Tourists gather at checkin counters at Sharm elSheikh airport.


Yachts in Porto Cervo Costa Smeralda Sardinia While tourists flock to the coast the culture of the inland villages lies undiscovered.


Seahorses mating The couple halt in the open water column and hold their bodies close forming a heart shape with their touching snouts and bellies Their first attempt isn t quite right so they break apart and try again several times until their position is perfected the female just above the male Then an extraordinary thing happens A short hollow tube emerges from the female which she pushes into an opening in her partner s belly.


Tony Blair leaves the Institute of Chartered Accountants in the City of London where he spoke at a Progress event about the Labour leadership contest.


Kurdish Iraqis rest under a Kurdish flag by the river during the Persian Nowruz celebrations in Dukan near the city of Suleymaniyah in Kurdish dominant northern Iraq Murad SezerAP.


Roberto Mancini the Manchester City manager says it will be harder for his team to retain the title this season.


The Prime Air unmanned aircraft that Amazon is working on that could deliver packages in 30 minutes or less.


The crew assemble at the water s edge lifeguards on stand by.


The Grangemouth oil refinery and petrochemical plant on the Firth of Forth.


The new kid James Rodriguez scores top marks for accuracy service dancing cheers Chris Reilly.


Brian Noble the Wigan coach is determined to go out on a winning streak.


Ski tracks decorate the slopes of Kitzbuhel Austria.


Radio radio The most important thing about this year s Reith lectures is that they are perfect for their form Why would you want to see it on television.


Most of the posts accused the Liberal Democrats of backtracking on their policies.


Nick Hillard This silhouette is of a graffiti artist making the finishing touches to his work.


Photographer Tom Jenkins is covering the Commonwealth Games for us and you can keep uptodate with his images hereThis picture shows the South African men s team pursuit riders at the Sir Chris Hoy velodrome in Glasgow.


Miami Heat forward LeBron James drives as he is defended by Orlando Magic forward Maurice Harkless.


The Countess of Wessex and Princess Anne watch as the Queen cuts a cake at the WI s centenary annual meeting.


A molotov cocktail explodes in front of riot police officers.


Sahil was snatched from his grandmother s house in Jhelum on 4 March.


Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders from the Alternative Comedy Legends exhibition at London s Museum of Comedy in 2015.


A woman threatens to jump after her employer the Labour Housing Organisation in Athens was labelled for closure.


A Hobbit at a mammoth threefilm screening at the BFI IMAX.


Louis van Gaal believes there is quality in his Manchester United squad despite his concerns about a lack of balance.


Occupy Wall Street supporters march calling for universal healthcare in New York 26 October 2011.


Kusum Parmar who found the tearful boy in the street opposite her house.


Blind and visually impaired boys at a primary school in Nairobi.


Companies will be allowed to charge customers only what they themselves are being charged to use the credit card machines says the government.


2007 Wade with her then boyfriend now second husband the horse trainer Charlie Brooks at Royal Ascot.


The Decemberists We re going to suck it up.


An entrance to the offices of EDI and G E is pictured in West Covina California.


Frank Lampard right celebrates with Sergio Aguero after the first of the Argentine s three goals against Bayern Munich.


The Dalai Lama appears on stage with Patti Smith during her Glastonbury festival set on Sunday.


ITV said the mistake was down to human error.


Juicy Jewels inside Lovehoney s warehouse.


Daylight Robbery A white squirrel raids a bird feeder in early December White squirrels are only found in several communities in North America They are not albino but are really white squirrels known as white morphs.


Overturned and piled up cars in central Toowoomba.


Inquiry looked into the high number of fatalities on Britain s building sites.


Indian fans celebrate as a Pakistan wicket falls.


Which the CSKA forward finds frustrating.


Roy Hodgson will work at Wembley in between West Bromwich Albion s final two matches of the season.


Frank Barson with his Manchester United teammates and their trainer during the 192223 season.


James Murdoch will become News Corp s deputy chief operating officer based in New York.


Decision makers need access to the value of ecosystems The value of preserving biodiversity outweighs that of destroying them.


The CBI has reduced its forecasts by 03 percentage points since the time of the chancellor s autumn statement in November.


Bjorn Olsson runnerup This photo was taken on Jambiani beach Zanzibar There are few opportunities for women to work on Zanzibar but the women here grow seaweed for export The demanding work requires them to seize every opportunity the tide offers to tend to their farms which are only accessible at low tide often at first light Natalie Mayer judge This is a very classically beautiful shot well captured It works well that the photographer has allowed us to see the profile of the subjects face if she had been turned more away from the camera the definition would have been lost and the image would have suffered as a result The composition is also very well balanced with the subject walking into the image.


Drummer Wrigglesworth left and frontman J Willgoose Esq of Public Service Broadcasting.


Lurid blazers seem to be the fashion choice for a group of spectators during the third day of the 2012 Henley Royal Regatta.


Dieter Moebius On stage at the ATP festival in 2010.


Budapest Hungary The windswept Liberty Statue overlooking the city.


Emma Lavelle worked Court By Surprise her Grand National hopeful at Newbury on Sunday.


FAIRFX has looked into the cheapest Christmas markets this year.


The room in which I first saw Cathy s work was in Bristol looking out over gardens and Victorian terraces which was the setting I imagined for the story But I didn t want any kind of vintage feel Cathy s got the place and the time spot on in this sketch the finished picture is beautiful full of excitement and hope.


Maxine Moss participates in the self portraiture assignment.


Not just a pretty face An adult hedgehog can clear a sluginfested garden in three months.


Tim and Suzanne Pinkney and their sons Max and Toby The couple s insurance premium rose by 500 following a flood in 2008.


Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood presidential candidate Mohamed Morsi celebrate after the announcement of his victory.


Rescuers work at the collapsed Rana Plaza complex in the Greater Dhaka district of Savar.


Britney Spears arrives at the Los Angeles County courth ouse 14 January 2008 for a hearing regarding visitation rights for her two sons.


David Willetts MP minister for universities and science regarded as one of the intellectual driving forces behind the big society.


Black guillemots are one of the rare species in line for extra protection from new marine protected areas in Scotland.


David Cameron speaks with Donald Tusk during a meeting on the sidelines of the EU summit.


Oil prices and oil companies were in the spotlight this week BP confirmed rumours that it would restore its dividend and put a 40bn figures on the cleanup costs for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill The financial results and first loss for the company were received badly by the stock market Its problems were compounded by US regulators investigating its gas market trading.


Embattled Shobana Jeyasingh s TooMortal at St George s Church Venice.


The chicken platter with a pile of tabbouleh Photographer Sophia Evans for the Observer.


London UK A man uses an iphone to photograph tributes to Steve Jobs.


A grasshopper clings to a plant showing off its powerful jumping legs.


The Turkish prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu.


SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon faces Labour leader Ed Miliband during the BBC debate.


Janet Cardiff George Bures Miller Storm Room Visitors enter an apparently normal room Then the storm strikes and water floods through the ceiling.


The arrival of Playstation 4 and Xbox One consoles last year gave a boost to Game s turnaround.


A new species of dolphins in Melbourne s Port Phillip Bay Victoria Australia The new species Tursiops Australis which can also be found at Gippsland Lake have a small population of 150 and were originally thought to be one of the two existing bottlenose dolphin species.


Lack of early care for acute mental illness means people are ending up in hospital emergency departments.


Out in the cold Andrzej Koper outside his former home in Ashford Kent.


The Haughmond occupies a building that was once a coaching inn.


And there s another this extraordinary Krul has done himself proud today and earned Newcastle the win Final score 01.


Facebook Places Mark Zuckerberg at the launch.


Alex Gibney director of Scientology documentary Going Clear.


Hoda Barakat Barakat 62 was born in Beirut and writes in Arabic although she now lives in France Her debut novel Hajar al Dahik was the first Arabic work to have a gay man as its main character Her third novel Harit almiyah won the 2001 Naguib Mahfouz medal for literature Edwin Frank said She s a lyrical novelist who also writes about deep political trauma in the recent history of Lebanon It s a mix of poetic language which starkly confronts the facts.


Lavender is one of the most popular garden plants among bees.


The hazardous PM25 count in Xingtai affects local communities sending waves of air pollution down to eastern coastal cities and Beijing.


Warsame Abdihakim serving customers at his ice shop.


Cyclists on the Sustrans cycle path way at the former Mangotsfield Railway Station part of National Cycle Network near Bristol.


Ben Stokes was England s best batsman during the four Tests he played in Australia last winter.


Single mum Sheila Gumbi cooks a meal for herself and her son Tyrone.


Ingrid Craigie Sarah Greene Daniel Radcliffe and Pat Shortt at the opening night curtain call of The Cripple of Inishmaan.


Volcano cake for volcanic crisis poster presentations from Dr Rebecca Williams Not to be confused with those noncrisis volcanoes you get nowadays.


More than 50 women were infected with hepatitis C after being injected with the same needle used by a drugaddicted anaesthetist James Latham Peters.


Connor Corum and Greg Kinnear star in Heaven Is For Real.


The Blue Book by AL Kennedy Kennedy s knotty ludic novel takes a cruise ship as its setting and the tenebrous activities of mediums and magicians as its subject Narrator Beth embarks on a transatlantic voyage with her unremarkable boyfriend Derek but can t shake the attentions of closeup conjuror Arthur As the novel unfolds so does Arthur and Beth s shared history until the secret that lies at the heart of their relationship is revealed A masterclass in manipulation Read the Guardian s review AL Kennedy s website Buy it from the Guardian bookshop.


Italy forward Mario Balotelli talks with priest Don Massimiliano during his team s training session in Florence.


One of the enormous stained glass rose windows in NotreDame de Paris.


Palestinians wait at the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the southern Gaza Strip on August 5 2014 in Gaza Border.


Moeen Ali pictured in practice at Headingley for Friday s ODI against India said the England team back Alastair Cook.


The 1000seat Melbourne Recital Centre and 500seat MTC Theatre both designed by ARM are located on the Australian city s Southbank where they offer an eyecatching new civic space in the heart of the arts precinct.


Morrisons shares rose on its chief executive s reassurances but some analysts are gravely concerned.


Morgan Schneiderlin tried to leave Southampton this summer but is happy to remain a part of things after a flying start.


Ricky gets a little help from the crowd.


Godolphin s racing manager Simon Crisford right with Charlie Appleby at Newmarket races.


The artdirected clinical beauty of each photograph makes the fact the subjects are kissing appear almost incidental as if their heads are required to be in that position to achieve the desired effect and locking lips makes it easier They are exquisite but not erotic.


The public s lack of understanding of what modern nursing is is harmful.


Dubai sells London Stock Exchange stake.


