Thea Gilmore Edward Hopper s Automat made me ache in a way that painting never normally does.


Senator John Thune seen here behind majority leader Mitch McConnell is working on legislation to trump FCC moves on net neutrality.


I m the first to point out that I m not thrifty with partner Staci Gruber The couple were married in 2005.


This is how I like my Legendary enemies legless and toothless Now cough up that loot.


Jomo Kenyatta leader of the Kenya African National Union holds the official document of independence at a ceremony on 13 December 1963 attended by the Duke of Edinburgh representing Queen Elizabeth Kenyatta the country s first prime minister becomes president a year later when Kenya is declared a republic.


Shaun Marsh batting for Western Australia in 2001.


Morrissey has called Prince William a thickwit and the royal family a colossal embarrassment to the country.


Southern Cross claimed the job cuts would not result in a lower quality of service.


The Missouri governor Jay Nixon declined to grant clemency and the US supreme court turned down Taylor s appeal.


Merkel s speech was an audiovisual extravaganza This was the section when she asked the gathered MPs lords and ladies to listen to her favourite Die Toten Hosen track on their headphones Many were not impressed.


Director Declan Donnellan s 2002 RSC Lear had a startlingly young actor as Lear Nonso Anozie was only 23 years old and it was his first role after leaving drama school.


Twotone blooms Linaria reticulata Flamenco.


German doctor Daniel Ubani accidentally killed patient David Gray on his first UK shift as an outofhours locum GP.


Experimentation Little Bulb at the Forest Fringe in Edinburgh last year.


Geese come in to roost at the Martin Mere Wetlands Centre near Burscough in northwest England Up to 40000 pink footed geese can be seen on the reserve at dawn and dusk as they spend the winter in the UK after flying from Greenland and Iceland.


Wilkinson forget the budget household goods chain meet the new golden boy of drum and bass.


Manchester United s Phil Jones and Michael Carrick look dejected after Samuel Eto o scores for Chelsea at Stamford Bridge.


June 1992 Nudity Bodily contact Someone tell the Daily Mail.


Paul Scholes has questioned whether Manchester United s current youngsters are up to standard.


Chicken chickpea and saffron stew can feed a family of four and makes for a quick and delicious meal when you are short of time.


A soldier guards marijuana that is being incinerated in Tijuana Mexico.


Catholic Archbishop of Westminster with Deacon Jack Sullivan who claims he was cured of a crippling spine disease after praying to Cardinal Henry Newman.


An artistic victory Yinka Shonibare s Ship in a Bottle.


Calm and confident Ed Miliband was charming with reporters and in control of the room in a way that has sometimes been missing He looked prime ministerial.


Screengrab of a mockumentary of a royal visit to the Grange day centre which will help to train carers of people with dementia.


Alan Rickman as Hans Gruber in 1988 film Die Hard.


Preparing for takeoff with plenty of ballast.


Visitors to Athens Acropolis Museum look at the view to the ancient Temple of Parthenon.


The Garda Siochana have had a string of successes against anticeasefire republican terror groups in the past year.


Slip and slide try a wild descent Ghyll scrambling down a mountain stream in Cumbria.


Mo Farah admitted that he would like to see more of his family in the next four or five years.


2001 A Space Odyssey Stanley Kubrick s surreal masterpiece with its memorable soundtrack explores many themes including human evolution from ape to space traveller creation death and fears about computer technology.


Hardly practical a model shows off her nails at the 2012 Nailympics.


Stop Is it OK to drive through a red roadworks light.


Disability campaigners fear that jobcentre staff will be illequipped to make judgments about people s work capability.


Marriage is often used as an alternative to education for girls says May Yoi Ching I m so thankful not to have been subjected to this curse I am part of a lucky minority.


This year will see the search company s third attempt in the television market after previous efforts Google TV and Chromecast made little impression.


Young monks take meticulous care to divide up some dairy milk between them in Paro Zhong Bhutan It seems that the love of chocolate has no cultural or religious borders.


A couple are seen in the middle of the Vancouver riot after the Canucks lost to the Boston Bruins in the Stanley Cup decider.


Skulls displayed at the Wellcome Collection s Brains exhibition The venue is to undergo a large expansion from 2013 but will remain open throughout.


People line up at a security check in Dublin before a concert to be attended by the US president.


Buret aged 11 There was so much suffering in our community Our people rebelled against the government and I decided I would join them.


Instead of going underground Matt Smith is about to start as the new Doctor Who It must have been the bitterest pill his rivals have ever had to swallow He might be an absolute beginner but in the modern world it helps when you re young He is BBC1 s new 5 oclock hero This is a modish looking Smith as Labour researcher Danny Foster in BBC2 political drama Party Animals That s entertainment.


Life was far from easy working on the market with working days beginning in the small hours and commanding wages of only a few pennies.


Wednesday 23 March This handout picture taken by Japan s Nuclear and Industrial Service Agency shows a destroyed building of Tepco s Fukushima No 1 power plant.


Rick Stein has expanded his Padstow empire with four holiday cottages in Trevone Cornwall.


I do nt know I do nt know where your mummy is.


Women s ideas are often ignored or claimed by men as their own.


Wikileaks founder Julian Assange currently confined to the Ecuadorian embassy in London warns that Edward Snowden is in a very very serious position.


Emmanuelle Charpentier bestknown for her work on the gene editing technique CrisprCas9 speaks at the international summit on the safety and ethics of human gene editing.


Daley Blind hangs his head at Manchester United s Champions League defeat to Wolfsburg which meant their exit from the competition.


Dyson The Dyson Airblade hand dryer channels cold air at 400mph and literally scrapes water from hands in 10 seconds Unlike conventional hand dryers it doesn t require an energyhungry heating element making it up to 80 more energy efficient than other standard dryers A recent peerreviewed study by MIT also proved that it produces 72 less carbon than traditional paper towels Good design and being environmentally responsible go hand in hand said James Dyson when the company received its carbon reduction label from the Carbon Trust By considering the environment from the start our engineers develop machines that are more powerful perform better and work using less energy and materials.


Wedding gown of Edwidge Elisabeth Charlotte HolsteinGottorp wife of Prince Karl and sisterinlaw of King Gustav III of Sweden.


The world s most travelled spaceship the space shuttle Discovery thundered into orbit for the last time on 24 February bound for the International Space Station.


BrazilThreemonthold Alice Vitoria who has microcephaly is held by her mother Nadja Cristina at their home in Recife.


Have I Got News For You s executive producer Richard Wilson.


Thandie Newton star of One Half of a Yellow Sun.


The House of Lords at the Palace of Westminster.


While Omar alShishani s exact rank was unclear Richard Barrett of the USbased Soufan Group has described him as Isis s most senior military commander.


Women of honours Carolyn McCall Natalie Massenet and Jacqueline Gold.


The islands make a summer home to approximately 32000 pairs of guillemots.


Fiction Kiss Me First by Lottie Moggach An exploration of identity and the risks of social media via the story of Leila a computer games addict who agrees to pose as vivacious bipolar Tess An unnerving thriller for the Facebook generation Buy from the Guardian bookshop.


The BMA is concerned that the existing system safeguarding medical data is being demolished but there is nothing in the health and social care bill to replace it.


Cleve West s bestinshow garden used a muted palette of lime greens and whites punctuated with splashes of red provided by these ladybird poppies It s worth noting that this is an annual plant and if you want masses in your garden it s worth growing them from seed Although they will die away come autumn ladybird poppies will selfseed if they are happy in your garden.


Mirrorcouk Trinity Mirror s digital revenues rose towards the end of 2013.


Captivating the Corn Exchange Kate Tempest at the 2015 Great Escape festival.


A model on the Saint Laurent Menswear SpringSummer 2016 catwalk.


House prices have stagnated over summer.


The rule of thumb is that 5 off the oil price puts 20bn into the wallets of US consumers that would otherwise be spent at the gas station.


Georgia US Alice listens to the Cheshire Cat during a Story Time performance of Alice in Wonderland by the Serenbe Playhouse.


Arrh that roof it s a thing of joy and beauty Five pieces 470 components Press the button there s a little whirr and the miracle begins.


Gambling is at the core of the postcolonial Australian cultural experience.


The Brigade Bar and Bistro in London helps those who were once or still homeless into employment.


Eurostar and Keolis have announced a joint bid for the troubled UK east coast line.


Ted Cullinan in the chapel of Notre Dame du Haut Ronchamp France designed by Le Corbusier A wondrously calm place.


Margaret Thatcher and Indira Gandhi in 1982.


The days when Kevin Pietersen right celebrated with his England teammates are long forgotten.


A 10panel section of the Berlin wall on the 20th anniversary of its fall Hollande would like to see himself as an heir to Mitterrand Merkel is the political daughter of Kohl Cameron a child of Thatcherism.


Jenson Button qualifies in 10th place in his McLaren for the Malaysian Grand Prix in Kuala Lumpur.


Soldiers patrol the area surrounding the climate talks.


Davey meets US soprano Angel Blue at Radio 3 HQ.


The Greenpeace senior campaigner Lindsey Allen walks through a patch of oil from the Deepwater Horizon on the breakwater in the mouth of the Mississippi river where it meets the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana.


James Anderson moved to 371 Test wickets in the third Test against India just 12 behind Ian Botham s England record.


England s defence pay close attention to Diego Maradona Not that it proves effective.


Google s takeover of Motorola Mobility which makes products including the Xoom tablet has been delayed by teh European Commission.


Guardiancouk footage of Ian Tomlinson being violently knocked to the ground by a Metropolitan police officer in riot gear during the G20 protests in London.


Sir Fred Goodwin has expressed deep regret at what has happened to RBS according to the present chairman.


Matthew E White offered a mellow brand of soulful indie.


Afghan soldiers near the site where a bomber blew himself at the Istiqlal high school in Kabul.


Kenny Baker is given a helping hand by stormtroopers.


Most universities try to do most things Cambridge cares about widening participation.


Majestic Wine boss Steve Lewis has quit after poor Christmas figures.


It now looks like a racing certainty that this stupid cynical plan will be included in the Tory manifesto Illustration Eva Bee.


Have you read teenage Nobel Peace prize winner Malala Yousafzai s My Name Is Malala or I am Malala the Girl Who Stood Up For Education and Was Shot By The Taliban.


Bhupendra Malla Thakuri faced amputation and racked up huge debts after he was injured in an accident at work in Qatar.


SF invasion a cosplayer dressed as a Borg.


Elbank started Freckles in autumn 2013 while living and working in Sydney Pictured Eddie Lloyd.


