A leopard leaps into a muddy waterhole to catch a fish in the Savuti Channel in Botswana Coated in a layer of thick dark mud the big cat emerged from the water clutching the fish in its jaws The fishing leopards of Savuti are known for their unique skills in catching fish but have rarely been photographed.


Jim Field Rabbit was really much easier to design Bear went through many more stages Bear was originally a male and it was a suggestion by the team at Hodder to change him to a her An excellent move as it really changed the dynamics of the whole book in a more positive way.


The death chamber in Huntsville Texas the state that executes more people than anywhere else in the US.


Victoria Derbyshire on air at 5 Live interviewing former Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy in 2005.


Naiara Puertas a volunteer at the centre.


Aleppo Syria Rebel fighters move a homemade weapon known as a hell cannon.


An inspiration actress Harriet Smithson married composer Hector Berlioz in 1833.


Syrian refugee children undergo training in taekwondo at the Zaatari refugee camp.


Another lion and unicorn this one by Eva Tortajada.


Ian and his team took over in November 2014 removing 30 tons of rubbish that had built up over 45 years of abandonment He invited 50 street artists to begin working in midDecember and his phone hasn t stopped since We haven t done this on a low budget we ve done it on no budget I ve put it together through hard work and assistance from volunteers and the community he said.


Bill Clinton in Dundalk in the Irish Republic in 2000 where he urged people to redouble their efforts for peace IrishAmerican luminaries won over Clinton to that cause before he had even reached the White House.


The court buildings at Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk are among those earmarked for closure.


Apple s iPhone 5 works on EE s 4G network but does not run on the frequencies Vodafone and O2 are planning to use.


Tim Sherwood hopes that it wo nt be a case of hair today gone tomorrow offers Gregor Boyd in this stylish entry.


The similarities between George Osborne s budget and Geoffrey Howe s budgets in the early 1980s are deeply worrying.


Iron Market Port au Prince Haiti by John McAslan Restoration and renovation of this 19thcentury Haitian landmark damaged in the recent earthquake Originally built in France this whimsical structure with its minarets and clock tower was meant to have been shipped to Cairo where it would have been a railway station Now it s back in action as a muchloved market.


The Northampton flanker Calum Clark says he has studied top backrow players to boost his England ambition.


Montreal Canadiens Rene Bourque celebrates scoring in game two of the first round of the 2014 Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Tampa Bay Lightning.


Slumber and waiting Reclining Figure 1929.


Hungarian police officers patrol the temporary border fence on the HungarianSerbian border near Roszke 180km southeast of Budapest.


Vienna Austria Burlesque performer Fraulein Frauke from Sweden performs during the Twirling Dirndl Burlesque gala at the Boylesque festival.


Rodney Fitch joined Terence Conran s Design Group in 1963 though the two designers later became rivals.


Do you feel dazzled Many Amazon investors do Bezos has been able to keep investors rolling in so much money that they don t question the company s lack of public numbers.


A friend of Dorothy he may or may not be but it s hard to think of Batman as her contemporary Like Judy Garland s incarnation of the Wizard of Oz heroine however the Caped Crusader celebrates a diamond anniversary this year having first appeared 75 years ago in Detective Comics 27.


Islamic State of Iraq and alSham fighters carry their weapons during a parade at the Syrian town of Tel Abyad.


What s red and black and endorsed by White Lanie Lane.


Parkinson s patients reported suffering unusual forms of obsessive behaviour after taking the Pfizer medications Cabaser and Dostinex.


Bastian Schweinsteiger right sustained a knee injury during training with Germany the latest setback in his troubled season.


Mothercare rejects US takeover approach.


Sean Garland was arrested in Dublin in 2009 and had been fighting extradition from the Republic of Ireland.


Crowds gathered along the high street to see the procession.


I write really weird songs Randy Newman at Glasgow Royal Concert Hall.


A new survey reveals a brighter outlook for the housing market in 2013.


I m not the obvious guy who has tattoos These photographs will be shown at Mother London from 11 November Go to alanpowdrillcom for details.


Wolfgang Niersbach left the president of the German FA says the world champions will not boycott the World Cup over the reelection of Fifa president Sepp Blatter right.


Snowdonia has a lot in common with the Lake District they have similar geological histories in which glaciation scooped out the classic Ushaped valleys.


This book is the print version of the best that thekitchncom has to offer.


Gary Hooper reacts after scoring his 12thminute goal for Celtic against Aberdeen at Pittodrie.


Foxtons Coming to a neighbourhood near you.