8 January 2015 Parisians gather at the Place de la Republique after the attack on Charlie Hebdo Three decades on the makeup of the protesters is very different.


You ll save yourself a lot of work by using a food processor or coffee grinder to blitz the pistachios.


Demand for corn on the cob has been fuelled by the popularity of barbecues in the sunny weather and influenced by the trend for South American food.


Khadija Alishashi s flat looks out onto the community play areas and roads.


Out of the woods Wilton s Music Hall in East London has been rescued by a Lottery Fund grant.


I only grow things you can eat There aren t many pretty things here.


A bustling street in the Ugandan capital Kampala The country has Africa s highest level of youth unemployment.


The afterparty has already started here s Matthew Goode and Hayley Atwell.


Herbie Hancock Empyrean IslesHerbie Hancock was the biggest star Blue Note launched his 1962 debut Takin Off showing he was a rare blend of improv genius and hitmaking songwriter Empyrean Isles came two years later with the 24yearold boldly mingling hard bop funk and freejazz on just four long tracks.


Poorer pensioners will see an increase in the level of pension credit guarantee but lower winter fuel payments.


The latest remote operated vehicles have improved robotic arms and suction devices that allow the scientists to gently suck and grab these delicate creatures most of the newly discovered creatures are between 510cm long and put them in the bioboxes for transportation to up to sea level This tiny delicate Holothurian was caught at approximately 2500m below sea level.


Veterans chat during a Victory Day celebration in Tbilisi Georgia.


Songs like conversations This is the Kit perform live.


Webb Simpson hit a second successive 67 at the Wells Fargo Championship in North Carolina.


The administrator for People Can has warned that other charities will struggle in this tough economic environment.


Police officers inspect the front gate of Maka alMukarama hotel after the Friday s suicide bombing.


Martin Johnson responded to Warren Gatland s comments at the launch of the 2011 Six Nations.


Mario Balotelli s Sisqoinspired hair disaster in January 2013.


If Arsenal are to have any chance of keeping Robin van Persie they must qualify for the Champions League.


Once the computer has the triplet of a square an algorithm calculates which SmartieM M s colour that square is closest to and replaces the square by a chocolate of that colour The method used imagines as 3D coordinates Each SmartiesM M s colour is also a fixed triplet of 3D coordinates The nearest colour is the one of closest distance in 3D space which is calculated using Pythagoras s Theorem Here is Marilyn in a row of only 20 Smarties If you squint your eyes or hold the image at a distance you can still see her face pretty clearly.


Father Cameron Faller leads a prayer vigil for shooting victim Kathryn Steinle on Pier 14 in San Francisco.


David Cameron made only a passing reference to the big society at this year s Conservative party conference.


Roots manoeuvre Pete Wentz formerly of Fall Out Boy gets a reggae makeover.


Hackney resident Isaac Liebowitz who says local people need larger houses to accommodate their families.


Rosie Batty speaking after her 11yearold son Luke was killed by his father after cricket training.


Blondie s Debbie Harry magnificently proving that style does nt have to involve flashing your bra.


Funerary statues rescued from Palmyra at the national museum in Damascus.


It s redhaired rocketfuelled Hayley Williams who draws the eye Paramore.


The Rev Mark Sharpe said he was driven out of his parish after his dog was poisoned and his car tyres were slashed.


The sons of Jean McConville carry her remains past the Divis flats in Belfast in 2003.


Revenge is a dish best served 298 days later parped Luke McCarthy in this Jerome Boateng entry.


Andy Murray leaves the clubhouse to start his raindelayed Aegon Championship men s singles final against Marin Cilic at Queen s.


This old water tanker was once used to bring water to the Bedouin communities It is now broken down and is used to store water.


One of the 14 new species of socalled dancing frogs discovered by a team headed by University of Delhi professor Sathyabhama Das Biju in the jungle mountains of southern India.


The Lego Foundation has put 4m into a play professorship at Cambridge university The first incumbent will be chosen in April.


FA Chairman Lord Triesman during the England 2018 World Cup bid.


Alan Cartwright died after being stabbed once in the chest while riding a bicycle along Caledonian Road in north London.


Wall What wall MTV erected a sight barrier at the U2 Berlin gig Oh yes.


Staff shortages and the prospect of an increase in mortgage rates have dampened enthusiasm among private house builders.


Diabetes UK takes its roadshow in to communities to reach those who are offline.


Professor David Hendy sound is about power.


Elena Baturina with her husband Yuri Luzhkov.


Tony Abbott s personal approval rating also rose.


Jobseekers attend a graduate job fair in Tokyo.


Snoopy s Gallery and Gift Shop at the Redwood Empire Ice Arena.


Peru Daria Werbowy s second home Worth a look then.


Selfconfessed legend John Cleese seen here in Monty Python live has finally written a memoir.


Golden Horn s trainer John Gosden walks the course before telling the press that the horse will not run at Ascot.


University of Hertfordshire s swim team in motion during trainingPhotographed for my university final major project The picture captures a University of Hertfordshire swim team member in motion during a training session.


Barcombe in East Sussex after the Ouse burst its banks in 1999.


Tamil progovernment activists outside the UN offices in Colombo protest against a proposed USled UN resolution to investigate Sri Lanka for alleged war crimes.


Fear of intimacy Colin Kinchela and Gavin Walters in SEETHrough.


Wayne Whitley 40 was serving a life sentence for a series of violent armed robberies.


Revellers gather on Mardi Gras day in New Orleans.


David Pocock and farmer Rick Laird at the site of the protest.


Syrian government troops on patrol in Deraa province where they are battling rebels for control of the DamascusJordan road.


Wawrinka celebrates his win 46 64 63 64.


Xi Jinping centre with his new team in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.


A salad of mustard leaves and halloumi and a celery salad picked fresh from the plot.


The Tanner family dads from Full House will be making an appearance in the Super Bowl commercial lineup.


Venus begins its transit of the sun in June 2012 This rare astronomical event occurs when Venus passes directly between the sun and Earth will not happen again until 2117.


Iakovos Kambanellis was sent to the concentration camp in Mauthausen after he was arrested in 1942 in Nazioccupied Greece.


Jamie Vardy will be given a late fitness test as he bids to equal a Premier League goals record.


Watching you the state will gain wider powers of access to the data of communication companies.


A protest against the government s housing and planning bill January 2016 If current inequality trends continue most people in this generation will pay a majority of their income in rent for their whole lives.


Helium and barbiturates contributed to more deaths last year than ecstasy cannabis mephedrone and GHB according to figures from the Office for National Statistics.


NatWest cash machines failed to deliver up and down the country.


Thensecretary of state Hillary Clinton using her smartphone onboard a C17 military plane.


Yellowtail and albacore tuna are becoming increasingly rare as well as bluefin.


Mail Online revenues up 45 to 28m in six months to end of March.


Dew Drops on Spring Crocuses in this photograph taken at dawn in north London.


I got support from people at every level of society Prakash Jha s Aarakshan.


The devastation of Typhoon Etau People wait to be rescued as floodwaters engulf their homes.


Obesity is a huge problem in China In 1980 less than 1 of the Chinese population was diabetic 116 of the Chinese population is now diabetic with 50 showing signs of being prediabetic.


An Indian soldier stands guard outside the Taj Mahal Mumbai after the 2008 terrorist siege The boat incident has evoked memories of the attacks.


Murdoch MacLennan attended the dinner along with Lord John Sainsbury.


Adam Scott of Australia lines up a putt and prepares to anchor his broomhandle putter.


Jimmy Carter campaigning in 1976 and in 2014.


Anthony Doerr His book is regarded by many as a masterpiece.


No spoilers please have you seen Punchdrunk s It Felt Like a Kiss at Manchester international festival.


Bird and the beats Imogen Rose in Theatre Centre s What the Thunder Said.


Saturday Night and Sunday Morning author Alan Sillitoe pictured in 2008 He died today in hospital his family said aged 82.


A cyclist in a bike lane on Blackfriars bridge.


This is a lavish testament to Victorian embellishment in Broomhill Glasgow although the decor could do with 21stcentury help Wood panelling ornate plasterwork fireplaces and a touch of stained glass are distributed through the three receptions five bedrooms and turret study The ceilings are lofty and full height bay windows expand the floor space When you tire of your own back garden you can share in the residents pleasure grounds Parking though is firstcomefirstserved on a busy main road and not all the surrounding architecture is this elegant GSPC Ltd 01414331455.


The first prize in the Spot News Stories category shows Syrian rebel fighters taking cover amid flying debris and shrapnel after being hit by a tank shell fired towards them by the Syrian army in the Ain Tarma neighbourhood of Damascus Syria.


Andrew Ashong a hazy jazzy dreamer who references Roy Ayers and Shuggie Otis.


Brendan Rodgers has signed a new longterm deal which is understood to keep him at Liverpool until 2018.


Probation is undergoing the most fundamental and most controversial changes in its history with a much weaker level of scrutiny than is needed Photographer Graham BarclayBloomberg News.


Fyfe arrives at the 2015 Brownlow Medal ceremony at Crown Palladium with the assistance of a cane.


The New York Mets celebrate after edging the Dodgers 32.


Learn the delicious ciusine of San Sebastian.


Oxford Circus I hope Labyrinth can perhaps reflect that individual yet universal experience.


Despite the useful walking stick we would nt personally encourage you to wear this Vivienne Westwood creation for rambling.


Dr Dhanuson Dharmasena and another man are facing the first prosecution linked to alleged FGM in England and Wales.


Betting on Facebook can Mark Zuckerberg learn to value his new investors as highly as he values his company.


An enormous collection of individual talents the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain.


A nuclear reactor at Penly northern France where a drone was spotted flying overheard operated by unknown persons.


Music on a portable player with headphones is one of the many ways in which individual listening has changed.


Flats in one of the pricier areas of Paris with view of the Eiffel Tower.


Search me some of Google s top keywords for 2014.


Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton speaks during a campaign event at Uncle Nancy s Coffee in Newton Iowa on Sunday.


Three men were found dead and a woman later died in hospital after drinking the homemade alcohol.


Lloyd Webber said Nicole Scherzinger pictured as Grizabella was the most exciting musical theatre artist I have found.


Roley Bonevacia tries to dodge past Dragan Paljic during Saturday s ALeague game at at nib Stadium on Saturday.


Ladj Ly Les Bosquets Montfermeil Paris 2004 JR I took this picture when I was 18 It was the first time I went to Les Bosquets The kids asked me if I could take a picture of them This photo of Ladj Ly filming me was the first one on the roll of film and I felt something special had happened This image is very emblematic of my work and of the message we portrayed with this project with Ladj.


A victim of the Aldgate bomb arrives at the Royal Free hospital in east London.


Protesters on the streets of Montreal in May campaigning against genetically modified organisms and Monsanto.