Sole searching New Look which has almost 600 UK stores has been punished by budget rivals including H M.


Some of my songs are written at the laundromat Ron Sexsmith.


The standards committee asked Maria Miller to repay 5800 in overclaimed expenses when she was originally asked for 45000.


Ben Morgan leading development of Factory 2050 says The real driver and demand is that people want customised things.


Greece s Prime Minister Antonis Samaras delivering his speech on The Necessity of Europe at the European Parliament yesterday.


Clare KapmaSaunders s nautically themed shed in Southampton inspired by HMS Victory and HMS Warrior a category winner in the shed of the year awards.


A splash of colour brightens up the roof.


Imagine what she went through in that toilet petrified waiting for God to save her June Steenkamp.


Hala 35 and sixmonthold Samer I have been in Jordan for one year and one month I left Syria when I was pregnant A shell destroyed our house and we had to leave I would prefer to die than lose my dignity.


Result Coronation Street s gormless Graeme abandons pursuit of Rosie and Natasha only to end up in bed with Tina Illustration Thea Brine.


My youngest daughter finally gets the skiing bug in La Plagne France.


A Bermondsey workhouse admission ticket issued to people seeking relief.


Michael Gove visits the Woodpecker Hall Primary Academy Free School.


This is me in the middle with the big black glasses surrounded by my beautiful friends and my loving partner I haven t always loved my colouring but it certainly stands out in a crowd and that can only be a good thing.


Athletes compete during the men s 10km open water swimming final.


Made in Essex Jaime Winstone and Russell Tovey.


The sleeping quarters at the Manus Island detention centre where 122 men sleep without air conditioning in more than 30C heat.


Helena Bonham Carter and Tim Burton have ended their relationship after 13 years.


Badmouthed Tom Hardy s Bane whom audiences have reportedly struggled to understand in The Dark Knight Rises prologue.


A young boy enjoying some recreation time in Sukhbaatar Square.


Teenage girls screaming for the Beatles.


The report regards a body mass index of 25 or more as overweight and 30 or more as obese.


After interviews our brains tend to dwell on what we didn t say as much as what we did say so you may as well say what you like.


Mushers prepare their dogs at the Polar Base at sunrise before the second part of the seventh stage on 15 Jan.


Workers in Qatar an Opec nation where oil has transformed the economy Lower oil prices present a major economic risk to oilproducing nations like Russia Venezuela and Nigeria.


AntiRBS protesters outside the AGM in Edinburgh in 2011.


Pope Francis greets pilgrims gathered at Saint Peter s square in Vatican city Rome.


The Boleyn pub is fearing for its future.


Chuffing through the Lake District the Ravenglass to Eskdale narrow gauge railway.


Few cycling commuters favour the Chopper nowadays.


Medecins Sans Frontieres Doctors without Borders give medical assistance in some of the most challenging situations in the world.


A Palestinian protester behind a barricade of burning tyres uses a slingshot to throw stones at Israeli troops near the West Bank city of Ramallah.


Nervy times in the second half as the clock ticks down.


Pope Francis walks past a fire truck damaged in the attacks of September 11 whilst visiting the 911 Museum.


The Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson said that foreigners are the worst for diving.


View of a becalmed Southern Ocean over the bows of the British Antarctic Survey ship the James Clark Ross.


Mammals category winner Lords of the Arctic by Florian Schulz.


Shiraham Japan Today s cute animal picture of the day is of twin tiny giant panda babies who have been born at the Wakayama Adventure World zoo The twins weigh less than 200 grams each.


The ornate facade is in a style known as neomudejar a 19thcentury revival of the Moorish architecture found in the south of Spain.


Carol Kloss and her husband have two grownup birth children and two adopted children.


Rights are changing for tenants in Scotland and Wales.


David Bowie at his home Haddon Hall at Beckenham Kent in 1971.


Check cowboy shirt and jeans by Collect If.


It was the sight of Galapagos finches pulling frayed fibres from a washing line that gave University of Utah biologist Sarah Knutie the idea for an ingenious experiment If she provided the birds with nest material laced with a pesticide would they use it to line their nests and would the chemical protect against the larva of the invasive botfly Philornis downsi.


A Scotland Yard statement said it had commenced an investigation into a number of allegations of crime involving a children s charity.


A man being arrested after apparently barging into David Cameron outside Leeds civic hall He was later released and police said he did nothing wrong.


Swanhunter Christopher Diffey and Suzanne Shakespeare with the Lemminkainen puppet.


The former Fulham manager Felix Magath retains belief in his methods and says his next job will be in English football.


MariePhilip Poulin of Canada reacts after scoring past USA goalkeeper Jessie Vetter to win the gold medal in a thrilling comeback in the women s final.


German chancellor Angela Merkel at the opening ceremony for International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Berlin Germany 26 January 2015.


Michael Clarke left and Jimmy Anderson around the time the Australia captain told the bowler to get ready for a broken arm.


Carl Singleton with Peris Ashley Agumbi 22.


The Star Wars set stands in the middle of the Sahara desert.


There s a really direct link between being outside and imagining stuff Lone Pine Club.


Golden touch Kate Winslet with her best actress Oscar for The Reader at this year s Academy Awards ceremony.


In 2011 Kenyan president Mwai Kibaki ignited more than five tonnes of ivory stockpiled in the country since being seized in Singapore nearly a decade ago.


Opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez turned himself into police last year and is currently on trial in Venezuela.


There were delays of up to 45 minutes at London Bridge due to a signalling problem.


Dr Aafia Siddiqui as a student in a photo provided by her family.


George Osborne has managed to bring the British economy to a standstill.


Disabled actor AJ Murray on the set of documentary Becoming Bulletproof We should have a seat on the pop culture table.


Thank you Tahiti that s what you wear to a football press conference.


Many of the high street banks had working relationships with CPP and sold its insurance products.


A trio of young Somali women at a camp for internally displaced people Sexual and genderbased violence is rife in Somalia.


An adult male redbacked shrike at Lake Farm country park in Hayes Middlesex This migratory bird about the same size as a starling is a very rare visitor to the British Isles Birdwatchers have been gathering in the park since this one arrived last week.


Legal challenge puts Jindal at the forefront of a dispute between conservatives and Obama bolstering the governor s profile as he courts conservative voters nationwide Photo Molly Riley AP.


Debt troubles have escalated for a family after a repossession.


Prince Charles is seen with his thumb hanging out of his pocket surely the only style feature that unites him with Alexa Chung.


DRAMA Dubbed The Miracle on Ice this was a stunning semifinal triumph at Lake Placid in 1980 The US ice hockey team of amateur and collegiate players somehow came from behind to beat the favourites the USSR 43 surving 10 desperate minutes at the end to close out the win They went on to claim gold.


Flying is the safest form of transportation but that doesn t matter when you are convinced that the small bag of salted peanuts you just ate is your last meal.


Muscular bewilderment Yul Vazquez as Julio and Ricardo Chavira as Jackie in The Motherfucker with the Hat by Stephen Adly Guirgis.


The Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez is gaining about 2000 Twitter followers a day.


A new gothic look Mary Lynn Rajskub as Chloe OBrian in 24.


Thrilling unpredictability Lucy Ellinson as Pushpin in Mad Man adapted from Gogol s Diary of a Madman.


Live National Rail trains map choose any major terminus.


A man salvages what little he can after a fire in a slum at Shyamoli in Dhaka Bangladesh More than 150 shanties were destroyed in the fire.


A sign showing the price of fuel as 1409p at Medway Services on the M2 in Kent earlier this month.


Giggs pulls one back from the penalty spot but only after United have conceded a second goal.


Solar panels on residential houses in East Dulwich Southwark South London.


Organic milk better off buying more frut and veg.


Considering the cosmos Hans Magnus Enzensberger.


There s a bit of disagreement between the teams after Dan Lydiate s tackle on Tom Wood The referee decided that Lydiate s tackle in which he hit Wood with a shoulder across the legs was legal.


Comanche crashes through a wave as she sails out of the heads at the start of the Sydney Hobart yacht race on Saturday.


One of Protein World s ads on the London Underground The company say the campaign boosted sales.


Ministers believe that commitment to wind power and other green energy sources will attract investment to Britain.


Joseph Kony leader of the Lord s Resistance Army.


An event to discuss the UN s ability to adapt to climate change is attended by Helena Molin Valdes UNISDR Michel Jarraud WMO Helen Clark UNDP Anote Tong president of the Republic of Kiribati Xianfu Lu UNFCCC Axumite GebreEgziabher UNHABITAT and Stanlake Samkange WFP.


Wallander stars Kenneth Branagh as a Swedish detective.


Michael Duff was sent off for tripping Cheikhou Kouyate in the penalty area during Burnley s defeat at Upton Park.


Thomas Muller has always described himself as someone who finds space a space invader perhaps offers Matt Byron.


Aziz Ansari in the Netflix original series Master of None.


Survivors of the ferry sinking in Bima Indonesia.


Punta del Este harbour The Uruguayan city has been likened to Monaco.


Cecile Kyenge the Italian minister for integration her rise to the cabinet led to an outpouring of racism and hatred.


A decent pension and funds released from a property have allowed Liz Grant to volunteer for a freshfood charity since retiring.


It s incredible what we manage to cram in to one week of the year Guardian reader Bethan Griffiths on the Eisteddfod.


Smouldering Tracie Bennett has been nominated in the Tony awards for her portrayal of Judy Garland in End of the Rainbow.


London Metropolitan Archives principal archivist Philippa Smith holding a City of London freedom register from the 17th and 18th centuries destroyed beyond repair in the fire of 1786.


A still from Duane Hopkins s second film Bypass.


Badges for the Better Together campaign which will be distributed around Scotland.


Pale reflections other brasseries pip Balthazar for classics such as baked snails and creme brulee.


Helena Costa pictured in 2013 during her spell as head coach of Iran s women s national team.


Binyam Mohamed in London the key document is a sevenparagraph summary of suppressed CIA papers describing treatment meted out to Mohamed in the knowledge of MI5 officers.


Suge Knight and his lawyer Thomas Mesereau in court on Tuesday.


Disaster relief supplies from ShelterBox are credited with saving hundreds if not thousands of lives.


A body is seen in a tornadoravaged car while emergency workers wait for a medical team to arrive in Joplin.


The IMF chief Christine Lagarde who warned of uneven growth next year.


Eric Illsley had been granted the ceremonial post of crown steward and bailiff of the three Chiltern Hundreds of Stoke Desborough and Burnham the traditional way of resigning from parliament.


Franklin Lobos a former professional football player holds a football after his rescue.


