Blue North Face backpack with orange interior
Description
I found a blue North Face backpack this afternoon around 3:15pm near the Old Market tram stop in Nottingham, East Midlands. It's a medium-sized nylon bag with a bright orange interior and a small silver zip pull on the main compartment. Inside, there’s a laptop sleeve that fits up to a 15-inch laptop, a flashlight clipped to the shoulder strap, and a charity-branded sticker on the front pocket. It looks like it's been cared for but got a bit muddy in the rain, and I figured someone might be worried about it because it probably belonged to a student. If someone lost it, describe the bag's contents and the strap texture to claim it.
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