Lynda Bellingham died at the age of 66 in October.


19 Abel This mixed martial artist from France is another of the new characters for Street Fighter IV Like Zangief he s a grappler with an array of grab and throw moves His signature special move is the tornado throw you don t want to be caught in the middle of it.


Rebecca Miller right with actress Julianne Moore at the Toronto film festival premiere of Maggie s Plan.


Like Crazy LA boy Anton Yelchin and Londonbased girl Felicity Jones weather the dips and highs of a long distance relationship in this low budget romantic drama So far so mumblecore But then there s the Grand Jury prize it picked up at Sundance and the bidding war that followed And the critical acclaim for Jones s prizewinning performance With the right promo the Academy could well fall for it.


Nils Frahm the jazz scene doesn t accept me.


Sharron Angle and John McCain in Las Vegas.


Rivaldo s side Mogi Mirim lost in injury time after having a player sent off because he wore two different shirt numbers.


A woman donates her hair for auction at the Tirumala temple in India.


Pocket rocket the stunning lines of the new BMW Z4.


Fans display a sign as New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter waits for an at bat during the eighth inning against the Baltimore Orioles.


In Thailand in contrast antigovernment agitation that began last November is not primarily ethnic or geographic The principal animus is oldfashioned class warfare pitting relatively welltodo middle class city dwellers against the subsidised rural masses.


Meeting my miracle babyFollowing recurrent miscarriage I discovered the chances of me carrying a baby to term were next to none This is the first time I held the child I never thought I would have I am so lucky this moment was captured and this without doubt will always be the most important meeting of my life.


Cancelled rail services on Christmas Eve More trains are due to be cancelled on Boxing Day because of staff shortages management inertia or engineering works.


Brian Cookson is the current president of the UCI and has been tasked with dealing with the fallout of the latest revelations in cycling.


England need to make better use of Ashley Young s creative spirit in future games.


Owners spare no expense and overlook no detail in making sure their dogs look their best.


The Prince of Wales with Sir Ranulph Fiennes and crew aboard the SA Agulhas before it set off down the Thames at the beginning of the Antarctica expedition.


QPR s Bobby Zamora scores their fifth goal against Nottingham Forest in the Championship match at Loftus Road.


City are causing by far the most trouble in the opening minutes but from United s first significant attack in the tenth minute Wayne Rooney leaps on the edge of the box and guides a thumping header in off the underside of the bar.


The Dalai Lama happy to speak out against capitalism.


Jose Mourinho directs his troops against Chelsea.


Caroline McDonald senior curator in prehistory at the Museum of London.


Louise Mensch wrote that privilegechecking was a waste of time.


The landscape runnerup by Hermann Hirsch.


Russian defence ministry footage of airstrikes in Syria against militant positions.


Howard Shepherdson and Rod Marten We have no separate lives We spend every day together and it never gets boring.


Thomas Rhett Friday night and he s in the spot Don t believe him Just watch.


A farmer ploughing in California in the 1930s.


Mike Brown of Harlequins receiving treatment during the Aviva Premiership semifinal at Allianz Park.


A party of ideas delegates thoughts on why they joined Labour.


Wolf Schneider I thought things could now start to get very nasty for us and is there any point in going on.


The Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan casts his vote at a polling station in Istanbul.


David Warner and Estelle Kohler in Peter Hall s 1965 production of Hamlet at the Royal Shakespeare theatre.


John and Vicky Noakes in Mallorca in 1990 The former children s TV presenter has been found after going missing during a walk.


Create an inspiring vibrant bathroom using bold geometrics and colour.


A tree grows over a temple in Siem Reap Cambodia.


Gordon Brown says his government will do everything it can to bring the World Cup to England in 2018 Phil Noble Reuters.


McDonald s and Coca Cola have signed up as Olympic sponsors until 2020.


An aerial view of St Peter s Seminary Cardross Argyll and Bute The site was abandoned in 1980.


Ella Woodward wears Silk dressing gown Three Graces leather and suede shoes Jimmy Choo.


By underground to fresh air by Maxwell Ashby Armfield 1915.


Stuart Pearce led England Under21s to three defeats in three games at the European Championship in Israel.


Vegan mole with cauliflower leeks and tempeh fried courgettes and beans and a big bowl of quinoa.


Shelter s 52 Weeks art auction will see Vic Reeves drawing International Hobbit Day go under the hammer.


Anything in the fridge Monica s kitchen is open for inspection.


A woman participates in the Voodoo festival in Souvenance village Haiti in 2012 The event attracts thousands of pilgrims each Easter.