Ruth Thompson cochair of the commission The issue is whether you can place a reliance on the kind of market mechanism you would use in the consumer market We weren t convinced you could.


Is Riyad Mahrez all set for a Cheshire pad and a place in Manchester United s forward line.


Alrewas England A woman looks at the names of fallen soldiers during the annual Armistice Day service at the National Memorial Arboretum.


Glencore s headquarters in Baar Switzerland.


Riveted Marfa Girl s Adam Mediano and Mercedes Maxwell bring to mind advertisements for Levis.


President Desi Bouterse of Suriname above was elected in 2010 having earlier run the country after a 1980 coup His son Dino was convicted in the US after his greed got the better of him.


The former Anglo Irish Bank headquarters in Dublin The bank collapsed in September 2008.


State of affairs Figes asserts that infidelity is likely to happen to everyone at some point in a long relationship.


From setting up a local car washing empire to selling cold cans of drink to fishermen I was always looking for opportunities to make money.


Workers busy at the construction site of the Taocha canal head works the tap of the channel transferring water from Danjiangkou reservoir to Beijing in June 2010.


The way we were Harvey Weinstein and Michael Moore promote Fahrenheit 911 at Cannes in 2004.


Mrs Malgas worries about the dust noise and mysterious increase in the number of insects.


Kristine Opolais and Jonas Kaufmann in Manon Lescaut at the Royal Opera House.


Percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie photographed in her studio in Huntingdon Cambridgeshire for This Much I Know in the Observer Magazine.


TUC general secretary Frances O Grady Over the last five years people have taken a massive hit in their pay packets.


Jersey top was 215 now 129 by Proenza Schouler from netaportercom.


Amazon is looking for operations managers and engineers and HR and IT staff at the site as its UK expansion continues.


The scheme run by Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS offers college students placements in roles such as portering and domestic services.


Now fans and players of Serbia and Albania clash as a brawl ensues.


Christopher Tappin with his wife Elaine.


A family of macaques in the mangrove forests of Koh Lanta marine national park.


Bibi van der Zee and Mark Constantine of Lush see the funny side of her porridgeoat face mask.


Miners pan for diamonds near in Sierra Leone.


A model of a skull from a species of Hobbitsized humans called Homo floresiensis which was found in a cave on the Indonesian island of Flores Scientists now believe they may have had relatives on other islands.


Australia s high emissions are the result of its reliance on coalfired power stations like the one in Gladstone Queensland.


Helen Sharman Britain s first cosmonaut at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in 1991 Her journey aboard the Mir space station was not supported by the British government.


The worst thing about figure skating crashes is that the ice is hard Very very hard indeed Jason Brown of the US puts his hand out to steady his fall.


Dorothy Groce known as Cherry was wounded and paralysed by armed police who were searching for her son.


Miners and police clash in what became known as the Battle of Orgreave in 1984.


David Millar retired in 2014 the year he was left out of the Tour de France.


Flower power Hair the Musical is the first Broadway production to transfer to London with its entire awardwinning cast intact.


A wolf in Yellowstone national park In 1995 wolves were reintroduced into the park which is primarily in the US state of Wyoming though it also extends into Montana and Idaho Previous research claimed the wolves were helping to stop elk from eating aspen trees but a new study suggests this may not be the case.


Barack Obama listens as Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a meeting at the Oval Office in 2009.


Rob Potter applied his research findings to realworld problems in the Caribbean islands.


The Seed Cathedral the UK pavilion at the Shanghai Expo 2010.


Squaw games Natalie Wood in The Searchers.


Anelka s gesture after scoring West Brom s second goal during their English Premier League match against West Ham United at Upton Park on December 28 2013.


Young wrestlers practise in the Palace of Wrestling in Moscow.


Sebastian Coe The question we all have to ask ourselves and I m not immune from that is how on earth did we get to this position.


Bristol Cycling everywhere is so possible here that this image of a cyclist passing a blank billboard becomes a kind of campaign poster for how cool cycling is in this city.


Jack Wilshre is a major injury doubt ahead of Arsenal s game at Bayern Munich.


Herta Muller winner of the 2009 Nobel prize for literature answering questions before a reading from her new novel Atemschaukel in Stuttgart earlier this month.


A 1990s Mexican figurine from Metepec chosen for inclusion by Perry.


Bottled water is prepared for distribution at a camp for those caught up in fighting around Mosul Iraq.


Hillhead Polling Station Glasgow Pauline McKeever my excellent Labour councillor on right nice Yes chap and his undecided dog I voted No.


No David Oyelowo doesn t particularly want to dance with Michael Keaton thanks.


Cycling in Lisse In the Netherlands about 27 of all journeys are taken by bike.


Coop executives react to seeing three of their products feature in Sainsbury s new Christmas advert.


Volkswagen Polos with 14litre engines are among the models believed to be affected.


Isis revels in the distribution of images showing its power and ruthlessness.


An NYPD logo is pictured on the wall above the memorial.


Polly says We re nervous but excited to be sending our characters out into the world at last Mango Allsorts a girl good at all sorts of things including karate making banana pancakes and most importantly rescuing tapirs.


Luka Magnotta The case gripped Canada in the spring of 2012 after Lin s body parts were found in the trash behind a Montreal apartment building.


Nicolas Sarkozy has derided the lack of British industry.


People gather near Columbus Circle before the People s Climate March in New York September 21 2014 Thousands of people from across the nation are expected to participate in what s billed as the largest march ever on global warming.


The free lunches merchandise expensive dinners strip clubs and golfing holidays they re all an investment.


Nychos Dissection of an Orca Brooklyn New York 2013 Nychos is from a family of hunters in Austria and watched his family butcher their trophies as he was growing up This inspired his work and he now tries to paint three large walls a year Mural XXL is published by Thames Hudson on 14 September.


Annie idea when this is over Jamie Foxx Quvenzhane Wallis and Rose Byrne in Annie.


The darker red indicates more recent development illustrating how the four cities are at different stages of growth White spaces within city boundaries often indicate where political or topographical boundaries like mountains or water have constrained development Note The new technology used to create the London map has limitations due to geometric resolution coverage storage and sensor characteristics For full references to data sources please see lsecitiesnet.


Paul Reubens and Shirley Henderson in Life During Wartime.


Everybody dance festivalgoers take in disco and R B legends Chic on the main stage.


Julien Fountain coaching the Pakistani cricket team in Lahore in 2012.


Critics say it is ridiculous for companies to lobby to provide NHS services for profit and then to claim it is unfair to pay tax on their profits.


Locked or unlocked Encryption is facing a political battle even if noone wants to admit it.


My entire life is a dichotomy Wolfe reflects.


Arthur Abraham takes a big body hit as as he and Froch battle for the vacant WBC super middleweight title.


A pitch invader enters the fray promoting a message about saving the children of the favelas.


Willem Dafoe 57Nobody looks better in a black TshirtMarina Abramovic 66Always wears black white or red keeps it simple although occasionally partial to a fancy shoeRatan Tata 75The late Gianni Agnelli aside most business moguls are proof that money can t buy chic but we make an exception for TataJoan Rivers 79Only Rivers has the moxie to turn a standardissue Botoxed brow into a personal look right.


Internal affairs investigators are looking into the matter said chief police spokesman Steve Davis.


Great Wall of China near Beijing Early July A visit to the famous monument in the intense July heat I captured a rare quiet moment on the wall far removed from the bustling tourists never ending selfies and stalls down below.


Mother s little helper a loss of child benefit will bring distress in unexpected areas.


I feel like people are probably going to be just as excited because it s a big step for women twotime Obama voter Anthony Jefferson told the Guardian at a mall in North Carolina.


Can cricket enthusiasts outcommentate the doyens of Test Match Special from the comfort of their own couch.


A valley rises from the floods Towns in the narrows of upper Calderdale were badly damaged this summer.


Riders wait for a restart after the race was neutralised.


Jimbo one of the oldest stand up comedians on the circuit.


Deserted observatory located in the area with the best conditions for space observations.


Image posted on a militant website appears to show Isis militants with Iraqi prisoners in Tikrit.


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Roots Hall home of Southend United is the centrepiece of Sainsbury s interest in the football club.


Saul Goodman probably not displaying his original birth certificate.


Ganson makes his point during a Rugby League World Cup match last October.


Zimbabwean journalists protest against laws restricting freedom of the press.


Joyeuses Paques Painted eggs for the neighbours in our small hamlet in the Corbieres hills south of Carcassonne France.


Extensive floods in Bourne End Buckinghamshire captured by a Tornado GR4.


Alleged 13yearold dad Alfie Patten on the cover of The Sun.


Tui owns UK brands such as Thomson and First Choice.


The giant inflatable Loch Ness Monster sporting a tartan Tam oShanter and scarf looks as if it is making a beeline for the trolley of Irn Bru and mineral water.


Protesters rally against the government s proposed mining tax outside the Hyatt Regency Hotel where Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is to address the Perth Press Club on June 9 2010 in Perth Australia.


Resolution Foundation analysis on UK wage growth.


Those of us born in the 60s and 70s are the shockabsorber generation taking the hit for a seismic change in relations Illustration by Andrzej Krauze.


FKA twigs experimenting with intelligent sexuality.


Kano wants to get children talking to the internet of things rather than just consuming it.


Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy has accused Nicola Sturgeon s SNP of using the general election to stoke up discontent and division.


For now though let s bid Sacha Baron Cohen s cheeky alter ego a fond auf Wiedersehen.


The Benway house on Main Street in Oxford Massachusetts.


Vince Cable has stood by Prof Les Ebdon despite Tory opposition to his appointment.


Emilia Clarke as Daenerys in HBO s Game of Thrones.


With inflation at zero the Bank is not seen raising interest rates for some time to come.


Two million more adults and 100000 more children will need treatment for mental health problems by 2030.


Lance Armstrong s interview with Oprah Winfrey is due to be aired on Friday morning at 2am UK time.


Presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders holds a news conference in Washington.


Royal Dutch Shell has beaten industry forecasts of a 60 fall in profits.


World record holder Olympic champion Tour de France winner and now the hour record holder.


The focus in this portrait is very exact While the nose and ears are slightly blurred the eye is drawn to the cats eyes a good example of how a very narrow depth of field can be used as a compositional tool.


Benjamin Stanford of Dub Fx and Flower Fairy.


An aerial view of the Atibainha dam part of the Cantareira reservoir shows the extent of a drought in Nazare Paulista Sao Paulo Brazil s worst drought in 80 years has left the Cantareira system which provides greater Sao Paulo with most of its water with the lowest water level on record.