Sam Burgess finds his progress checked by the French defence.


More children from lower income families living in council estates are involved in road accidents.


Tom Daley diver My worst ever job I ve not had a job yet.


The men of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc lead a crowd of people in prayer outside the Emanuel AME church after a memorial in Charleston President Barack Obama said at some point we as a country will have to reckon with the fact that this type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries.


Public sector workers strike over pension cuts.


A bee flies over a lotus flower in full bloom at a base in Pingguo County in Baise southwest China s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region where nearly 400 varieties of lotus bloom in summer.


International Space StationA bright orange zinnia has blossomed aboard the International Space Station marking a first in space US astronaut Scott Kelly who took the photograph tweeted First flower ever grown in space makes its debut Zinnias grow easily on Earth and blossom in abundance in summer but on the ISS they have had trouble adapting to microgravity.


An aerial view shows the extent of the flooding in the town of Dalby.


Newsworks ads remind people of the unique role newspapers play for advertisers readers and society.


Law enforcement officers chat to a man near the parking lot of the restaurant.


It is not clear whether the cars with the carbon dioxide emissions problem are among those already affected.


Skinny jeans are hugely popular so is it likely they re dangerous to wear.


David Beckham plays football during his visit to Camp Bastion Afghanistan.


Nora Ephron who wrote the screenplays for When Harry Met Sally and Silkwood died on Tuesday at the age of 71.


New zero carbon rules set to save developers 4bn.


Number plate recognition cameras scan the M77 near Glasgow for vehicles with invalid road tax.


UnStill Life depth 8m Moliniere Grenada.


JK Rowling launches her first novel for adults The Casual Vacancy in September 2012.


The double wrap Scarf needs to be at least 15m Wrapped not once but twice Mindblowingly warm Foil printed Erin scarf French Connection 45.


One Direction Harry Styles Zayn Malik Liam Payne Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson.


Iranians shopping at a street market on the eve of the Persian new year Nowruz in Tehran earlier in March.


Shakespeare s birthplace Stratford upon Avon lit up for Christmas.


Paul McGrath said that if he had been in Glen Johnson s position he would have thrown the Tshirt on the floor.


And the final word falls to Bert Ayers Oh Papa Capello I ve always wanted to play for England.


The metallic Gudbrandsjuvet platform snakes into the trees.


The Moto app allows users to customise scheduled actions voice control and the display.


Murray beat Federer for the fifth time in his career.


The current world champion Neil Robertson will be among players competing at the first Power Snooker event.


The Germany manager Joachim Low has named two strikers in his squad to play England Miroslav Klose and Max Kruse.


An alligator believed to be Goliath has a snack.


Crucially Sepahan managed to attract leading coaches from Europe including Luka Bonacic and their current manager former Croatian national coach Zlatko Kranjcar Pictured Sepahan training ground.


The Musee dOrsay in Paris was created out of the Beaux Artsstyle Gare dOrsay to create a new art space It divided opinion worldwide.


Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga peform at the Montreal Jazz Festival.


She was never accusatory but became unwilling to have sex.


Leader of the Green party of Canada Elizabeth May watches the results roll in.


The Scottish Labour party leader of Glasgow city council Gordon Matheson celebrates with supporters as results are read out.


Kanye West performs All Day at the 2015 Brit awards with a host of UK grime artists.


A Sri Lankan vendor displays newspapers for sale at a stall in Colombo President Maithripala Sirisena dissolved parliament clearing the way for a snap election.


An actor preparing for the next scene All photos by Boris Le Montagner.


Survey responses for regular volunteering 20067 Helping Out survey.


Rainy day fund It seems people want the comfort of having money to hand.


SK Telecom s Smart Learning robots interact with smartphones Photo Stuart Dredge.


Wayne Rooney could be an interesting player for everybody in the world according to Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger.


Whether or not he was always able to live up to his ideas Rudd was never short of them How many have you heard lately from either side of politics.


Blacks Leisure suitor Sports Direct has pulled out.


Lake District in the Rain by Frank Brookhouse Dunkerley Watercolour on paper.


Solar panels in Totnes Small solar businesses told the Guardian the government was actively destroying UK renewables.


Charlotte Church addresses the antiausterity protest on the first day of the Conservative conference in Manchester.


GlaxoSmithKline s Sir Andrew Witty The introduction of the patent box has transformed the way in which we view the UK as a location for new investments.


Emmanuel Sanders celebrates after scoring against the Kansas City Chiefs.


Emma Hamilton and Ryan O Kane star in Channel Ten s telemovie Mary Making of a Princess.


Francois Hollande at a Bastille Day parade in Paris.


A large school of alewives circles over a sunken skiff in Mill Pond in Nobleboro in the US state of Maine The footlong fish were congregating in the freshwater pond on their journey from the Atlantic Ocean to their spawning grounds in Damariscotta Lake.


Mali s Rokia Traore on the Open Air Stage on Saturday evening.


Garcia duly celebrates a fantastic shot.


Waking the Dead Eva Birthistle as Det Supt Sarah Cavendish.


Things take a turn for the worse at Westfield shopping centre in San Francisco in 2006.


Baby Ferouz lost a recent federal circuit court bid to remain in Australia His family will now be among those asylum seekers allowed to have their claims assessed.


The crowds take their seats at last year s ceremony.


Last chance to see Grounded Photographs Murdo MacLeod for the Guardian.


Despite some movement in gender roles it is still primarily women who shoulder the emotional work of the family.


Percival for TraidRemade blue herringbone wide stripe shirt 140.


BBC Scotland s complex at Pacific Quay Glasgow Birt says an independent Scotland would face deep cuts by the corporation.


Not many people know this but Howard Webb also had a succesful pop career titters Joe Richardson possibly while dressed head to toe in leather and singing I m Too Sexy.


In addition to event security G4S also runs six prisons and conducts antipiracy operations in the Indian Ocean.


British soldiers fighting in Helmand Western wars and support for dictatorship are what drive jihadist terror in Britain and elsewhere.


Jaha Dukureh is an activist against Female Genital Mutilation.


Arsenal with Alexis Sanchez above scoring the third goal thrashed Leicester City 52 in September but the match at the Emirates in February could be decisive in the title race.


The camera s manual controls are easy to use with simple virtual scrolling wheels featuring manual focus while the automatic mode manages most situations well.


Luis de Silva sits in the EastEnders discount drinks warehouse in Calais France.


Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott at the first election debate on 11 August 2013.


Fans at Hampden Park one of four stadiums in Scotland that meet Uefa criteria for major tournaments.


Chelmsford City stage a sevenrace allweather card on Monday.


The serpent is a recurring motif in next season s collection Michele says that clothes are an atlas of emotions Does the serpent equal temptation.


The controversial fracking site in Lancashire operated by Cuadrilla Resources.


NHS England defended the proposals saying they would put pressure on drug companies to lower prices.


More com than rom Mya and Zeke in romcom Think Like a Man.


Slide from a leaked IHMS presentation titled Briefing IHMS EXCO Contractual Performance Management 5 Aug 13.


A Staple store in Portland Oregon Staples is buying Office Depot in a cashandstock deal valued at nearly 6bn.


Budapest Hungary people march in protest against the government s proposed internet tax.


A woman holds a placard which reads We are all Bardo.


Spain s footballing euphoria was dampened somewhat by the latest Eurostat figures showing that youth unemployment continues to rise with 521 of the under25s officially out of work compared to 79 for the same age group in Germany.


La Torricella spinach and truffle salad.


Cheques are continuing but there is going to be no return for the cheque guarantee card.


The Northampton fullback Ben Foden is tackled by the London Irish lock Kieran Low.


Paris SaintGermain s Zlatan Ibrahimovic is believed to take home 14m a year AFTER tax.


Peers voted by a majority of 78 to pass the defamation bill.


Speaker John Boehner celebrates after the passage of a bill to defund Obamacare.


Focus on love and the next generationA new born baby and mother in the background with a moses basket in the foreground.


From left Malcolm Turnbull Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah Canada s Justin Trudeau Chile s Michelle Bachelet Japan s Shinzo Abe Malaysia s Najib Razak and Barack Obama of the US before their meeting alongside the Apec summit in Manila.


Simple things like a visit from a handyman to put up curtains can help care leavers feel more secure and at home.


It was going to kill me Charlie Meckna moved to Green Bank when he believed mobilephone signals were making him ill.


Danczuk and second wife Karen split earlier in the year.


The Londoner is congratulated by his teammates.


The ANZ bank has blamed human error for a glitch which saw mortgage offset account holders overcharged.


Comb Hill Haltwhistle Northumberland You can peacefully earn your mortgage payments in the glassfronted office in the 08 acres The main house has three bedrooms and a selfcontained twobedroom annexe Occupants of the annexe must cope with restricted head height and Velux windows Guide price 595000Savills 01434 632 404.


Jane Austen s Persuasion And they re not allowed to get away with airily claiming that subtle literary passages are much sexier hey Jane Austen is actually really erotic.


The UK Border Agency has been too accommodating towards employers trying to reduce penalties says John Vine s report.


The Las Conchas fire burns in the northern part of New Mexico in June 2011.


Martin Weale the newest member of the Bank of England s monetary policy committee which sets interest rates.


A draft for the outcome of the COP21 United Nations conference as the Paris talks near an agreement.


Misbahul Haq celebrates after Pakistan s 20 Test series victory over Australia in Abu Dhabi.


Matthew Healy of the 1975 performing on the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury.


Dr Kevin Trenberth Source National Center for Atmospheric Research.


Flowers in Bristol for the late Olive Cooke who may have received up to 3000 charity mailings in one year.


Roch Marc Kabore was proclaimed the winner of a presidential election in Burkina Faso.


Jerome Kersey during his time with the Lakers in 1997.


Political highs and lows John Bercow Conservative MP for Buckingham with his then fiancee Sally Illman at the Conservative party conference in 2002.


Fred Perry left would have chuckled at the fact that his Wimbledon record is still intact but had words of comfort for Andy Murray.


Presenting at this year s awards were actors Jonny Lee Miller and Benedict Cumberbatch currently costarring in Frankenstein at the National Theatre.


Men of the moment Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Benjamin Millepied.


A satellite image of a uranium enrichment facility near Qom Iran released in September 2009.


Sir Ian Cheshire chief executive of Kingfisher is among several prominent signatories to the letter.


Ernie Biscuit the creation of claymation filmmaker Adam Elliott.


A Red Cross worker in a bomb damaged building in Faj Attan Sana a Yemen.


Slugabed I would like to write and illustrate a children s book.


Ryan Kingsbery 31 is an environmental scientist Kyra Kingsbery 33 is a French teacher Pictured here in 32F at Tolovana Hot Springs.


