 05th Aug, 2023. Lauder, Scottish Borders, Scotland. UK Lauder Common Riding 2023 Today sees the climax of a weeks events to celebrate Lauder Common Riding, with the Cornet leads the Cavalcade round the Burgh. Over two hundred horses and riders take part in the event which mark an historic riding of the boundaries of the Burgh of Lauder. The hounds of the Lauderdale Hunt, led by Mast Clare Bellamy follow the horses today. Picture Credit: phil wilkinson/Alamy Live News Contributor: phil wilkinson / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: 2RG1GPE Exterior of Glasgow High Court, Scotland ,UK Contributor: Iain Masterton / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: WXRC70 Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, 20th August 2024. Edinburgh Festival Fringe street performers: An Australian professionally trained ballerina, Bianca Carnovale who calls herself The Ballet Busker, entertains the crowd despite having injured her foot two weeks ago. She involves members of the audience in her act, including a little girl to play music from a music box. Credit: Sally Anderson/Alamy Live News Contributor: Sally Anderson News / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: 2XWNEW5

Bryan, thanks; almost makes the six hours in Downing Street worthwhile.....

I sent the following message to Alamy, no response….. “It appears that my submission OL25690385 is missing! I may be wrong but I cannot find them as being on sale. With respect, this is most annoying. I stood outside the Cabinet office for five hours (in the rain) to get these. They relate to the COBRA meeting and as such are incredibly time sensitive. There were only a small number of photographers so there are only a limited number of pictures I appreciate that as a contributor I am at the bottom of the feeding chain and that PA are vastly more important, but you still take 60% of my income!! My view is that it is a waste of my time if I take good news photographs that just , and apologies if I am wrong, disappear…”

This is of major concern to me. While I am fortunate in having a U.K. press pass (increasingly difficult to obtain) some of my photography friends do not. It would appear that they could be arrested for being a “curious observer”. How long before legitimate press photographers are arrested? Just this week, while photographing a police car outside the local mosque; I was harangued by a passer by who said the media was just making things worse. if one was to link this to “announcements” that posting material related to the riots could risk prosecution. Very 1984…. I have not, as yet, taken any photographs of the disturbances, but I expect to do so. I often post (without comment) my news photographs. Will I be subject to a knock at my door and arrest? For the avoidance of doubt, I condemn all forms of violence; but, in a democratic society there must be room for reporting and comment. I agree misinformation is wrong; but often official statements are, sometimes for good reason, delayed. One could argue that what is happening is that any material that differs from the official narrative becomes “illegal”. I would also argue, more controversially, that the police; for whom I have a great deal of respect and admiration, are sometimes directed to act differently with different groups and protests. See the reaction of Sir Mark Rowley to the question of two tier policing (he allegedly knocked the microphone out of the hand of the reporter on to the ground; in his statement Sir Mark states it was an accident…) to see it touched a nerve. This is not a political post, but concern about the day to day activities of news photography in the current environment.

Times Digital 10 Aug Girl student, backpack and walking in a school back for study, education and morning class. Young students back view walk in a hall about to learn and Contributor: Panther Media GmbH / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: 2PTM7DK The HM Treasury building on Whitehall, London, is the British government department and office responsible for UK public finance and economic policy. Contributor: pxl.store / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: 2BN75P7 London, UK. 7th May, 2024. Jeremy Corbyn, Member of Parliament for Islington North, addresses pro-Palestinian protesters taking part in a Hands Off Rafah demonstration outside Downing Street. The emergency demonstration was called in response to the Israeli military having commenced a military operation in Rafah, Gaza, where 1.3m Palestinians are sheltering. Credit: Mark Kerrison/Alamy Live News Contributor: Mark Kerrison / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: 2X599DC Moorhen Gallinula chloropus Contributor: Rob Read / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: DJ3FMX Subway surfing kills” public service advertisement in the New York subway on Sunday, February 11, 2024. (© Frances M. Roberts Contributor: Frances Roberts / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: 2WMP0NPV Sydney, Australia. 13th Mar, 2024. Clive Palmer speaks to the media during an announcement regarding the Titanic II, in Sydney, Wednesday, March 13, 2024. (AAP Image/Bianca De Marchi) NO ARCHIVING Credit: Australian Associated Press/Alamy Live News Contributor: Australian Associated Press / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: 2WRHJBP A general view of the Hargreaves Lansdown headquarters on Anchor Road (A4). Contributor: Rob Arnold / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: EN98RX River Don evening cloudscape, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK Contributor: Ian Talboys / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: 2BFBDRJ Multiple McDonald's "Golden Arches" fast food restaurant signs. Contributor: Kristoffer Tripplaar / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: EAB19K Cyclists in April riverside Preston, Lancashire. Avenham Park which is bordered by the slow running River Ribble. National Cycle Network Routes 6 and 62 with tree lined avenues run through the park and there are miles of well surfaced footpaths and riverside paths along the river banks. Contributor: MediaWorldImages / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: T57C4T The location of the old A3 London to Portsmouth road at Hindhead, after being restored back to heathland. Contributor: Tony Watson / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: H5KJND Tea Room and Cafe at the Devil's Punch Bowl a beauty spot near Hindhead in Surrey southern England UK Contributor: Peakscape / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: FBRN0Y A close up of pretty clover flowers in a meadow in rural Sussex Contributor: lemanieh / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: 2XF72BA Edinburgh, United Kingdom. 08 August, 2024 Pictured: Humza Yousaf. The All Talk series of interviews at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival features the guest presenter, Matthew Stadlen, who is joined by former First Minister of Scotland, Humza Yousaf. Credit: Rich Dyson/Alamy Live News Contributor: Rich Dyson / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: 2XPYYBY The Moat Brae National Centre for Children’s Literature and Storytelling in Dumfries, South West Scotland. Contributor: Jim Allan / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: 2A1M6R3 Royal Mile, Edinburgh Scotland, UK. 8 August 2024. Dreich cloudy Thursday on the High Street for those looking for entertainment from the Street Performers to cheer them up. Cinnen performs his fire ball blowing routine in Perliament Square. Credit: Arch White/alamy live news. Contributor: Arch White / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: 2XR0PFF Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. 7th Aug 2024. Edinburgh Fringe:St. Giles Cathedral, Hanging the final parts of Luminescence exhibition with painter Maria Rud and sculptor Ewan Allinson. Comprising over 30 works in total, the exhibition will run from 8th – 24th August. The exhibition is part of the official celebrations marking St Giles' 900th anniversary. Ewan with his sculptures. Credit: Craig Brown/Alamy Live News Contributor: Craig Brown / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: 2XPNCBT Candleriggs Square construction site on Trongate in Glasgow city centre, Scotland, UK, Europe Contributor: f8stockpix / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: 2PH69H0 Highland cows on Conic Hill, Balmaha, Scotland Contributor: cpasquali / Stockimo / Alamy Stock Photo Image ID: S3DW4W