Deniz Safak s condition continued to worsen until he died last year at the age of 23.


Virginia Water s position at the top of the UK s house price league was revealed in a new Property Rich List compiled by property website Zoopla.


A wry variation on fairytales My Son and Heir.


Ian Wilson s study wall at Little Ilford school in Newham east London has photos of every one of his 1360 pupils.


Japan s Irie Ryosuke in the men s 200m backstroke.


Conflicted narcissist Richard Roxburgh as Cleaver Greene in Rake.


Stop the War supporters protest in Parliament Square.


For every person moving into a smaller home four or five people may be helped as a family home becomes available.


Polls suggest no party will get an overall majority on 7 May but what kind of coalition will take power is far from clear.


A dog guards the entrance to a dacha in the village of Dno Dachas were given to nearly all workers in the Soviet period but today they can be bought for as much as five or six million roubles depending on their location.


Michael Dosunmu who was murdered in Peckham south London.


Edmund Teske s Nude Davenport Iowa Composite with Leaves 1941.


A lion s mane jellyfish spreads its tentacles in the White Sea.


Visitor Annie Sheaf wears a cyberman mask.


The 4G auction which will ensure UK networks have the spectrum they need to support the explosion in smartphones.


The Man Who Fell to Earth Nic Roeg cast David Bowie as the spaceman who comes to earth after seeing him in the documentary Cracked Actor Bowie inhabited the alienated space oddity to the full resorting only briefly to space lizard makeup but more generally relying upon sheer charisma and a British accent to suggest he was not of this world Cover photography for not one but two of his subsequent albums featured Bowie as starman Thomas Jerome Newton Station to Station and Low the latter containing original music intended for the film.


The Oresund Bridge between Malmo and Copenhagen the southwest project is modelled on how these Scandinavian cities work.


Sheets of freshly printed stickers at the Panini factory in the Alphaville district just outside Sao Paulo Brazil.


A stray dog stands on a mound of garbage at a landfill site on the outskirts of Bangalore India.


The polishblood campaign is designed to remind people that Poland had in the past shed blood for the UK during the second world war and of the positive contribution migrants make in the UK today.


Women farmers at farmer field school practise digging and sculpting negarims These semicircular ridges of earth along with terraces and zai pits are methods of conserving water in dryland farming.


Paul Copley and Tyrone Huggins in King Lear at RSC rehearsal rooms Clapham London a touring production directed by Tim Crouch.


Sam Burgess will make his international union debut for England against France at Twickenham on Saturday.


Porto s president recognised Andre VillasBoas s managerial talent when he hired him and immediately inserted a 15m release clause.


Zafar Ansari batting for Surrey against Gloucestershire.


Destination unknown Migrants travel on top of a train in Tenosique Mexico The IOM says the views of such people have been overlooked.


From Latin classes to ballet lessons Secret Teacher says an exhausting work schedule is wearing out their tutee.


Cecil Ross left on board Six of Hearts alongside Johnny King right on board 7th placed Arbitrageur at the end of the finishing straight The race was won by R P Quinlan on Prince Jock.


Josanne Potter consoles Laura Bassett after her dramatic injurytime own goal condemned England to semifinal defeat against Japan.


Alexandre Gauthier says diners can tweet about meals at La Grenouillere before or after eating but in between he wants them to stop and eat.


Merlin 300plus people were invited to the launch.


The London Metropolitan University s future has been put in doubt by a Border Agency ban on recruiting nonEU students.


Mick Jagger and LWren Scott at a Vanity Fair party in 2006.


Former Australian information commissioner John McMillan.


Wolverhampton s Labourcontrolled council says it must make 21m of cuts in the next financial year.


Soldiers patrolling the streets of Reynosa in 2009.


An Indian summer This image is of the Deccan Plateau a large area of dry land in southern India To the west the Western Ghats mountain range is tinged with green while the Eastern Ghats mountain range is marked in brown Despite being a large country with varying climates most of India experiences four seasons with summer in the south running between March and May bringing hot and quite dry conditions.


CIH Cymru sets out a new housing plan for Wales.


Looking across from Iochdar South Uist to Benbecula in the Western Isles Scotland.


Erarta contemporary art gallery St Petersburg Russia.


Patriot is one of nine films in the short film category.


Syria crisis an Assad regime military vehicle destroyed by rebels during clashes in Bayada neighborhood Homs province.


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Crown Prince Birendra is visited by his younger brother Prince Dhirendra on St Andrew s Day at Eton College in 1960.


Riot police shield Ghana s John Boye and his team mates from objects thrown by Equatorial Guinea fans at the end of the first half of the Africa Cup of Nations semifinal.


Louisiana USA A worker leaves the beach as storm clouds approach in Grand Isle after the Gulf oil spill.


A western pygmy blue butterfly on photographer Steve Shinn s finger The species is hard to spot due to its delicate markings and wingspan of just 38 to 34 of an inch.


No standing up Keira Knightley Carey Mulligan and Andrew Garfield accept their fate in Never Let Me Go.


If you are losing faith in the Coop Bank there are other ethical account providers out there.


Australian polymer money is not afraid of spilt beer or children.


Viral hepatitis is a major cause of global mortality yet the MDGs do nt mention it at all.


Happy 70th Mr Jarrett Keith Jarrett performing in the 1970s.


Phil Mickelson practices on the putting green on day two At the Scottish Open last week Mickelson had said I ve putted horrific I m lucky to make the cut I can t believe I made the cut as bad as I putted But putting is such a small stroke it ll be an easy thing to fix and I ve got to be fair to myself in that I haven t worked on it.


Mark Selby s win in the world snooker championship final pulled in the tournament s biggest audience on BBC2 for years.


Best to maintain an indifferent distance Morrissey.


Jeb Bush who is 18 years Marco Rubio s senior at times resembled a teacher admonishing one of his pupils when speaking to the Florida senator.


Black Sabbath s Ozzy Osbourne and Geezer Butler.


From left Turkish prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu European council president Donald Tusk and European commission president JeanClaude Juncker at Sunday s EUTurkey summit.


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Clive Palmer talks to the minister for small business Bruce Billson during question time on Tuesday.


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Germany s Celia Sasic centre seen here being upended by Wendie Renard equalised from the spot six minutes from time after Amel Majri was ruled to have handled inside the box.


January 29 Tottenham s Emmanuel Adebayor and Manchester City s Martin Demechelis clash as City run out 51 winners at White Hart Lane.


Pickles alone blocked the development of almost 10000 new homes ahead of the election.


Police restrain a protester outside the local government offices in Qidong.


The iPhone 4S will be available from all the main UK mobile providers.


The legal team will explore the possibility of extracting witness statements from News Corp directors including Rupert Murdoch.


May Hall was active in village life in Sunningwell near Oxford into her mid90s.


Sam Smith is part of a group of solo artists who are launching careers off the back of being featured on other people s records.


Ji Soyun and her Chelsea teammates were unable to overturn the 21 deficit from the home leg of their Women s Champions League tie against Wolfsburg.


A protestor holds a missingperson poster for Lee Bo 65 one of five booksellers from the Mighty Current publishing house to go missing.


Eddie Redmayne Silences make me nervous.


Johanna Konta at the National Tennis Centre in Roehampton says she has found happiness on and off the court.


David Miller and Hannah Witheridge who are believed to have met while staying at the same budget hotel.


Broomsticks 1967 The women in this bizarre game Rosie Carol or Eleanor may be interchangeable but only one brand of slacks will do.


Gove has previously accused Whitehall of being riskaverse and has called for radical reform of the civil service.


Paying attention to how other charities communicate with donors can help you improve how you do it.


San Pablo Bay and San Francisco Bay in natural colour.


1950s Factory workers tend to Buick automobiles on the assembly line at the company s assembly plant.


Tenerife Spain A Santa Cruz carnival queen nominee Contestants costumes are sometimes more than 5 metres high and weigh in excess of 80kg.


Early arrivals on the first day of a recent Royal Ascot The 2012 meeting starts with a new dress code in operation.


Read this on the metro in Central Park while sitting on the fire escape of my building and drinking champagne Contains some lovely and poignant poems.


Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi and deputy premier Gianfranco Fini together in parliament.


It s a myth that removing mature trees is the cheapest option trees in the London borough of Barnet.


Challenges are beautiful entry Julian Opitz.


Unrest in Kashmir where a leaked cable said the Indian government condoned torture.


Giles Coren has said he would go back to Tatler in an eyeblink because they tolerated all my failings.


That s right scrambled and lots of them Roger Moore as Bond and Britt Ekland as Mary Goodnight in The Man With the Golden Gun.


John Prevett used the thalidomide case to demolish the fantasy of innumerate justice.


The Man in the High Castle because nothing says Thanksgiving like imagining the Nazis won the second world war.


Young children play in a Red Cross Smile Park a play facility set up for Fukushima s children in Fukushima city.


An empty Monsoon shop on Commercial Street Newport.


CEOs of 10 global oil and gas companies called for a global carbon pricing system and for gas to be part of the solution to lowering emissions.


Tony Abbott and Christopher Pyne on the crucial issue of a long term formula for schools funding they effectively said they d get back to us.


The Night Bus made by Blast Films for Channel 4.


James Faulkner Tests1 Batting average 2250 Bowling average 1633Scored Australia s fastest oneday century during the recent tour of India A likely 12th man but can bowl as well as bat so makes a good backup.


Jennifer Saunders It ca nt be your dress.


No comment Philip Berk asked afterwards if he would ever consider booking Gervais again.


The government has launched a commission looking into reducing childcare costs for parents.


Pope Francis has told how he came under fire from Angela Merkel for implying Europe had become a barren woman.


Thousands gathered in downtown Los Angeles.


Celeriac gratin with cracked black pepper Roughly ground black pepper adds spicy crunch to this earthy autumnal bake.


Steven Cardwell 31 has been found guilty of selling guns which had been smuggled into the UK on commercial flights from the US.


Cristiano Ronaldo of Manchester United and Portugal has been named Fifa World Player of the Year for 2008.


It is up to a woman and her partner when they decide to have children and how to juggle family life with their careers.


Women march to demand a trial for Yemen s former president Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sana a.


The Blues tells the story of blues music through a digital comic.


Facebook is said to be close to choosing Morgan Stanley to underwrite the deal for a 10 stake.


Kick that launched a thousand phonein calls Frank Lampard shoots during England s World Cup 41 defeat to Germany.


Matthieu Rosset of France competes in the men s 1m springboard trampoline final.


Brendan Rodgers the Liverpool manager talks tactics with his captain Steven Gerrard as the crucial game against Norwich beckons.