British Columbia Canada Passengers line up to check in for international flights at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond.


Jeremy Hunt says the paperless NHS plan should improve patient care and save lives as well as save money.


Heston Blumenthal and Jeremy Clarkson Maybe someone somewhere could think of a way to give money that doesn t involve celebrities inflicting constant photos of themselves on the public.


How can we ever bridge the gap reach across the divide and touch those who are left out in the cold From Heartsong.


MK Dons firstteam coach Ian Wright reacts during the second half.


Dior palette in Smoky Design 37 Lauren says A gorgeouslooking palette but the colours were actually too sheer and light I d use a primer under the eye shadow so they appear bolder.


Sandals of victims lie on the ground at the site of a suicide bomb attack in Sana a.


Red lantern taken on the streets of Dali during the Lantern festival Yunnan provence China.


Jake Gyllenhaal who is getting rave reviews for his performance in thriller Nightcrawler.


Many Americans young and old watch TV online.


The fundamentals underlying the market have not changed.


Richard Thompson performs on stage during Celtic Connections Festival at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.


David Pocock will slot in at the back of the Wallabies scrum with Michael Hooper remaining in the No7 jersey.


Chris Huhne told a CBI climate change conference the government would try to make the scheme work better for you and for us.


Angela Merkel David Cameron and Barack Obama in conversation prior to a G8 session.


The new Gobbins Cliff Path in Antrim Northern Ireland.


Bum bags of all sizes and shapes are a favourite of tourists.


A geographic cone snail attacking a fish.


The ASBO Disco High Focus Records performing live at the Malcolm X Centre Bristol on 9 June by emma catlady.


A fan of US singer Lady Gaga in a homemade costume waits in line at the Jockey Club Del Paraguay in Asuncion.


Actor and director Joan Littlewood practising a role at a mine in Swinton Lancashire.


Some rooftop aerials will need replacing in another round of disruption for TVlovers.


The Nisshin Maru the factory ship of Japanese whaling fleet sails in the Southern Ocean Antarctica in 2011.


G20 protesters ahead of this weekend s finance ministers meeting in London.


In reading confidence is a wonderful thing.


Beautifully judged Jack Butcher and Oliver Ford Davies in Goodnight Mister Tom.


Nick Richards surveys the tragedy from afar After slaying a bothersome father figure Oedipus Shrex claims his shameful new bride Paul Stretford.


Sergey Kovalev stands with his belts after defeating Jean Pascal in Saturday s light heavyweight title bout.


The panel discuss effective interventions in fragile states with audience members.


Ian Poulter the player of the 2012 Ryder Cup.


Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishops Ground By John Constable c 1823.


The spectacular Lanterns of the Terracotta Warriors will be part of Chinese New Year celebrations in Sydney.


Vincenzo Nibali on his way to winning the Tour de France 2014.


A TV cameraman on a Segway crashes into Bolt during his victory lap.


Danny Welbeck prods home his first goal of the night in Arsenal s Champions League victory over Galatasaray.


The 100 largest groups registered on the London Stock Exchange have more than 34000 subsidiaries and joint ventures between them.


Joseph BurkeMonerville and his twin brother Jonathan were in the back of the car when three shots were fired.


Monty Panesar has received a second apology from Cricket Australia within a week but has been backed to rise above any distractions.


Tim for Tim Sheens to go The Kangaroos coach s position has come under serious scrutiny after Sunday s defeat to New Zealand.


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Thirtyfive women who accuse Bill Cosby of assault.


Musician and actor Gary Kemp was photographed at Manze s in Chapel Market London to accompany a Q A in Observer Food Monthly.


DJ Locksmith Ella Eyre and Kesi Dryden of Rudimental react to their British Single Award.


The roof terrace of the Aer bar at the Four Seasons Hotel in Worli.


Helen Arney also of Festival of the Spoken Nerd sings her beautiful funny lullaby for ESA s Philae lander.


A memorial near where Michael Brown was killed.


A man on a makeshift bed made of a plank across two barrels 1890 One of four pedlars who slept in cellar of 11 Ludlow Street.


Just add doodles the Clegg family Christmas card 2013.


A trader works in front of a board displaying the chart of Germany s share index DAX.


A queue of diners outside Dishoom in Shoreditch east London.


Art must move or wither David Mumeni and Katie West in Lela Co.


Akio Saito It would be easy for boats of that size to capsize in the Japan sea at this time of year.


Doomed by greed the last Habsburg Charles II of Spain and his prognathous jaw.


On the ground it has meant the rise of Ukrainian fascist militias such as the Azov battalion now preparing to defend Mariupol from its own people.


Jakarta Indonesian students dress up as an Israel soldier pointing a gun at a Palestinian man during a protest against Israel s attack on an aid flotilla.


Wu Qiongyao shows the skin ointments which her husband uses for his ulcers.


Coffee shop chains like Starbucks have suffered as employees chose cheaper vending machines.


At a Women in the World summit in April A recent speaking engagement in San Francisco prompted a bomb hoax.


Environmental Protection Agency building in Washington DC.


National newspapers as well as your local newspaper might be interested in a your story if your campaign gets a lot of support.


Conservationists are using drones to skim over Indonesia s jungle canopy to photograph orangutans The potential uses are almost unlimited said Ian Singleton director of the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme testing drones this year over Indonesia s Tripa peat forest where fires set by palm oil growers are threatening the world s highest density habitat of the great apes.


Not fair the pay gap is bad not just for women but for the whole economy.


John Swinney as he unveils next year s draft 30bn budget.


Let your child make a big splash with new friends this summer.


Sharp focus Eva Braun Hitler s lover whom he married the day before their suicide at his fortified chalet Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps.


Liz Kendall MP the shadow minister for care says there is enough evidence that our care system is in crisis.


Chris Atkinson of the Subaru World Rally Team drives his Subaru Impreza S12 WRC 06 in front of a rainbow during stage 9 of the 2006 Wales Rally GB.


Uzbekistan s political prisoners Top row from left to right Azam Farmono Gaybullo Jalilov and Muhammad Bekjanov Bottom row from left to right Isroiljon Kholdorov Murod Juraev and Dilorom Abdukodirova.


Dream Home North Yorkshire The hamlet of Low Mill is at the start of the Daffodil Walk in one of the most beautiful dales of the North York Moors national park A beck flows along the bottom of the garden of this threebed cottage and there are unspoiled views across the hills Recent renovations have moved the bathroom upstairs and added an en suite but its antique heritage is marked by ceiling beams and exposed stonework The dream falters only when you discover you have to cross through a shared en suite wash room to reach bedroom three The third bedroom is downstairs provided you can live without a dining room Price 320000 Smiths Gore.


Mrs Madeline working the crowd at Folsom Street Fair.


A cyclist shows his support to protesters at County Hall in Preston The report s release comes days after Lancashire council rejected the UK s biggest fracking bids so far.


Are councils prepared to be the first point of call for residents with questions and concerns once the universal credit benefit system kicks in.


Neil Gaiman s American Gods will start shooting in March.


Alex Ferguson signs Eric Cantona in 1992.


Sean ONeill was convicted in the UK in 1977 of membership of the IRA youth wing but fled to the US where he lied about his past.


Neither ungrateful nor a traitor Eleanor Catton.


Frances OGrady TUC general secretary says workers are suffering real financial pain.


Kaka Attacking midfielder Real Madrid Age 30 Price 20m The Brazilian has struggled with injuries during his time in Madrid and he is lower down the pecking order than Mesut Ozil After three fitful years in Spain he could decide to leave Who might be after him Arsenal Malaga Milan PSG.


Cassandra Bolin 31 killed by police in Austin Texas after a standoff at her boyfriend s apartment building.


New York US Singer Kelis performs onstage at Santos Party House.


Professor Kimberly Scharf researched how the number of social connections individuals have affects the way information about charities is shared.


Samsung won a victory over Apple in the UK high court as part of its worldspanning battle over intellectual property and design after a judge ruled the design of its Galaxy Tab is nt cool enough to be confused with an iPad.


Some small businesses are hoping that publicizing salary information could help eliminate secrecy and distrust at work.


Health workers remove the body of Prince Nyentee a 29yearold man whom neighbours said died of Ebola in Monrovia.


With public sector cuts still in the pipeline many more people may find themselves out of work.


Tom Grace and Helen Keeley in Summer Day s Dream by JB Priestley.


Think you re hard enough Find out at the new Bear Grylls Survival Academy.


Police remove a vehicle from Lake Gladman in April.


Vladimir Putin with the Kyrgyzstan president Almazbek Atambayev.


Arizona s ban was signed into law in April 2012 Nine other states have enacted similar bans starting at 20 weeks or even earlier.


Joe Root scored his first overseas century as England ended day two in a commanding position.


Anna Wing took along her birth certificate to the EastEnders audition to prove she was the daughter of a greengrocer.


The suspected violations related to the Platts price assessment process may have been going on since 2002.


A bodyboarder tries to avoid the waves at The Wedge.


A charro pulls the tail of a bull during the charreada.


Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips performs at the Warner Bros Music showcase.


Evgeny left and Alexander Lebedev at Downing Street Feel free to post your caption suggestions below.


A man cautiously crosses a busy street in NYC.


Green cuisine kale and beetroot with Brazil nuts.


Morne Morkel of South Africa bowls during the match against Zimbabwe.


Sainsbury s de luxe ready meals are selling well again.


David Bainbridge author of Middle Age A Natural History with his midlife crisis toy a Lotus convertible sports car.


Stephanie Kwolek at DuPont s laboratories in Delaware.


A great laugh Katy Costigan and Victoria Dyson in Breaking the Ice.


Roger Federer s net play was to the fore during his semifinal win over Stan Wawrinka at the US Open.


Erykah Badu performs at the VICE Kills TX Music Showcase.


Triston Bradfield weighs a west African dwarf crocodile.


Usain Bolt was the first man to run the 100m in under 97sec.


Dreamy Jennifer Beals after a welding shift in Flashdance.


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Pakistan s floods last year affected more than 20 million people.


Are you a fan of the very naughty Dirty Bertie Well say hello David Roberts who invented him in the first place and wants to show you how to draw him Bertie s latest adventure Dirty Bertie Horror is available from the Guardian bookshop with pictures by David Roberts and words by Alan MacDonald.


The estimated carbon footprint of the 2010 world cup.


The life of Nirvana s Kurt Cobain is now a graphic novel app for iPad.


Dan Lydiate will resume training with Wales on Thursday before their Six Nations opener against Italy.


Carnival costumeThis mask is called a medico della peste and was originally worn in the 17th century by doctors attending victims of the bubonic plague in the hope of avoiding infection Follow Marco Gaggio on Instagram at instagramcomneumarc.


