protip: don't stand for that shit.
You can find creative commons licensed photos on flickr. Find a good one, upload it to the commons (obviously following the right thing, uploading other people's work is one of the options, and as long as it's CC licensed you don't have to ask, you just have to credit the copyright owner and show that it's CC licensed)
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Gateshead+quayside&l=cc&ss=2&ct=0&mt=all&w=all&adv=1
You can find creative commons licensed photos on flickr. Find a good one, upload it to the commons (obviously following the right thing, uploading other people's work is one of the options, and as long as it's CC licensed you don't have to ask, you just have to credit the copyright owner and show that it's CC licensed)
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Gateshead+quayside&l=cc&ss=2&ct=0&mt=all&w=all&adv=1