Rosie Batty the Australian of the Year ceremony is available on ABC s iView and worth a watch despite looking like a derelict Oscars.


Sergei Ryabkov said Americans should do yoga instead of getting all worked up.


A London taxi driver puts his feet up during a demonstration along the Mall.


Walker celebrates his victory in the recall election against Democratic challenger and Milwaukee mayor Tom Barrett in 2012.


Parabeik illustrating royal scenes illustrated books called parabeiks are a traditional part of Myanmar s culture and this one is full of dazzling images of the royal court and army including this brilliantly painted parade of military elephants.


Wheel of fortune cyclists pass Peterhouse Cambridge University.


Jeremy Corbyn mobbed after the Middlesbrough rally.


Provided you cut the sandwiches properly it s possible to recreate tea at the Ritz in your own home Well almost.


England s oneday captain Eoin Morgan says the side have made changes to our method slowly.


Z is for ZodiacThe constellation Leo from a 15thcentury French Book of Hours depicting the occupations of the month and zodiac signs.


21 April Red Shirts stand facing progovernment demonstrators.


Campaigners burn cardboard images of iPhones outside Foxconn s offices in Hong Kong in protest at working conditions and the number of suicides at the firm s Shenzhen plant this year.


Arouna Kone enjoying making the most of his newfound fitness with a goal against West Bromwich Albion.


Willian celebrates scoring Chelsea s second at Crystal Palace a fine team goal He was involved in the third goal too his parried shot turned in by Diego Costa.


Election posters in Kano Nigeria 27 March 2015.


The Royal Mile in Edinburgh will be packed with performers and spectators during the fringe.


The Votr app was designed by two Londoners too young to vote.


A litup mountain Ski slopes in Quebec lit with artificial light from the picture series Electric Mountains Photographer Thomas Kneub hler 50 took the pictures of ski slopes in Quebec Canada after he was impressed by how the artificiallylit mountains dominate the surrounding countryside at night.


A woman displaced by the flooding cares for her ailing son at a field hospital near Nowshera.


Prey 2 so barman as I was saying this game was in development at Human Head then maybe Obsidian then hey wake up.


Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho arrives in Bangkok.


Frances four receives the 10000th parcel which was sent to her mother by Douglas Fairbanks Jr addressed to a British Widowed Mother.


When Obama s presidential candidacy was still a longshot Indiana recast LOVE as another fourletter word HOPE.


Three hours of untrammelled theatricality Kate Bush and band at the Hammersmith Apollo Click to see full image.


Sly Bailey is to depart from Trinity Mirror six months early.


Michael Sutherland runnerupHaving been forced to walk home due to problems on the tube an otherwise cold and miserable London commute was brightened up by the site of this office block across the Thames The colourful doors against the black and white immediately caught my attention and made me smileNatalie Mayer judgeWell executed paying close care to the importance of symmetry and composition The photographer has done well to avoid a curvature of the lines of the building which could have happened with certain lenses.


Alice Coote as Hansel and Lydia Teuscher as Gretel at Glyndebourne.


Andrew Lansley whose video message is played on a continuous loop on NHS hospital bedside TV screens.


Proper family fun Nick Wilde and Judy Hopps in Zootropolis.


Scott Brown and his wife Gail celebrate after he won the Massachusetts Senate seat previously held by Ted Kennedy.


Napoleon likely to be mentioned in a row between the French and the British.


We have liftoff The Ares 1X rocket blasts off successfully from Kennedy Space Centre.


Seymour Bernstein left and Ethan Hawke I see so many people in the arts who are beaten down by either success or failure I didn t want that.


Street parties are fun but they can be expensive.


Kate Modern online drama was a hit for Bebo.


Germany s sudden crackdown on currency speculators led to sharp falls in shares and wild swings in the euro.


I also believe that a lot of gun owners would agree that AK47s belong in the hands of soldiers not on the streets of our cities Obama said.


Motorola s latest highend smartphone the Moto X Force has a shatterproof screen guaranteed for four years.


Heavenly harmony the English National Opera perform Handel s Messiah at the London Coliseum.


Sealife has been widely affected and a lobster covered in oil is seen lying on the beach.


Younger Americans are learning to live with all types of people online.


A close up of design studio We Are Dorothy s film map wearedorothycom.


Yes I m gon na be on Celebrity Big Brother Hang on what s Celebrity Big Brother Ian Wright celebrates scoring a goal for Arsenal in 1992.


Derek Nash with his fiveyearold son Alex and the invoice for 1595.


Thierry Henry s handball in the buildup to France s decisive goal in Paris I will be honest the ball hit my hand admitted Henry later.


Jacqueline Wilson I think it is sad that girls are enouraged to wear high heels aged 11.


Respect MP George Galloway pictured giving a speech in Belfast earlier this month.


Simon Stevens at an art therapy session for teenagers at Maudsley hospital.


Having a mental health illness can feel isolating as a university student but you re not alone.


Laura Marling performs at the End of the Road festival 2011.


Liverpool s Dejan Lovren and Victor Anichebe of West Brom compete in the Premier League at The Hawthorns.


Tom Elliott condemned warped ideology and bloodlust.


Joe Burns made his Test debut for Australia against India.


George Osborne has faced severe criticism from the voluntary sector following his moves to cap tax relief.


Sir Gus ODonnell left the civil service last year after six years at the helm.


Tony Blair says he was not aware Syria had chemical weapons until they were used.


The Albert Hall is prepared for the BBC Proms One BBC insider said the choice was for a broadcaster that was a beacon for Britain around the world or a marketfailure model.


The living room and hallway of Amanda Hutton s house in a photograph issued by police.


Members of the Shia Muslim prayer hall in Greenacre southwest Sydney congregate outside the premises on Monday.


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An officer appears to film protesters from a fire escape at Homan Square.


Arsene Wenger was on the receiving end of verbal assualts from Owen Coyle and Sam Allardyce.


As California groundwater plummets amid one of the worst droughts in history the state passes bills authorizing local management of the resource.


Yay It s the last week of school until Christmas But beware the road ahead is strewn with hazards Luckily crazy cartoonists Knife and Packer are here with some seasonal advice Knife and Packer have just published a very funny new diarystyle book Badly Drawn Beth which can be purchased from the Guardian bookshop.


Compared to Europeans Uruguay s footballers were like thoroughbreds next to farm horses The Uruguayan team playing to an empty stadium in 1924.


The top three from the 2010 Sports Personality of the Year Tony McCoy left Phil Taylor right and Jessica Ennis.


Jeremy Paxman has entered the row between education secretary Michael Gove and Cambridge historian Sir Richard Evans.


The double chicken fillet sandwich And of course the chains had to get in on the act KFC announced this little beast on April Fool s day about three years ago but sadly it was nt a joke Yep it s two chicken fillets two pieces of bacon two melted slices of Monterey Jack and pepper jack cheese and naturally the Colonel s special sauce The chicken purveyors claimed that it packed about 500 calories while others reported it as being closer to 1228.


Ian Poulter said Tiger Woods will bring a lot of experience to the USA Ryder Cup team as a vicecaptain and guys will respect what he has done.


Can pioneers of Krautrock made three classic albums with singer Damo Suzuki left from 197073.


Diego Simeone takes his place in the dugouts at the Camp Nou.


Cyclists and pedestrians during a London tube strike.


Kevin Costner and his daughter Anne on the Gulf coast Stephen Baldwin sold his stake in OTS while it was finalising a deal with BP.


Paul Verlaine s sketch of Arthur Rimbaud smoking a pipe in 1872.


A shouty headache of a film Clash of the Titans with Sam Worthington as Perseus.


Bayern Munich s Thiago Alcantara celebrates scoring against Porto in the Champions League quarterfinal last month.


The Weight Watchers diet could help the NHS tackle obesityrelated health problems say scientists at the Medical Research Council.


Xining ChinaA tourist feeds gulls over Qinghai lake China s largest inland saltwater lake is home to more than 400000 birds.


London Mayor Boris Johnson was among those stressing the need for communities to remain united in a crisis.


Pivot Irrigation 7 High Plains Texas Panhandle USA 2011.


Aerials provides some of the most spectacular crashes of the Games Its athletes are protected however by a layer of pine needles on the landing making it safer to fall on.


McIlroy chips onto the 8th green He s in fine form and is four up on Fowler after 11 holes.


The art of misdirection the occupant s direction of departure can be influenced to your advantage Image wwwbrelsoncom.


Elusive subatomic neutrino tracks showing electrons and muons.


Stopandfrisk was found unconstitutional in 2013.


Mila Kunis who is suing Associated Newspapers for privacy alongside her husband Ashton Kutcher.


Wenger does nt look too happy as he s changing out of his soaked shirt.


Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg s stake in the company is currently worth 15bn.


A police car equipped with automatic number plate recognition cameras on patrol in Ipswich Suffolk during the hunt for the killer of five women in 2006.


Russian president Vladimir Putin meets members of veterans organisations outside Moscow on Sunday His relationship with the west is becoming increasingly fraught.


Women were crucial in bringing an end to the violence and in building the postgenocide peace says Gahonzire.


Mackerel fishing off North Beach Tenby Pembrokeshire Wales UK.


The glory days of the Crazy Gang as Wimbledon celebrate their FA Cup final win over Liverpool in 1988.


Fanny Mae Koroma nurse Sierra Leone The rules of Ebola like not touching went against our traditions We had to tell people that running away or keeping secrets in the house was not going to help end Ebola What helped was having a local person talk to the communities They trusted me and they knew I wouldn t hurt them There was no trust in the health system before but now people understand about hygiene practices like washing hands I hope that stays with people.


Mad Men season five is unlikely to air until next year.


Spider crabs along with harbour crabs and brown crabs are common in Kimmeridge Bay.


Pensioners in Lamborghinis the shape of things to come.


An oil rig in the North Sea The Oil and Gas Authority has granted approval for Maersk s 3bn Culzean investment.


I remember quite liking Berezovsky He was full of life very imposing Anatoly Litvinenko with his father Alexander Sonya Litvinenko s daughter from his first marriage and Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky in London in 2003.


In Bulgaria protesters set fire to the Communist party headquarters during a demonstration on 26 August 1990.


Sea change Dr Adriana Verges at Chowder Bay Sydney s cherished marine ecosystems are undergoing potentially catastrophic changes Stronger ocean currents and warmer temperatures bring tropical and subtropical fish further south into temperate ecosystems These invading fish can destroy native kelp forests that are vital to biodiversity Verges has seen similar destructive habitat loss in Japan and parts of the Mediterranean To keep Sydney s marine ecosystems healthy she says carbon emissions need to be reduced and new fishing regulations introduced.