Julia Hobsbawm has been appointed professor of networking at Cass Business School.


Norman Scarfe became a local activist after his move to Shingle Street in Suffolk.


A healthclinic visit in alAin Lebanon Two clinical psychotherapists from Doctors of the World held a group consultation to address mental health concerns The response was immediate What are you talking about mental health We have no health neither physical nor mental only this torture one woman shouted Across the room another woman added No matter what you re going to try and make us aware about or what treatment you re going to offer us we just want to go home We would rather die in Lebanon than live here like this Despite the initial hostile response the session continued and most of the women expressed some relief at being able to talk about their fears.


A 2006 picture of the congested M5 near Cullompton in Devon with typical seasonal heavy rain and strong winds.


Going without sleep could scupper your chances of exam success.


Lightning strikes over the tidal island of St Michael s Mount in Cornwall during a summer thunderstorm 17 July 2014.


Australia s Brett Holman seen here celebrating scoring at the 2010 World Cup has agreed to join Aston Villa.


Hashim Thaci the Kosovan prime minister.


Professor Mike Fulford with a Roman writing tablet found at the Silchester dig.


A section of the ceiling looks on to the forest.


Rising household bills and falling savings have prompted pensioners to consider parttime work according to research from Aviva.


Bristol crown court where the trial is taking place.


Joey Barton was released by QPR following their relegation from the top flight.


Northern Rock s sale to Virgin Money was announced last month.


Japan s prime minister Naoto Kan said transparency about Fukushima was essential to regain international confidence.


Stevenage manager Teddy Sheringham could be playing again on Wednesday in the Hertfordshire Senior Cup.


Bike helmets on display at the Eurobike trade show in Friedrichshafen Germany.


In the final image this week a woman runs through Victoria Park at sunrise in Leicester England.


I do nt know whether she s done the right thing Cliff Richard speaks out about Miley Cyrus and the music industry.


The striker celebrates as the ball hits the back of the net.


The Duke of Edinburgh accompanies the pope as he takes his first steps on UK soil.


City slickers risk thinking that it s only in big cities where important stuff happens.


Adult female Dasymutilla gorgon velvet ant a member of the Texan Mimicry ring.


President Lyndon B Johnson advocated for civil rights and is here with Martin Luther King Jr at the signing of the Civil Rights Act.


The Grange Hill gang meet Nancy Reagan in 1986.


White House press secretary Jay Carney said the US was disappointed Ramzy was forced to leave China because of visa delays.


A member of the public holds up a copy of a Cilla Black record outside St Mary s church.


The Commission of Audit was charged with bringing national spending under control.


Opposition from the Greek people to austerity measures could derail the deal.


Financial Conduct Authority has come under fire after its planned inspection of the sector emerged in a newspaper article before financial markets were alerted Photograph David Levene for the Guardian.


Trading down Edinburgh This is a perch in the stately New Town area in the centre of the city A twobed flat majestic in size and fittings at the top of a terraced town house it boasts original fireplaces plasterwork and shuttered sash windows a legacy from the Georgians A granitetrimmed Smeg kitchen and Villeroy and Boch bathroom are the 21stcentury contribution You get a key to the India Street private gardens and a permit for parking Cost 395000 Strutt and Parker 0131 226 2500.


Former City minister Lord Myners denied that suggestions the Bank of England was getting calls from senior figures within Whitehall in 2008 asking why Barclays Libor rates were so high was a reference to him.


Sanliurfa Turkey Soldiers protect Turkey s border province of Sanliurfa as the clashes continue between the Isis and Kurdish groups in Kobani Syria.


Illegal metal jacket had just been taken off by the farmer in Weihai in eastern Chinese province of Shandong and flung into a corner at a bear bile farm in Weihai city east Chinas Shandong province.


Jordan s big day in How The Rich Get Hitched.


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Chimney Pot Park Salford where whole streets of terraced properties have been ungraded together.


Russia s gold medalist Adelina Sotnikova celebrates her win in the Women s Figure Skating Flower Ceremony.


Sarini is the founder and owner of an informal microfinance initiative exclusive to local women After observing the hardships experienced by oil palm farmers who could not improve their yield due to a lack of financial capital Sarini created Usaha Bersama The community scheme offers investors an interest rate of 5 and according to Sarini defaults on loans are uncommon Sarni is pictured with one of her first borrowers oil palm farmer Musliah.


Nicola Sturgeon uses protective glasses to look into the sky at a partial solar eclipse in Glasgow Scotland.


Manchester United s Ji Sungpark left and Phil Jones right battle for the ball with Everton s Diniyar Bilyaletdinov at Goodison Park.


Andoni Zubizarreta far left at Luis Suarez s unveiling as a Barcelona player.


Dustin Johnson may not get a chance to repeat his 2015 WGCCadillac Championship win at National Doral after next year if the PGA moves it from the Trumpowned course.


Goodbye postwar consensus Margaret Thatcher sought to cut the state down to size and make it our servant not our master.


Police at the property in Leeds where three bodies were found on Sunday.


Robert Lewandowski takes part in a Poland training session at Hampden Park on Wednesday.


The X Factor lacks pretty much anything that s identifiably X Factor.


Item seven a Guatemalan silver souvenir pair of sugar tongs sent in by Jo Bevan These date from the late19th century and are formed from 14 12 1 and 2 denomination coins within a wirework frame The two larger denominations are fret pierced around the laurel branches and central banner and the bowls are real dished half coins Despite what the owner thought they have nothing to do with French Napoleonic prisoners of war who would have been incarcerated 80 or so years before they were made These tongs have been produced in Guatemala as a novelty or souvenir in the late 1890s and show the skill of the craftsman in highlighting the detail on the larger coins by cutting out the background Value 4060.


Manuel Valls tells parliament taxes for those on low incomes would be reduced from January 2015.


Mr Bunny 27godivachocolatescoukMeet Mr Bunny He is however extremely cute super soft and comes bearing tasty Godiva chocolate eggs.


Pearl roundabout protesters celebrate King Hamad bin Isa alKhalifa s decision to release dozens of political prisoners after government talks with opposition leaders.


An opponent of a proposed Muslim cultural centre and mosque near the World Trade Centre site displays signs against Barack Obama at a rally in downtown Manhattan in New York USA 5 September.


The Americans not exactly ideal neighbors.


Bristish defence secretary Michael Fallon watches the training exercise from the beach.


Newcastle United s Yohan Cabaye scores the opening goal against Reading with a freekick at St James Park.


A sign reads Just a Boy with a Toy at the memorial for Tamir Rice the 12yearold boy shot and killed by a police officer at a community park in Cleveland Ohio in November.


The refurbished Caminito del Rey path Malaga.


The Main Street of Cockermouth last Sunday at about 2pm You almost forget how bad the situation is.


Dark orange shows areas where mean temperatures in spring 2013 were the highest on record Source Australian Bureau of Meteorology.


This house in Richmond Half a million counts as a bargain for a house in the rock star postcode of TW10 The downside is this is a Lilliputian residence one bedroom one reception and a minute sliver that the agent optimistically calls a courtyard Still you get fetching looks a chic interior and the handsome charms of Richmond with its parks and riverside on your doorstep Click here or call Gascoigne Pees 020 3318 5441.


Away L Amandier near Marrakech MoroccoThe 14 villas on this new development have 360degree views across olive and citrus groves and red gorges to the Atlas mountains Each has its own plunge pool garden and roof terrace Owners can share the infinity pool gardens and concierge services of the hotel soon to open onsite Cost 329000 for a twobedroom house around a courtyardL Amandier Hotel.


Sandy Jardine won three league titles five Scottish Cups and five League Cups with Rangers.


LA Galaxy s Robbie Keane scores the controversial penalty which ended Seattle Sounders MLS Cup challenge.


Bill Shorten in the House of Representatives.


Composed and commanding in turn John Stones will command a fee higher than the 26m offered.


Valencia players during a league football match The club is one of many Spanish teams in deep financial crisis with debt running into millions of euros.


Microsoft has only sold around 1m Surface RT tablets according to reports with suppliers saying orders have been halved.


Bernie Sanders makes clear he wants to restore progressive taxation and a higher minimum wage.


Liverpool UK The real Liverpool can still be found amongst the concrete towers and plastic corporations.


Apple and Samsung combined percentage of smartphone sales in fourth quarter of 2012.


JLR boss Ralf Speth is not a very big friend of electric vehicles.


CCTV footage of pupils at All Saints Roman Catholic School Mansfield Nottinghamshire approaching teacher Peter Harvey bottom right after the attack.


Lower Shabelle Somalia a tank operator tests his steering while positioned at a base.


Forever beautiful The famous Escriba pastry shop on la Rambla in Barcelona.


The angelic Sharpless 2106 a bipolar starforming region Twin lobes of superhot glowing gas stretch outward from the central star.


Istanbul Turkey A squirrel in Yildiz park.


Solid George McGavin in Oak Tree Nature s Greatest Survivor.


Snow covers southern Scandinavia on 23 March Norway with the snowshrouded Scandinavia Mountains lies in the west and Sweden lies in the east Ice covers the southern portion of Sweden s bilobed Lake Vanern while Lake Vattern appears icefree In the south on the lower edge of the image the tip of Denmark also wears a mantle of winter white Tan and tealcolored swirls paint the water of the North Sea on Denmark s western coast possibly arising from an early phytoplankton bloom sediment from coastal runoff or perhaps a combination of the two.


A great tit leaves its nest box in a garden in Arnsberg western Germany During the breeding season the male bird feeds the female and after the nestlings hatched from the eggs both parents care for their offspring.


Affection and dignity Donald Runnicles conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.


Yale president Richard Levin says competition from Asian universities is desirable.


Fernandinho is beaten to the ball by a soaring Toby Alderweireld for Tottenham s second goal.


Nadezhda Tolokonnikova of the punk group Pussy Riot in a Moscow court last year She is now being moved to Krasnoyarsk in Siberia Photo Ivan SekretarevAP.


Quade Cooper leaves the field injured during the match between the Reds and the Rebels.


Singer songwriter Yusuf Islam performs during the Rally to Restore Sanity andor Fear.


Peterstow Court near RossonWye was only built in 1900 but looks like it is steeped in history There is some classic art nouveau detailing in the original stained glass windows and rooms feature exposed beams oak panelling and carved fireplaces There are five bedrooms a garden room and a conservatory Wander down the garden path and you will find a mature kitchen garden a paddock and a swimming pool The guide price is 750000 Chesterton Humberts 01432 278278.


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Buggin Out talks fast Spike Lee far right serving Esposito in Sal s pizzeria in Do the Right Thing.


Andy Coulson is to go to the court of appeal attempt to force News International to pay his potential legal costs over the News of the World phonehacking affair.


