@LisaH I’m on a similar timeline to you, with Durham too. Are they the slowest? I started on 30th June and they only changed the status to processing yesterday. I called the office and was basically told there is nothing they can do, there is no way to speed the examination process up. They’re literally being paid to tell you exactly what you can see on the website with no reassurance whatsoever. I’m now panicking if the photo was OK etc.
I’m tried the twitter option, joined twitter specifically to message them as others have but there’s been no response.