Mario Mai collects some of his belongings in his Houston apartment following a roof collapse.


Mississippi State University did not immediately release additional information about the suspect taken into custody.


Vicepresident Joe Biden gives the commencement address at the University of Pennsylvania s 257th commencement.


A 25 year old stand of sheoaks planted to counter salinity.


Russia Today has been accused of being a propaganda mouthpiece for the Russian government.


Bijan Ebrahimi begged police officers to help telling them he did not feel safe in his own home shortly before he was beaten to death.


Louis van Gaal watches his Holland players in training on Wednesday.


A visualisation of the proposed garden bridge from Temple to the South Bank in London.


O Whisky soul o plays and pranks Accept a bardie s gratfu thanks Robert Burns statue in Leith.


The steam train with US captain Tom Watson and European captain Paul McGinley on board arrives at Gleneagles train station to mark one year to go to the 2014 Ryder Cup.


A plane at Beijing airport It is not known if Jia Jia boarded his flight to Hong Kong.


Venter and Collins on the cover of Time magazine 3 July 2000.


CBEs like this were awarded to three local government leaders this year.


A protest board in front of the US Capitol building.


Anaconda alongside a van displaying the neoNazi symbol 1488 The volunteer brigade is known for its farright links.


Frankie Dettori can be among the winners for his employers Al Shaqab Racing at Windsor on Monday.


Unsuspecting magpie about to be attacked by a wagtail protecting her young nearby.


Peter Bazalgette They chased me up and I said actually I do nt think so.


Boris Johnson said the living wage ensured people who contribute to London s success can enjoy a decent standard of living.


Frisby s work shed light on modern capitalism.


Saracens forwards coach Alex Sanderson first worked off the pitch alongside England coach Eddie Jones in 2007.


Elvis Presley s poor CGI job in Kissin Cousins was nothing but a mess.


Yazidang reservoir is part of the water supply project for Ningdong coalchemical base.


AntiFGM campaigners prepare to deliver a 250000signature petition to education secretary Michael Gove.


Danny the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl first published by Jonathan Cape Danny s father with handfuls of sleeping pheasantsIllustration Quentin Blake.


Admit it you love selfservice supermarket checkouts really.


A South Korean soldier patrols at the crossing to the jointly managed Kaesong industrial complex on the border.


Investigators arrive at a home where a suspect ended his escape effort after reportedly shooting two police officers at the Apex Casino near St Albert Alberta on Saturday.


Widnes s Kevin Brown is relishing opening the campaign with a televised match against Wigan the club he supports.


Manny Pacquiao has been heavily criticised and dropped by his sponsor Nike for derogatory comments made about gay people.


MI6 HQ London Officers in the service did not voice concern about Guantanamo inmates allegedly to avoid upsetting the CIA.


Britney Spears celebrates her arrival at Planet Hollywood Resort Casino in Las Vegas Nevada 2013.


View from coastal path near Little Dartmouth Devon Bursting with happiness with all this sunshine and fresh air what a View.


I am doing an event with Ben Okri at Hay next month He recognises the wonderful benefit that a mathematical sensitivity to pattern and structure can give novelists.


Park View in Alum Rock Birmingham Once among the city s worst schools it has won praise from Ofsted for its exam results.


Sunderland s Ola Toivonen left and Fabio Borini combine to thwart Tottenham Hotspur s Erik Lamela A late strike from Ryan Mason earned Tottenham victory the club s first league win of the season.


UK s three main political party leaders lay wreaths at the Cenotaph in London in November 2010.


Rosa a fiveyearold female bear looks out from a cage in the forecourt of a petrol station in Lityn Ukraine The Vier Pfoten Animal Welfare Foundation started a bear rescue project together with the Ukrainian Ministry of Environment Natural Resources and the rehabilitation bears centre in Synvyr According to the Vier Pfoten unofficial statistics count more than 100 bears kept in captivity by private owners in restaurants hotels and petrol stations as a tourist attraction They are known as vodka bears as the customers give them alcohol drinks for fun.


Bomb disposal experts search the site of an explosion at a fruit and vegetable market in Islamabad Pakistan.


Building cranes have reappeared on the City skyline stirring hope that the longawaited commercial property revival is under way.


Laura Trott races to the omnium title at the World Cup meeting in Glasgow.


Silvercrest in County Monaghan Ireland which normally makes 200m burgers a year for different clients.


Detectives have charged a 61yearold man with the kidnap rape and murder of Richardson.


Dare to bare the no makeup look at Balmain.


An elderly woman takes refuge in a straw hut in Ganyiel a small town in Panyijar county Unity State to which about 10000 South Sudanese have fled to escape conflict The displaced people are mainly pastoralists whose crops were washed away during floods last year Shelter is at a premium and with seasonal rains in the offing and many areas already inundated they will be reliant on aid supplies.


The Eagle Nebula taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2014.


During our training days off the coast of Oahu in Hawaii we encountered humpback whales tiger sharks dolphins eagle rays and one very curious juvenile monk seal One day we were playing in the shallows of a bay nearby Waikiki when this lovely baby seal approached us before swimming on his way.


Beachgoers at Sydney s Tamarama beach Sydney was forecast to reach a top of 41C on Thursday.


Kirby and the Rainbow Paintbrush novel visual style.


Sudden infant death and cosleeping guidelines must be reappraised to see if they need updating say MPs.


With Elbow guitarist Mark Potter in 2000.


Iraqi artist Walid Siti s work Beauty Spot.


Patrick Barkham checks the speed of traffic on Kirby Road in Porstmouth.


Mustafah Abdulaziz Water A family without a latrine or water facilities try and care for Shahbaz Ali four months who is suffering from diarrhoea and vomiting in Thatta Pakistan 2013Diarrhoea is one of the leading causes of child mortality worldwide With large disparities in distribution of wealth and resources between provinces in Pakistan many districts are left underdeveloped Rapid urbanisation has left the country s cities under water stress while in rural areas the majority of people live without even basic access to safe water or sanitation.


The pace of growth in house prices is slowing but not by much.


Labour MP Stella Creasy says many of her Muslim constituents have given up on the idea of travelling to the US.


The two forest patches in Malawi that may still be home to Chapman s pygmy chameleon the bigger near the top right the smaller near the bottom left Pink blocks show forest loss from 20012012 when analyzing tree cover at 30.


An opponent of the proposed Muslim centre and mosque near the former World Trade Centre in New York.


A nurse walks with a little girl suffering from Ebola at the Medecins Sans Frontieres compound in Monrovia Peabody suggested more energy access with coal generation could have helped with the distribution of an Ebola vaccine had there been one.


Russell Martin is all smiles greeting Toronto Blue Jays relief pitcher Miguel Castro after an opening day win against the Yankees.


Common tubenosed bat found by expert Alanna Maltby.


Scene of the crime Burnedout Room an image from Christian Patterson s photobook Redhead Peckerwood Courtesy the artist and Mack Books.


Boris Johnson and Ray Lewis at city hall yesterday.


The United States at night The image was made possible by the satellite s daynight band of the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite which detects light in a range of wavelengths from green to nearinfrared and uses filtering techniques to observe dim signals such as city lights gas flares auroras wildfires and reflected moonlight.


Harry Kane is eager to shine for England in the Czech Republic despite a hectic Premier League season with Tottenham.


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Gilbert Kirui hits the water in the 3000m steeplechase.


David Cameron visits the Weston Homes Aura building site in Edgware northwest London.


Gaborone BotswanaA lifesize elephant sculpture made from ivory from elephants that died naturally is unveiled at the Sir Seretse Khama international airport.


Roberto Firmino pictured after scoring for Brazil against Venezuela at the Copa Ameica is likely to cost Liverpool at least 25m.


A woman passes a Russian armoured vehicle in Gori Georgia.


Lord Carlisle rejected any suggestion his public support for the intelligence agencies may have been influenced by his business relationship with one of the UK s exspy chiefs.


Cover of Off The Edge of Everything and Into Forever Forever.


Satellite images have tracked smoke and soot from tundra wildfires over to Greenland.


The Seventh Earl of Limerick Edmund Pery with his wife Lydia on their wedding day.


George Basevi s painting of Eliza Soane s tomb.


Paul Smith of Liverpool and the ArmenianGerman Arthur Abraham at the weighin for their first fight in Kiel Germany last September.


A diver visits one of the Nemo s Garden growing pods off the coast of northwest Italy.


An Earthlike planet orbiting a star that has formed a planetary nebula Earlier in its life this planet may have resembled the newly discovered Kepler 438b Illustration David A AguilarCfA.


Survivors are evacuated from the scene of a shooting on Wednesday in San Bernadino California Tim Fischer says Australia should warn travellers about US gun violence.


Jordan Stephens and Harley AlexanderSule AKA Rizzle Kicks set the bar at a reasonable height for the menfolk with a variation on several key trends from this season s menswear giant collars burgundy and a coat with vague military undertones And they arrived at the 02 a staggering five hours before the awards began.


African asylum seekers rescued off boats and taken aboard an Italy navy ship.


Roger Guard director of pathology at Toowoomba hospital and his wife Jill a GP.


Kate Beckinsale s character in Michael Winterbottom s new film is based on CNN reporter Barbie Latza Nadeau who covered original Amanda Knox trial.


While it s quick work to make the icecream you ll need to start well ahead to make sure it is frozen before serving.


Dream role Pan Am s Christina Ricci is set to take on Shakespeare.


A photograph Ruthanne and Larry Dolezal displayed of their daughter as a child.


Coach David Saker talks to his team before the practice match between the Melbourne Renegades and the Melbourne Stars in December.


Isco celebrates his goal for Malaga against Deportivo on Sunday night.


Running the gauntlet a pedestriancyclist standoff in London.


President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the White House about the tax implications of the fiscal cliff.


Girlpool play CMJ an aura of evocative absences.


So fresh that the garlic buttergrilled flesh slips from the shell like a depilated calf from a silk stocking the lobster.


Jane Lynch the sublime villain It s all about ME dammit.


University Challenge Nicci Gerrard on University Challenge Christmas 2015 I hear my name and I feel my smile stretch across my rubbery face and I hear my voice introducing myself.


Residents look up at the word Hope in lights during a community ceremony marking the one year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy in Union Beach New Jersey USA 29 October 2013.


A tank located in Violeta Chamorro s Peace Park in Managua Nicaragua.


Elif Incekara 6 right casts her mother s vote at a polling station in a primary school in Ankara.


A building with an identity all its own Peter Clash s Level Centre.