The chief executive of Fiat Chrysler Sergio Marchionne left and the United Auto Workers president Dennis Williams shake hands before they started contract negotiations in July.


Leeds hackney cab drivers lobby outside Leeds Civic Hall.


Indigenous singer Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu will perform with Sarah Blasko and Philharmonia Australia at the Melbourne festival.


Wakeup call could later working starts get more out of young apprentices.


All eyes are on the ball as Steph Houghton s header finds the net from Fara Williams s corner to restore parity.


The PM joins work and pensions secretary Yvette Cooper and Brendan Barber on stage.


The Ashes urn contains the remains of a bail from a wicket burned when England first lost to Australia on home turf.


Revenge is tweet following Travyon Martin s shooting Spike Lee retweeted an incorrect address for killer George Zimmerman.


The verdict was as divided as the audience s sympathies but there was one thing on which even the goreandnudityhating Daily Mail agreed Despite the hype the show does not disappoint.


Ruthlessly wholehearted Alex Hassell s Henry is neither schoolboy hero nor war criminal.


Down the other end of the pitch Real keeper Iker Casillas is just as happy.


Shadow chancellor Ed Balls delivers his speech to the Labour party conference in Manchester.


June A crisis at troubled care home provider Southern Cross deepened after it slashed rent payments in an attempt to sustain its 750 residential homes.


Adrian Peterson is charged with child abuse.


Janet Guest a nurse at the University hospital of South Manchester who campaigns on honour based abuse of women.


Danny Cipriani dives over for a late try against the Barbarians on 31 May to cap a manofthematch display at Twickenham.


Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland poses with the trophy after beating Novak Djokovic in the French open final.


Xi Jinping and Barack Obama at the Annenberg retreat in California 2013.


Chinese rescuers search for survivors after the first landslide hit the town of Zhouqu in Gansu province.


Architect Tim Ronalds It was never a quaint sugary oldtime music hall It was quite a tough place.


Author Sue Townsend at her home in Leicester in 1993.


Norman Foster s Khan Shatyr shopping centre is the world s largest marquee.


The research raises the prospect that a baby s health at birth is governed by a long history of nutrition going back more than a generation.


Write your way out of this one Norm Muhammad Ali takes a swing at author Norman Mailer.


Mr Kawaja s yard in Watney Market Tower Hamlets London.


Ken Livingstone told the Sunday Politics on BBC1 that being an MP shouldn t be a job for life and that constituents have the right to deselect them.


Dishonored will this be disgracefully good.


The guys see glamour fantasy humour whimsy in how I dress Iris Apfel attending a party in 2006.


Cuba s Mabel Gay competes in the women s triple jump final.


Rain stopped play A wet cold and blustery morning 3rd April 2015 Nottingham.


A nurse gives one patient water as hospital staff carry others up three flights to the helipad.


Large ensuite double room in Victoria London.


The Bling Ring cast from left Katie Chang Taissa Farmiga Israel Broussard Claire Julien and Emma Watson.


Riders take part in the trials ahead of the big race.


Michael Adebowale at the scene of the killing of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich.


Public disgrace the fact of it whether justified or not no longer presents an obstacle to powerful careers Ian Jack on Tony Hayward.


Students want courses to include analysis of the financial crash that so many economists failed to see coming.


The unique giant fluorescent pink slug Triboniophorous aff graeffei found only in the misty Mount Kaputar area of northwestern New South Wales Australia By day it hides under leaf mould but on rainy nights locals have long reported sightings of hundreds of the astonishing creatures that come out to feed off mould and moss.


Sam Warburton will have his hands full in Wales final Pool A fixture against Australia.


College students check Facebook accounts on smartphone devices in Mumbai.


House majority Leader Eric Cantor third from left meets House Republican conferees indicating that the chairs opposite him were intended for Democrats who had declined to join the discussions.


McCollum s halfbrother Leon Brown listens to evidence during the court hearing on Tuesday Brown was 15 at the time of the murder.


Lorna Brown Lucian Msamati Martin Freeman and Sophie Thompson in Clybourne Park at the Royal Court.


Carl Fischer Muhammad Ali New York 2014.


Tallulah Wilson posted selfharm photographs on Tumblr.


A view of Gorse Hill in Killiney one of Ireland s most exclusive areas.


A row of parked cars People aged 2329 saw their car insurance go up the most between April and the end of June.


Red cross workers wearing protective suits carry the body of a person who died from Ebola during a burial with relatives of the victims of the virus in Monrovia on January 5 2015.


Julie Harris s sketch for the 1979 film version of Dracula.


Cadbury s chocolate rolling down the production line.


In September more than five million tickets for Rugby World Cup 2015 were applied for with 950000 sold.


A campaign led by former One Nation candidate Mike Holt has singled out Cadbury s in particular for socalled buycott.


Thanks to a smart grid our standing twowheel transport capsules are fully autonomous due to hydrogen fuel cells the vehicle is energypositive Motors fit in punctureproof wheels which use a gyroscopic system to maintain balance You can play rest or work while driving Paint is digitally customizable and headlights are movable to any part of the car A panoramic windshield allows for an environmentally immersive experience and systems allow interaction with other drivers from the car Modular architecture lets the car attach to other city transport to facilitate a faster commute.


A staff member adjusts flags at the sixth Xiangshan forum in Beijing on Saturday General Fan Changlong said China had done its utmost to avoid unexpected conflicts.


In no other sport wrote Joyce Carol Oates of this cruel trade can so much take place in so brief a period of time and so irrevocably.


Adjustment is a service allowing university applicants to alter their choices after results day but only a tiny proportion of students opt to use it.


Hair of the dog Zack Galifianakis Bradley Cooper and Ed Helms.


A trader watches the numbers as he works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.


Peter Prevc of Slovenia soars through the air during his trial jump before qualification starts for the normal hill men s ski jumping.


Sir Jackie Stewart is concerned that the German Grand Prix has been cut from the 2015 schedule due to financial problems.


Nevada assemblywoman Michele Fiore far left was at federal court on Friday for the packed hearing Outside the courthouse she read a statement from Ammon Bundy.


Encinitas California A total lunar eclipse also known as a blood moon the coppery reddish colour the moon takes is made as it passes into Earth s shadow.


Barclays announced it was shutting its financial planning arm with the potential loss of up to 1000 roles The bank has begun consultation with staff and the union Unite about closing its financial planning business whose staff provide facetoface advice to customers through the bank s 1674 branches across the country There was gloomy unemployment news also from the retail sector which cut the equivalent of 10000 jobs in December.


Tyrone Mings in action for Ipswich Town.


England s Eoin Morgan who hit 88 from 47 balls said We are enjoying playing this brand of cricket and having the guys in the changing room to play in that way naturally.


The interest rate decision is fuelling expectations that the Bank will no longer resort to QE as a policy tool.


May 1991 Indian premier Rajiv Gandhi and his wife Sonia in Badaling.


Some will say there s a fun theatrical element to face paint that allows them to channel different personalities and aesthetics Indian students dressed as Punjabi giddha dancers apply each other s makeup in Amritsar.


Some of Kate Winslet on the cover of the February 2003 issue of GQ magazine.


Cheltenham may be forced to omit fences for the Paddy Power Chase as they had to on Friday owing to safety issues caused by the low sun.


Harun Causevic and his father Vehid leave a Melbourne magistrates court hearing in Melbourne.


Cohabiting is about accepting each other as human beings with human bodies As the bumper sticker almost says Stuff Happens.


If there s a TV show that you and your friends enjoy why not start a university society around it.


Al Manara Square in the centre of Ramallah.


Katie Haygarth in Dear Father Christmas.


Alfred Hitchcock described his 1928 silent movie The Mountain Eagle as awful.


Nancy Birthwhistle winner of The Great British Bake Off.


George Osborne said he had seen tax returns submitted by multimillionaires using aggressive avoidance schemes.


Sally Messham as Nan in Tipping The Velvet a glowing debut.


John Galliano in a publicity portrait by Patrick Demarchelier for Maison Margiela.


Blackphone 2 will launch later in 2015 alongside the Blackphone tablet.


After American forces bombarded Isis forces around Mount Sinjar on 14 August many people were able to flee the mountain for safety Others were too sick to leave quickly and remain stranded.


Martin McGuinness s resignation from his Westminster seat will force a byelection in Mid Ulster.


A first look at the cover of Terry Pratchett s new book Dragons at Crumbling Castle front and back illustrations are by Mark Beech.


Fruit Towers is an interesting mix of homemade Innocent style think grassy floors and walls telephone boxes and glass walls and great environmental credentials says employee Clemmie Nettlefold.


A competitor prepares to ride during the annual Surf City Surf Dog competition.


Nonnormalised Tweets mapped including local authority shading Data collected between 20 and 27 November Illustration Mark Graham.


Hashem alSouki haves coffee after a Swedish class.


Jessica Chastain sorts out the theory in Interstellar.


A worker at Toyota s Miyata City plant Japanese are taking jobs that migrants may have done.


Local girl Inez SarkodeeAdoo in Tottenham after the riots August 2011.


So much for keeping your eyes on the ball Chelsea s French striker Loic Remy has lost sight of it while Swansea s Spanish defender Angel Rangel has got his eyes closed during their match at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.


Peter Post left winning the Brussels SixDay race in 1965.


Kitano has been given carte blanche to take over the Fondation Cartier a prestigious steelandglass culture outlet on Paris s Left Bank.


Bill Shorten said Labor was determined to close loopholes used by big multinationals.


Racial and economic servitude Uzo Aduba in The Maids.


Tony Hale accepts the award for Supporting Actor In A Comedy for Veep as presenter Ricky Gervais watches.


Elizabeth George author of the Inspector Lynley books was previously an English teacher in America She was fired from her first teaching job for union activity She left teaching after 13 years when her first novel was published.


A screenshot from Jeffrey Ventre indicates SeaWorld employee Paul McComb operated undercover as Thomas Jones from at least 2012.


A partial view of Space Shuttle Atlantis payload bay vertical stabilizer orbital maneuvering system pods and docking mechanism are seen with the earth in the background in this image taken by an STS129 crew member from an aft flight deck window.


A police diver searches a section of the Grand Union canal in London in the hunt for the missing teenager Alice Gross.


The Bills defense is a fearsome unit this season.


David Bowie 1973 Photo Masayoshi Sukita Sukita The David Bowie Archive.


Royal Bank of Scotland fined for IT meltdown.


Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy in Mad Max Fury Road.


Aaron Lane chooses to resign as a Liberal candidate for Victorian election after homophobic posts he made on social media were reported.


Prince Harry in front of Ethan Toscan s homemade placard.


Teachers holding a oneday nationwide strike against public service cuts in 2009.


