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Errol Graham in front of a shelf of trophies and a television and video recorder
Errol Graham with his football trophies
Trees in front of several blocks of flats, and a sign saying 'welcome to the Woodlands: Oak View, Pine View, Elm View, Willow View Ash View'
The flats in Nottingham where Errol lived at the time of his death
Several tall blacks of flats partially concealed by trees
Errol could see across Hartley Road to Diana’ Burton’s house from his flat.
A woman speaks through a megaphone to protesters, next to a picture of Errol Graham on a banner which says 'Errol Graham Rest in Power'
A DPAC protest in 2024 about further government cuts to disability benefits, in front of the Department for Work and Pensions’ Caxton House headquarters
A black mountain bike rests against a brick wall
Errol’s beloved Mongoose mountain bike
Cars parked along the side of a road, with trees along one side and houses on the other side of the street.
Hartley Road, Radford. Errol’s flat was in one of the blocks to the left and Diana’s house was across the road a few doors up the street.
Diana Burton, smiling, sitting in a chair in the back garden of a red brick house, in front of a glass table and with pot plants nearby
Diana Burton in the back garden of her home in Hartley Road.

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