England celebrate scoring during the semifinal against Japan at the 2015 FIFA Women s World Cup England eventually lost the match 12.


The glass back provides good grip in the hand but could be prone to scratching and shattering if not looked after.


Mohamed Fahmy right and Baher Mohamed in court in 2014.


The girl bites the soldier trying to release her brother.


Figures from parliamentary library papers.


A clockingin board keeps a safety record of those working on board ship.


Karl Ove Knausgaard with his father and older brother Yngve circa 1970.


Defectors from North Korea attend the Hangyeore school 80km south of Seoul.


Hillary Clinton speaks in Iowa City this week.


A picture of a deepchimaera a boneless fish that is a distant evolutionary relative to modern day sharks taken by an unmanned submersible in deep water off Indonesia These are the type of fish that are seen at great depths in the world s oceans and might be the type Cameron could see on the way to the Mariana Trench.


Steven Berkoff on a London building site 1960.


1977 Wide receiver Fred Biletnikjoff of the Oakland Raiders with one of the four passes he caught for 79 yards during Super Bowl XI.


As President Obama announces the beginning of the US troop withdrawal an American soldier stands guard on a watch tower overlooking villages in Khost province eastern Afghanistan All US and British combat troops are due to depart the country by 2014.


Musical revival closing ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games at the Bird s Nest stadium in China which will stage a musical.


Camus can do Marcello Mastroianni in Luchino Visconti s The Stranger.


Cameroon pose before their Group C match against Japan in Vancouver.


1956 Devon Loch is well clear of the field when he appears to jump a phantom fence 25 metres from the line and lands on his belly The stricken horse gets back on his feet but is overtaken in the most dramatic final in the Grand National s history.


Ronseal does what it says on the tin The coalition government has also been described as ultra tough.


Which the young fans think is rather fun.


After an hour cruising between islands we got off at Grinda because I knew it was carfree It was perfect for Kat s island In Sunkissed I change the name of the island to Strala but essentially it s Grinda In this photo we have just been dropped off and this was about as busy as Grinda got.


Murray was imperious against Matosevic and now boasts a 100 winning record against Australian opposition.


Sanders and Clinton sparred often on Saturday night most notably on US intervention in Syria and on raising taxes for the middle class.


Scott Harding s punts are not the only University of Hawaii practice that may be familiar to rugby fans Here Dave Lefotu leads the team s traditional haka before facing Colorado.


Gold Fame Citrus by Claire Vaye Watkins.


It is important to encourage local people to shop locally says the economic regeneration manager at the London borough of Havering.


Arsenal are unable to rescue a draw and suffer their third successive league defeat United meanwhile have matched City s victory earlier in the day and once again find themselves just three points adrift of the league leaders Final score 12.


Michael Gambon and Eileen Atkins star in Samuel Beckett s All That Fall directed by Trevor Nunn.


Climate Camp protestors remove the S from the Shell headquarters sign in London.


On show Rightster syndicated live streaming from the MercedesBenz fashion week.


President Hollande at the Elysee Palace in Paris.


Yawn s Inquest Shaun has now been metandmorefussed into Yawn Pure Yawn lay low On the mead of the hillock he lay heartsoul dormant mid shadowed landshape He is put through an inquisition by the four old men accompanied by their donkey who hold a starchamber quiry over his character The Mamalujo are represented on the four sides of the illustration as the four symbols of the Evangelists The four apostles are also quartermasters standing for the four provinces of Ireland They crossexamine Yawn about the fall of his father Earwicker Later Yawn seems to become HCE boasting about his feats as well as his accomplishments as a builder The interlacement design is based on one by Leonardo da Vinci and represents the spreading abroad of the drifter nets the chronies gleamy seiners nets by the four inquisitors John Vernon Lord The Folio Society.


Sebastian Vettel celebrates his victory in Malaysia Ferrari s first grand prix win since 2013.


Scottish emergency service members watch as the police helicopter is removed from the roof of the Clutha pub in Glasgow after it crashed in 2013 killing 10 people.


Judges rule Bidders for public contracts now have just 30 days to challenge the procurement process in most cases.


Graham Crowden and Alec Guinness in Eugene Ionesco s Exit the King directed by George Devine at the Royal Court theatre 1963.


A malnourished refugee child lays in a ward of the MSF hospital in the Dagahaley refugee camp in Dadaab Kenya.


Some people thought we were just getting a lot of free money which we were Tim Schafer on the complexities of Kickstarter funding.


The Chile head coach Jorge Sampaoli presided over a strong qualification campaign.


Mervyn King the governor of the Bank of England wants to keep interest rates low.


Portrait by Alisa MinyukovaIllustration Alisa Minyukova.


Two Occupy London protesters look on from the middle of the road outside St Paul s Cathedral.


Makgadikgadi salt pans Botswana I met a guy called Alex on Facebook who was driving from London to Cape Town and hooked up with him in Egypt Other travellers joined us as we drove south through Sudan Ethiopia Kenya Uganda Rwanda Tanzania Zambia Botswana Namibia and South Africa All photographs Richard Bromley Gardner.


More bookcases in other corners bedroom and loo but will spare you those.


George Osborne holds up his budget case He provided Tory candidates with helpful measures including exempting 95 of taxpayers from paying tax on interest from savings.


Ranga Aurora At 3am our hotel receptionist rang our bedroom Mr Armstrong we have an aurora Stumbling into the hotel car park we were greeted by the stunning sight of vivid slashes of green northern lights stretching across the entire sky Awake now we realised that it was icy cold and there were gale force winds.


Relations between the Haitians and Senegalese in Rio Branco can be strained But they share a passion for football The Senegalese usually fly to Madrid then on to Quito in Ecuador where they hook up with the coyotes who lead them to Brazil.


Urban park Eduardo Velasquez Manuel Pineda and Santiago Medina.


Lindsay Lohan preferred Malibu s Cliffside to the Betty Ford Center according to her father.


Tim Loughton has tabled an amendment to the gay marriage bill which would see heterosexual couples gaining the right to civil partnerships.


A State Department spokesman said US ambassador to Thailand Glyn Davies merely reiterated longstanding US police on the issue of freedom of expression.


President Barack Obama left appears on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in 2009 but at the White House correspondents dinner the TV host was outshone by Obama s jokes.


Xherdan Shaqiri Age 22 Fee loan Possible suitors A top eight side looking for an added attacking dimension if only just for the short term The leftfooted Swiss winger with a thunderous shot has seen limited opportunities under Pep Guardiola and a loan move might suit him to accrue more playing time ahead of the World Cup.


Protesters hold placards calling for a general election in Ireland.


Mungo national park is a place that has a strong physical effect upon you says Message from Mungo director Andrew Pike.


Ian McKellen and Vigo Mortenson in The Lord of the Rings The Return of the King.


Sand Tiger A sand tiger shark in a school of fish in North Carolina.


Precursor chemicals play a key role in the production of methamphetaminetype stimulants such as ice.


In 1992 UK polls forecast Labour s Neil Kinnock to become prime minister The Conservatives and John Major won the election by more than seven percentage points.


Lady Vera Montacute comes to the attention of Leman Street nick in Ripper Street.


What I love about a roast chicken is the simplicity of really good meat Claude Bosi head chef and owner of Hibiscus.


Rescuers remove the body of a boy washed up on the island of Lesbos which has borne the brunt of the influx of refugees.


Ed Miliband aims to target George Osborne and Tory difficulties over payments to the EU in a speech.


Likable postmodern silliness Figs in Wigs.


Fred Evans right throws a punch at Custio Clayton in his Olympic quarterfinal victory.


Despite rapidly shrinking seaice the bear s summer hunting ground the ban on hunting bears and their prey may be causing their number to increase.


Bob Shennan wants music back at the heart of BBC television.


I call it the tiger It pounces on you and it s so hard to shake off Claire Eastham.


GDT nature photographer of the year April Overall winner Klaus Tamm Marsh gladiolus Tuscany Italy.


Mail Online global monthly unique browsers.


The size and low cost of netbook PCs has made them extremely popular within the education sector.


Mike Lazaridis cofounder and former cochief executive of BlackBerry has cut his shareholding.


Former BBC DJ Zane Lowe generating a serious amount of hype on Apple s Beats 1.


England s Tom Burgess celebrates after the win over Samoa.


A change of tune Simon Fox the outgoing chief executive of HMV is to take the reins at Trinity Mirror.


Donald Trump and wife Melania at the June 2008 launch of the Dubai Trump Tower hotel development work abruptly stopped at the end of last year.


Nepeta Six Hills Giant never fails to please.


Proeuro protesters hold European Union flags during a demonstration in front of the parliament in Athens.


Nurse director Anne Marie Cavanagh uses the app.


Bradley Wiggins hinted that the remainder of his career would be better spent on the track.


VW admitted on Wednesday that its former CEO Martin Winterkorn was in May 2014 sent a memo detailing how some VW cars were producing up to 35 times more nitrogen oxide emissions than allowed.


Floodwater shoots out of a sewer on Canon Avenue on Thursday in Manitou Springs.


But Smith continues racking up the runs and six overs later gets his century which took 173 balls and 84 minutes.


Former Massachusetts Republican governor Mitt Romney and president Barack Obama.


Victoria players celebrate with the Sheffield Shield after the stalemate in Hobart.


A closeup of the crack in the neck region of comet 67P.


The part of Edward II of England is played by Paul Gamble.


Rick White Boy Rick Wershe Jr was denied chance for early release on Tuesday He is serving a life sentence for cocaine possession under a 1980s law that has since been abolished.


Household gas bills for December increased by 44 on average.


Spain 11 France France s defender Laurent Koscielny goes in hard on Spain s Sergio Ramos and Jordi Alba Ramos put La Roja ahead in the first half and Spain could have doubled their lead with Cesc Fabregas s 42ndminute penalty but it was saved by Hugo Lloris The visitors rallied in the second half and in the dying seconds substitute Olivier Giroud s header gave France a share of the spoils and ended Vicente del Bosque s run of 20 successive qualification victories.


Jonathan Freedland s selfie these instant selfportraits do nt take themselves or their subjects too seriously.


Celebration time for all of the winners of the Guardian Charity Awards 2014.


Bernard Madoff the disgraced financier has denied being a sociopath and claimed that his victims should carry much of the blame for his 65bn fraud In an interview with New York magazine Madoff argued he has been unfairly portrayed as a monster since his Ponzi scheme collapsed in the autumn of 2008.


Game of Thrones a feast for fantasy fans.


Rory McIlroy wants to make the Irish Open bigger and better.