Egyptians crowd around a British tank in Port Said during the Suez crisis 12 November 1956.


Mark Ward Taken from a climb on Pic Adolphe Rey looking down at the glacier Du Geant in the Mont Blanc massif The climbers are at an altitude of over 3000m.


The ASA judged that the pyramid bag did allow the tea to move more freely and therefore release more taste.


Is that really a sensible place to keep an iphone.


Luis Suarez has proven a popular and controversial figure since signing for Liverpool in January.


Undated family handout photo of John Pat Cunningham.


ON Arctic Monkeys Roundhouse Camden 6 July 2011.


The prime minister David Cameron lays a wreath at the Cenotaph.


Hope I get home in time for the burning episode.


Britons in the mid1300s were richer than residents of modern poor countries.


The City is engaged in a damage limitation exercise against the FTT.


Alice Leake 103 I was a member of quite a large family my mother my father and five children I am the last one I feel very old sometimes Other times I feel I could do anything you know Quite good really My fingers are completely dead now I can t do up buttons I used to do a tremendous lot of needlework I taught it for dressmaking and now I can t even hold a needle.


Branson s outfit the People s Lottery bid for the initial contract in 1994 and again in 2000.


Tom Pilkington urged his students to listen.


Paula and Catherine McCartney sisters of Robert McCartney meet then US president George W Bush at the White House as part of the family s campaign for justice.


It s like they ve never been away Teletubbies 2015.


A perfectly pleasant time Punchdrunk s Against Captain s Orders.


The New York Times last week called for the legalisation of marijuana.


1956 San Francisco California USA L to R Bob Donlin Neal Cassady Allen Ginsberg Robert LaVinge and Lawrence Ferlinghetti stand outside Ferlinghetti s City Lights Bookstore.


A resident walks through an area of destruction in Verapaz.


Blackpool s Thomas Ince celebrates scoring against Ipswich last August He is set to remain in the Championship.


Steve McClaren has been out of work since being sacked by Wolfsburg in February.


The ONS have published new analysis looking at the proportion of the UK population at risk of poverty and social exclusion.


Ryan Harris s wickettaking talents will be badly missed by Australia during the Ashes series against England.


Damian Ball on the lorry that travels to schools around the UK.


Break Bartin Turkey Taken on 17 July 2014 by mesutbilgin.


Internet activist Aaron Swartz who was found dead on January 11.


Trabzonspor s Serkan Balci tries to go round Lille s goalkeeper Mickael Landreau Their group B match ended 11.


WWF is among a number of NGOs that has fostered collaborative relationships with large corporates to influence their work on sustainability.


Two of Paul McCartney s new sound stickers.


A distillery worker rolls a barrel at Diageo s Caol Ila distillery Scotch whisky industry has invested more than 1bn in new facilities Photograph Murdo MacLeod.


An inmate stands in his cell at Men s Central Jail in Los Angeles.


Cosmos umbrella sciencemuseumshopcoukStay dry and starryeyedAvailable for 20.


Actor and director Mathieu Amalric best known to millions as the Bond villain in Quantum of Solace is a contender for the Cannes film festival s Palme dOr with Tournee the tale of a Parisian promoter cajoling his American burlesque troupe on a tour down the French coast Here he is with costars Dirty Martini and Julie Atlas Muz.


I ve never heard anything like it John Luther Adams Inuksuit at the Barbican s Sound Unbound festival.


Floral tributes and toys left outside house where the three children were found The chair of Kingston local safeguarding children board said has found there are learning points for practitioners involved.


An advert for Cadbury s Dairy Milk chocolate.


Archicebus achilles is the oldest nearly complete skeleton of a primate discovered in central China.


The Conservatives perform badly across almost all policy areas relating to poverty but both main parties display great caution and lack of creativity when it comes to addressing the issue.


The stark contrasts between rich and poor are found everywhere in Mumbai.


What s most naive in Hall s patronising post is her assertion that she is going to block the posts of the brazen girls who have posted their selfies on her sons web pages As if she has the final word on it.


Ronnie the Rhino and Terry the Terrier outside the refurbished PDSA shop in Headingley.


The Queen looks genuinely delighted to meet a woman holding some Corgi dogs as she attends the Mad Hatter s Tea Party at Sherborne Abbey in Sherborne Dorset.


UK Independence Party leader Nigel Farage Ukip launches its council housing proposal at the party s annual conference on Friday.


Christina Estrada is seeking a share of her exhusband s fortune after 13 years of marriage and the birth of their daughter.


Jeremy Hunt You re not going to get me that easily.


Homophobia may be a defensive reaction rooted in fears and discomfort about one s own sexuality.


Fort Paull This museum was built as a gun battery then closed in the first world war as it was too close to Hull In the 1960s a group of volunteers opened it as a museum There s a brilliant waxworks section with figures from the fort s history including Henry VIII and if you like battle reenactments this is your place There s also a great B B nearby called Paull Holme Farm with a cool spiral staircase Foul Paull is open from March 1 Near Paull East Riding of Yorkshire HU12 8FP fortpaullcom Paull Holme Farm Thorngumbald Road Paull HU12 8AX paullholmefarmbedandbreakfastcouk.


The cashew nut is at the centre of a row Western retailers are accused of making big profits while farmers and processors in India and Africa receive poor rates of pay.


In Still Open All Hours David Jason s character Granville and his son inherit Albert Arkwright s business.


Tom I ve got the perfect plot for your next film rival siblings raised in a communist household What do you think.


Narberth food festival attracts a wide range of local and national producers.


Computer World UK UK law firms investigated 187 times for data protection breaches.


Medecins Sans Frontieres is one of the organisations attending the Founders Forum for Good.


Anne of Green Gables by L M Montgomery Mrs Rachel Lynde lived just where the Avonlea main road dipped into a little hollow fringed with alders and ladies eardrops and traversed by a brook that had its source away back in the woods of the old Cuthbert place it was reputed to be an intricate headlong brook in its earlier course through those woods with dark secrets of pool and cascade but by the time it reached Lynde s Hollow it was a quiet wellconducted little stream for not even a brook could run past Mrs Rachel Lynde s door without due regard for decency and decorum.


European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso tries to unveil his proposals for eurobonds.


Tony Abbott and Japan s prime minister Shinzo Abe cool their boots on a tour of the Rio Tinto West Angelas iron ore mine in the Pilbara.


Edward Gardner a phenomenal music director.


Jordin Sparks arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of Sparkle on 16 August.


The leading pack of runners crosses the Queensboro bridge.


Antideath penalty demonstrators make their point outside the John Joseph Moakley Federal Courthouse in Boston on Tuesday.


Tributes are laid in Ferry Gate Crescent near the home of threeyearold Mikaeel Kular.


Danny Alexander and George Osborne Alexander s decision to leak details of Conservative plans to cut welfare benefits is the most vivid example of a new fighting spirit.


Sofa so good Frank Skinner doubtless considers his refusal to narrate Benefits Streets a lucky escape.


A Cooperative party leaflet from 1929 the flapper election.


High Wood cemetery in northern France the final resting place of many Australians.


Finance minister Brian Lenihan to whom critics say the bank reforms would grant excessive power.


Edward Elgar recording with Beatrice Harrison on cello circa 1920.


Cuadrilla s drilling rig near Blackpool which was linked to two minor earthquakes.


Flowers and a candle form a makeshift memorial for shooting victim Kathryn Steinle on Pier 14 in San Francisco California.


Maharaj spent a decade on death row for the crime he says he didn t commit before his sentence was appealed and commuted to two life sentences in 1997.


Hogsmeade village has been recreated complete with snowcovered roofs glistening under the Florida sun.


Imanol Harinordoquy scored one of three Toulouse tries to secure a hardfought victory over Bath at The Rec.


A widefield view of spiral galaxy NCG 253 from the VLT Survey Telescope.


A police officer stands between trucks stuck on the road during a severe winter blizzard at Bucharest ring on the outskirts of Bucharest.


Li Xianting Beijing independent film festival organiser shows a document issued after his release from detention by police.


We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo Bulawayo s first novel is an expansion of her Caine prizewinning short story about Zimbabwean street children Her narrator Darling escapes to America but finds that material wealth doesn t translate into happiness Read the Guardian s review Buy it from the Guardian bookshop.


Ruthie Ann Miles and the cast of Here Lies Love with concept and lyrics by David Byrne running at The Public Theater at Astor Place Photo credit Joan Marcus.


A picture of Sir Tom Finney sits by the alter before his funeral at St John s Minster Preston.


Greig Laidlaw kicked three penalties the last time Scotland beat Australia a 96 win in 2012.


ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK Made when New York still had its tasty crimecapital reputation Carpenter s dystopian scifi presents us with the New York of the future ie 1988 and imagines that the authorities have given up policing it entirely and simply walled the city off and established a 247 patrol for the perimeter repurposing the city as a licensed hellhole of Darwinian violence into which serious prisoners will just be slung and then forgotten about to survive or not as they can Then in 1997 the President s plane goes down in the city and he has to be rescued New York is reimagined as a lawless dimlylit nightmare Not a great place to live.


Nabaztag was an internet connected plastic rabbit that failed to solve a consumer need because it wasn t connected to other devices.


Joe Alaskey the successor to Mel Blanc died at the age of 63 in New York.


Indonesian presidential candidates Prabowo Subianto and Joko Widodo Photographs Reuters.


Giving my kids the father that I never had I have very few memories of my own father taking us to the park or anywhere for that matter where it was just us and him Don t get me wrong I love my father and have a fantastic relationship with him now but he was rarely able to showgive us any affection I always knew that if I was ever to be blessed with children of my own I would do anything and everything with them I m pleased to say that everything I feel I missed out on in my own youth I have actually fulfilled with my own children.


Hillary Clinton inaugurates the new US embassy in Sarajevo The US secretary of state challenged all sides in Bosnia to deepen peace between neighbours.


We believe there were constitutional errors in his trial and they were so great he deserves a new trial said Cissy Jackson an attorney for Musgrove He was wrongly convicted.


Ice Cube in 1990 after he left NWA who took aim at the police in the 1980s.


Members of the US Air Force stand near the US Sea Dragon MH53.


Flapjacks do nt help treat battlefield injuries do nt let anyone tell you otherwise.


A Syrian refugee girl from Kobani is rescued in August from a boat stopping at Lesbos Greece.


Yamen Achemd Abu Jaber four with his uncle Adnan Abu Jaber in Nussarat Gaza Yamen was severely burned when his family s home was hit by an Israeli air strike in the El Bourj refugee camp in Gaza Eighteen family members were killed including his mother father grandfather and fiveyearold sister Adnan is now taking care of his brother s orphaned son and says the boy frequently wakes during the night screaming from nightmares.


A shift away from outdoor activities has made children weaker compared to previous generations research reveals.


Former French environment minister Nathalie KosciuskoMorizet outside the UMP headquarters following her victory in the party s primary election.


What s new pussycat Christoph Waltz at the Spectre photoshoot.


Blossom the possum rescued from bushfires at Balmoral has survived after a liberal dosage of antibiotics and antiseptic cream.


Dave Mustaine of Megadeth playing guitar solo Literally Photo Shirlaine ForrestWireImage.


Bet this is bigger than the size Rafa infers later in The Fiver.


Amid speculation that she has been bugged by the US the German chancellor Angela Merkel emerges with a wary glance from her car for the European People s party meeting in Meise near Brussels.


Graves at Sanctuary Wood Military Cemetery in Ypres Belgium.


A man goes past destroyed tanks in a street in Tskhinvali.


Marber s play Closer opened at the National in 1997 Marber seems to be saying that while we pride ourselves on being cool and sophisticated about human relationships and while we have commodified sex we are as screwed up as ever wrote Michael Billington.


Dream home Kent Believed to date back to the 17th century this pretty Grade IIlisted house in Chipstead has period features in abundance exposed timbers multipaned windows and high ceilings to name a few Besides the four bedrooms and dressing room it boasts a drawing room study and a boot room There s even a wine store in the garden Cost 799950 Chesterton Humberts 01732 741212.


A young refugee looks out of his makeshift home across flooded land in the Bekaa.


Newly appointed Bank of England deputy governor Sir Jon Cunliffe pictured here in 2007 in his role as UK Second Permanent Secretary for the Treasury.


Sophia Han 14 of Tianjin China thinks about how to spell the word vermicide.


BLESSA Rob Andy Liv Alex and Jake Photograph by India Hobson.


Fizzing with wit Julian Casablancas s debut solo album is a triumph.


Sheffield Wednesday s Gary Hooper on loan from Norwich City celebrates his goal with Ross Wallace.


Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup chief of the defence staff he told MPs that invading Iraq was a failure of strategic thinking.


There are lessons to be learnt to get youth unemployment right if we look for them.


Tirupati IndiaEightyearold Devisri Prasad attempts to break his own world record for limbo skating under poles only 18cm above the ground while travelling backwards.


Timmy the tortoise with Tanya the plastic toy at the Tortoise Garden sanctuary in St Austell Cornwall.


Alice RawsthornDesign critic New York TimesWhat are you here for To look at lots of lovely art It s fun and general contextual researchBest or strangest thing you ve seen Pierre Huyghe s aquarium installation with the spider crabs The crabs are so beautiful and have a very characterful stance they re casual but playful and very determined Also a gallery from Bucharest showing Ion Grigorescu some blackandwhite photos he did in the 1970s very simple closeups of eyes and a woman braiding her hair Do you have your eye on anything I d love to buy Ion Grigorescu s photosWhat are you wearing A Balenciaga alsatian sweater dress and very sturdy Prada desert boots The shoes are my allpurpose stompingaroundallday walking shoes Plus I cycled here.


Sir Terry Wogan called the prank calls unforgivable.


Members of the Mocidade Alegre samba school perform during a parade in Sao Paulo.


Roger Federer arrives for his French Open firstround match against Germany s Tobias Kamke who had his chance to surprise in the second set.


This 2008 photo shows a cemetery on the shoreline in Majuro Atoll being flooded from high tides and ocean surges in the lowlying Marshall Islands.


Wreckage of the US air force tanker plane which crashed near Chaldovar Kyrgyzstan.


Charlotte Church will play the role of Polly Garter.


Frosty RussiaUkraine relations have hit goods traffic.


PC Phillips s widow Jen and his parents and family attended the trial.


First Minister Carwyn Jones presented the 2010 Ryder Cup to Europe captain Colin Montgomerie.


Supporters of Mr Yoo s Church faced off with police outside the compound.


Standing Figure was one of four Moore works at a sculpture park established by Sir William Keswick.


The bicycle parked next to the threatening sign had not yet been destroyed.


The Yoga Day invitation for Indian VicePresident Hamid Ansari is at the centre of a Twitter row.


A church charity providing food aid to families this month in Chicago.


Illustration by Helen Tseng for the Bold Italic website.


Alexei Navalny led huge anticorruption protests in 2011.


The Apprentice Boys marched in Derry ahead of the main celebrations and separate from them.


Although Mr Mujica is leaving the presidency he says he has no intention of retiring quietly.


Manford is currently appearing in a touring production of The Producers.


Music lovers can download songs onto digital music players.


President Bouteflika meets ministers in Algiers.


AlNusra Front and allied rebel groups took control of the northern city of Idlib in March.


The advertising campaign features attractions such as the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.


Birmingham City Council agreed to shut Ogwen Cottage in July after running it since 1964.


Many investors are watching the Fed for signs of when it may raise interest rates.


EU charges banks with collusion over derivatives.


Thousands now camp amid the ruins of Somalia s capital Mogadishu.


Harvey said she had spent more time on lyrics than ever before.


Pigs trotters are considered as a delicacy in Chinese cooking.


Hynde recently published an autobiography in which she writes candidly about the assault she experienced.


The emergency services rely on a network that can operate during a disaster or terrorist attack.


Protesters are angry at China for limiting their choice in Hong Kong s 2017 leadership elections.


Mr Sheldon said he was surprised at the success of his blog.


The Leicester installation will be at 33 Cank Street until 30 October.


Benefits Street prompted a debate about socalled poverty porn.


President Obama s foundation hopes the library will help Chicago s struggling South Side neighbourhood.


Its hundreds of CCTV cameras are monitored constantly.


The amount of TV watched live fell from 899 in 2012 to 887 last year.


Teens get help in a Gateways programme for children who have endured sexual exploitation.


There are Tibetan communities outside Tibet like this one in Shanba town Sichuan.


The killing of blogger Avijit Roy in February triggered protests in Bangladesh.


Hon Hai also known as Foxconn Technology Group manufactures products for Apple among other global giants.


The Bulgaria was overcrowded and sank rapidly during a storm officials said.


Edinburgh is one of three Scottish airports to call for Air Passenger Duty to be devolved to Holyrood.


Egypt s leader Abdel Fattah alSisi met Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin earlier this month.


Stefanos Manos former Greek finance minister I do nt think the consequences for the euro would be that severe.


Shrewsbury s flood barriers were put up shortly after midnight on Monday.


Mr Matsell said the hospitals were recruiting volunteer interpreters to help in emergency situations and to cut costs.


IP Nav s Erich Spangenberg rejects claims that his business model is unethical.


Greece s economy remains in recession and is expected to contract by 35 in 2010.


The deal comes a day after Mr Ghani was sworn in as president.


Nick Sykes submitted this picture of a Tesco at Kirkham near Blackpool stripped of bottled water on Friday.


Clare Harper said it made a change from talking about where customers were going on holiday.


A Chinese customs official examines a tiger skin confiscated from smugglers trading in illegal animal parts.


The stage is being set for this year s Academy Awards to be held on 22 February.


The fresh gravestone of a Kurdish fighter buried near the Turkish town of Suruc across from Kobane.


Runa Khan admitted promoting terrorism and has been jailed for more than five years.


Mr ChineryHesse hails the opportunities that mobile connectivity can bring.


Customers are currently confused by the cost of some calls says Ofcom.


Details of the meeting are not expected to be immediately available.


The Hotel de Sale was chosen for the museum as it was thought suitably prestigious.


Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffin married Allan Cox left and Steve Thomas right in Little Rock on Monday.


The malevolent robot Ultron will portray AI gone wrong in 2015 s Avengers sequel.


The new coin has been modelled on the old threepenny bit.


Competitors have already started to arrive at the Commonwealth Games athletes village.


Paula Bradshaw is standing under Alliance Party colours.


A man works to remove snow on the sidewalk in Muskegon Heights Michigan.


The knife attack happened in Yeovil in June 2015.


The aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth is being assembled in Rosyth.


Following the building of the Embankment great buildings and palaces that were once sat on the Thames were now stranded from the river.


Salmon farmer Fredd Wilsgaard is in the minority who would vote yes to the EU.


The truckers breakfast at the Motorgrill at Balinluig.


Optimistic lottery ticket purchases have taken place all over the US.


Abdel Fattah alSisi made his call live on Egyptian state TV.


One law firm estimates that about 30000 NAB customers have been hit with late fees on credit cards.


John Bailey says he likes helping people in need on Christmas Day.


Journalists seek clarity from French President Francois Hollande at an EU summit.


The cleanup operation for more than 2000 homes and businesses has now begun.


Helen and Maurice Kaye are part of a family of four generations.


A team from Nasa s Johnson Space Center has entered a robot named Valkyrie into the contest It stands 6ft 2in tall.


Both Avinash Treebhoowoon and Sandip Moneea said they were happy at the verdict but sad for the McAreaveys.


Di Gilpin creates couture knitwear in her sheepscented bothy.


The Scotts believe the environment in Australia will benefit Niamh.


Changes to league table measures from 2016 will emphasise individual pupils progress.


One image showed the burntout base of the effigy in a cloud of smoke.


Half of Luthansa s longhaul flights on Tuesday will be cancelled due to strike action.


Norway s Kvikk Lunsj looks similar to the KitKat and is available in some parts of the UK.


The government has warned that the demonstrations are destabilising the country.


China represents a major new live cattle market for Australia.


Maroon 5 s hits include Payphone Moves Like Jagger This Love and Harder To Breathe.


Blurred Lines was written by Constellations author Nick Payne and addressed gender inequality.


Fred Pring was having treatment for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.


Computer generated reconstruction of 425myearold fossil named Pauline avibella.


Air pollution is a chronic health risk for city dwellers in China.


India has one of the world s largest school nutrition schemes.


Gadget fans often end up owning a spaghetti junction of wires.


Natalie Bennett and Caroline Lucas will launch the party s election manifesto.


Lake Tai is renowned for its famous limestone formations but it is now a nogo area.


Carwyn Jones and Nicola Sturgeon first ministers of Wales and Scotland respectively laid wreaths with Northern Ireland minister Arlene Foster.


Made in Merthyr The C5 was built at the Hoover factory.


VW rapidly expands production in the 1950s but concentrates on just one car.


The Natwest branch on Broad Street will close on 9 January.


Narendra Modi said he wanted to build a new Kashmir a powerful Kashmir.


The Met Office has issued weather warnings for rain and high winds on Friday.


The eruption on Krakatoa Island registered one of the loudest explosions ever recorded.


Employees taken hostage in the bank s vault by JanErik Olsson.


A screen shot of historical tweets posted by Labour activist Vicky Kirby as reported by the Guido Fawkes website.


Tara OReilly told BBC Wales her mother s condition had been deteriorating.