Joaquin El Chapo Guzman spent his final days of freedom scrambling through tunnels and drains.


George Osborne jogging past a rough sleeper in St James s Park in 2011.


A sign for the Raymond Revuebar is seen above Madame Jojo s in Berwick Street Soho both now closed Supporters say the closure of Madame Jojo s is part of the council s drive to gentrify Soho.


Delegates attending a climate change panel discussion.


Sarah Palin addresses a 911 event in Anchorage Alaska that was also attended by Glenn Beck.


We can not continue to lurch from crisis to crisis bailout to bailout Greece s people must be at the centre of such a settlement They did not cause this crisis.


Tutoring in person can be a lucrative business but you can also tutor via the internet.


The Moscow University oil tanker in port in 2009.


Urgenda supporters celebrate at The Hague after court ruling requiring Dutch government to slash emissions.


Immigration minister Damian Green says the government is committed to reducing net migration to the levels of the 1990s.


Roman got a new puppet for his show toots Faez Hassan.


Urban flatdwellers often find it difficult to get access to a peaceful place outdoors.


Phonebox book sharing in Watchfield Oxfordshire This redundant telephone box has been adopted by Watchfield village s parish council and converted into a mini book swap library.


President Obama looks on before his statement to the nation after the announcement of a grandjury decision in Missouri.


Supporters of Burkina Faso s coup leader general Gilbert Diendere shout slogans outside the residence of the king of the Mossi ethnic group as rumours circulated on Monday that Diendere was there.


Brechin s Graeme Smith mistakenly turned up at Stenhousemuir s ground on Saturday.


Herman Melville s Moby Dick published 1851.


Lloyds has launched a mass mailshot codenamed Project Kestrel to more than 230000 Halifax customers.


Graffiti on a house which translates as Robbers banks government stockbrokers in Athens Greek borrowing costs soared to new highs as traders speculated that talks with the IMF and European Union might go badly Although the country found buyers for 195bn of 13week Treasury bills it will pay a yield of 365 That is a record high for any eurozone nation and a sharp increase on the 167 yield Greece paid in January when it last auctioned this type of shortterm debt However the Greek finance minister George Papaconstantinou said the sale meant that Greece s remaining borrowing requirements for May are below 10bn There is no chance that Greece will be left high and dry in May he said Greece will borrow either from the markets or from its partners.


Perfectly cast Darren Day in White Christmas.


Rihanna at the Maracana stadium for the World Cup final.


Clare Twomey s installation Everyman s Dream at London s Sir John Soane s Museum will show the aspired legacies of 1000 men captured on individual bowls.


Blenheim Palace The Great British Class Survey sorts people into seven classes according to the value of their homes as well as whether they visit stately homes.


Italy s decision to revive Silvio Berlusconi s political career was a withering verdict on cuts and taxes.


A employee closes the peace gate in Alexandra Park at 3pm.


The world bodypainting festival has taken place since 1998 and calls itself the most colourful event in the world.


Manchester United have unveiled their new kit.


Schoolchildren walk past floral tributes to Anne Maguire at Corpus Christi Catholic college.


Shoppers clutch cushions as they nap on a sofa.


Men play dominoes at a migrant camp in Calais where conditions have been criticised by aid workers.


Galen Rupp celebrates after finishing first in the men s 5000 meter finals at the US Olympic Track and Field Trials Thursday June 28 2012 in Eugene Ore.


Where did you get that hat was the question everyone was asking Pharrell Williams.


A physical tour de force scene from Seraphine.


Inoffensive Gorgon City at Olympic Park in January.


Only 28 people were saved and brought to Catania Despite almost drowning they are considered the lucky ones.


Aaron Porter Did we get what we wanted No we did nt But it would be wrong to say this was not a successful campaign.


A girl in costume runs during precarnival festivities in the Cantagalo shantytown community in Rio de Janeiro Brazil.


Will Gompertz doomed to report on cuts cuts and cuts.


Robin van Persie missed Manchester United s FA Cup win over Preston but is back in contention to face Swansea on Saturday.


David Beckham holds the MLS Cup aloft after the 2011 final The Galaxy are in the playoffs again this year but face a difficult path to reclaim their crown.


Farfan romps forward from midfield breaking behind Real s defence on the right He then hooks a cross into the sixyard box from the byline and a slight deflection took it into the path of Julian Draxler who is no more than four yards out right in front of goal However Draxler was too casual with his cushioned finish and Iker Casillas somehow made himself big enough to parry it out.


Recklessness Janie Dee as Natalya and James McArdle as Aleksey both at front in A Month in the Country.


Mzee Enos Agola 50 carries his calf to higher ground after flooding swept away his and others homes in Nyakwere village on Lake Victoria in Kenya on Sunday.


Limehouse Basin and Canary Wharf beyond.


The Quad meet before the spending review Despite the cuts the polls still look relatively healthy for the coalition.


It would be rare for a political party to fail to reach a collective view on such a vital matter of national security.


Sony s Project Morpheus virtual reality headset for PlayStation 4 Can it achieve mainstream success.


WhatsApp is an instant messaging service.


Detail from Richard Hamilton s Portrait of a Woman as an Artist 2007 oil on inkjet on canvas 100cm x 123cm.


A student wears a sticker calling for the removal of a statue of Cecil John Rhodes from the campus of the University of Cape Town.


Texan delegates cheer as New Mexico s governor Susana Martinez says she carried a gun when she was young.


A proposed 12m deal for Xherdan Shaqiri to join Stoke City from Internazionale collapsed in July but he finally had a medical on Monday.


A destroyed house with furniture still intact in Jamestown.


David Cameron addressing the media in Downing Street yesterday.


A memorial in Newtown after the shooting.


A Moroccan man Jose Tapiro y Baro was a Catalan painter One of his closest friends was painter Maria Fortuny with whom he shared an interest for Orientalism He was a master of watercolor painting Original Painting by Jose Tapiro y Baro.


Atmospheric swirls Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin.


Signatories to the open letter on equality between phyical and mental health provision include Mary Beard Danny Boyle Alastair Campbell Bob Geldoff Miranda Hart and Sam Allardyce.


Celebrating New York s ice hockey team the Rangers.


A Few Good Men Tom Cruise stars as Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee the young navy lawyer charged with discovering the truth about the death of a recruit at the hands of two of his fellow marines Demi Moore is the glamour part of the legal team attempting to discover whether a colonel issued a Code Red Directed by Rob Reiner this film has one of the best exchanges between a lawyer and a witness of any film in the genre Cruise explodes with righteous anger at Jack Nicholson s Colonel Jessup I want the truth In return he receives the deadly and convincing snarl You can t handle the truth.


The former Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard says the way forward at the club is to strengthen the team and squad on the pitch.


Buster the whippet avoiding the pebbles in Lyme Regis Buster our young whippet is a lover of comfort and the sun and was pictured hanging outside our family beach hut in Lyme Regis He chose somewhere less pointy to sit than directly on the pebbles while waiting for his sausage from the chipper van.


Selling out Getting a show on to a Sold Out board is more about bragging than providing information.


Wen Jiabao is to attend the climate change conference in Copenhagen.


Owen What advice would you give my generation Harry They have to get up off their arses and vote.


Jenni Murray Most worrying was what my bulging stomach told me about the risk to my health.


Part of the Science Museum s Atmosphere exhibition which Shell sponsored.


Beeban Kidron at her Suffolk home There is a new world order and our children are carrying it around in their pockets.


Rosetta s lander Philae is safely on the surface of Comet 67PChuryumovGerasimenko as these first two CIVA images confirm One of the lander s three feet can be seen in the foreground Credits CIVAPhilaeRosettaESA.


French digital magazine newsstand app Lekiosk has launched in the UK.


At the foothill a young shepherd is looking after sheep Most grazing is done in semidry regions of the mountains and about 35 of the total land area is used for grazing and small fodder production.


Sean Cleathero died in intensive care eight hours after he took the poison.


Vincent Tchenguiz and his former friend Keyvan Rahimian exchanged angry accusations in court.


England and Australian fans taunt each other as the match begins.


Virginia and Leonard Woolf 23 July 1912 a month before their wedding.


On the same day an asteroid called 2012 DA14 came within 17100 miles of the Earth closer than many orbiting artificial satellites setting the record for the closest pass of any known asteroid since systematic surveys of the sky began in the mid1990s There was no danger of collision but the coincident arrival of the Chelyabinsk meteorite served as a poignant warning of future dangers.


An election employee takes a picture of a resident to issue his voter card.


Since 2007 11 universities have closed their language departments completely.


Amateur s hour Quvenzhane Wallis as Hushpuppy and Dwight Henry as Wink in Beasts of the Southern Wild.


Humboldt penguins swim at Dortmund zoo The mystery over the whereabouts of two of their colony follows the disappearance of five animals in August.


The former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed centre is driven away after attending a hearing on the terrorism charges filed against him in Male on 5 March.


Smrrebrd at Copenhagen s Torvehallerne food market.


BBC journalists will go on strike on Monday after beginning a worktorule on Friday in a dispute over compulsory redundancies.


And more from OITNB let s face it actress Uzo Aduba looks like a proper superstar.


2006 The Browns with their second son James Fraser Brown outside Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.


Explore the Peak District from Stoop House Farm at Butterton in Staffordshire.


The Watt sustainable dance club in Rotterdam the genesis for Toulouse s footpowered lighting project.


Splattered My first time at the Notting Hill carnival I just loved the vibrant colours everywhere and the chestthrobbing bass pumping out as each procession went past.


With Celtic short of midfielders Freddie Ljungberg could be thrown straight into the starting lineup for the Old Firm derby.


The Siambr not a drama studio for James Bond.


The governor of the Bank of England Mervyn King The Bank of England kept interest rates on hold at 05 and its quantitative easing programme steady at 175bn defying City speculation that it might ease policy further.


The new Nest Cam will be a slimmed down improved version of the Dropcam Pro.


Chelsea s Oscar second left celebrates scoring his hattrick goal against MK Dons.


Peter Hendy London transport commissioner is giving up his bonus this year.


Chelsea s manager Jose Mourinho right has an altercation with the Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger at Stamford Bridge.


Britain s Andy Murray in action during his third round match.


It was only 60 years ago that this would have been an unheard of sight in the south.


The British navy ship HMS Echo which is arriving in the Indian Ocean zone where Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 is thought to have gone down.


Andrew Lansley says the new measures will put GP performance under real scrutiny for the first time and give patients a more informed choice over which doctor they want to see.


Baumhaus an der Mauer a project started in the 80s by Turkish immigrant Osman Kalin.