Being redundant I provide no function or meaning in the world because I do not perform a role for someone else.


Alastair Cook s patient innings may not have given him the Lord s century he deserved but it reminded Australia of what England s captain can do.


To cope with the changing water distribution plants and animals such as these African buffalo have learned to move with it Alternatively some life simply waits for years or even decades in the form of eggs seeds spores pupae or slumbering adults for the water to return.


BBC Bush House in London home to the World Service The service s annual budget is 272m.


A crew clears a fallen tree from row homes in Washington.


Call of Duty Black Ops III a dizzying world of hitech military warfare but beyond the initial spectacle nothing grabs you like it used to.


An injured woman and child wait in an ambulance to be admitted to hospital after the rocket strike on an Afghan wedding party.


Flavia Pennetta of Italy Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland Angelique Kerber of Germany Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic and Lucie Safarova of Czech Republic pose for a selfie.


Does the British public have the appetite for a new generation of nuclear power stations.


The bathing belles competition at the Soundshell in the beach domain.


Public and Commercial Services union and Unite members are joined by Annie Delaney eight outside University Hospital Birmingham as public sector workers strike over pensions.


A boy is carried from the site of a bomb detonated in Peshawar as paramilitary troops passed which killed at least 17 people.


Human interest stories about children with cancer were not reported in the UK until the 1960s due to a gentleman s agreement.


This structure above Brooklyn Battery Tunnel designed by LTL architects will create a 400 foot long vegetated green sponge spanning the entrance to the underground toll road in New York The structure described as part sculpture part infrastructure part park will clean noise and air pollution from the tunnel It will support an array of plant and bird species watercollecting devices and wind turbines LTL.


Danny Cipriani has worked with Stuart Lancaster before while playing for England Saxons.


Weapons used by Taliban gunmen which were hidden in their shoes in Serena hotel attack in Kabul on 21 March 2014.


AMA president Brian Owler revealed the counterproposal on Thursday.


David Cameron in Jamaica spoke of Britain s pride in its role in abolishing the slave trade.


Andy Pietrasik on Northern Ireland s Causeway Coastal Route.


Murdoch is pampering potential readers with days at Champneys Air Miles and holidays.


Prunella Scales at the Apollo with her wig for Carrie s War.


Ian Tomlinson is helped to his feet at the G20 protests in London.


Residents on the New Era housing estate celebrate the news that they have won their battle against eviction by a US investor.


Bicester Oxfordshire A bona fide town with mentions in the Domesday Book a Prezzo and everything.


Justin Welby delivering the Christmas Day sermon at Canterbury Cathedral last year.


Bed Wettin Bad Boys slack and anthemic at the same time.


Tokyo Japan A woman with stickers on her face poses at Design Festa Asia s biggest international art event open to anyone who wants to exhibit their creative talent.


Reese Werkhoven We pulled it out of the couch and we re shaking and the first thing Lara said is lock the doors.


Guatemalan president Alvaro Colom at a press conference following the syphilis experiments revelations.


Alan Quinlan was suspended for an incident in Munster s Heineken Cup semifinal against Leinster.


How can you keep employees motivated in difficult financial times.


Pakistan are refusing to stand down Mohammad Amir left captain Salman Butt centre and Mohammad Asif until they have evidence of wrongdoing.


North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue announced they were scaling back operations Friday morning with officers on site still working to stop the fire spreading.


Heavy the last homeless person in Times Square.


Cecily McMillan who faces up to seven years in jail It s taken over my personhood.


Charlie Hebdo s cover in support of Femen.


Neymar lies on the pitch after the challenge by Juan Camilo Zuniga Zuniga also told reporters We wanted to score and it was a tough game Brazil was marking strongly I hope it s nothing serious let s pray to God.


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Soldiers pass in fron of a protrait of late Cuban VicePresident Juan Almeida Bosque during a homage ceremony at Revolution Square in Havana.


Joe Root s big hundred for the England Performance Squad in Mumbai secured his place in the senior side for the fourth Test against India in Nagpur Due to the BCCI s restrictions on agency photographers at the current series the Guardian is not using live images from the Test.


Katrin Radmacher of Germany who is contesting the 6m divorce claim by her exhusband Nicolas Granatino.


Sol Campbell has held talks with Celtic.


Jocky Milne s Croft near Huntly This classic Highlands cottage with thick stone walls and painted porch makes a romantic hideaway for two Inside are whitewashed walls a woodburning stove wood and slate floors and a bath with a view.


MSN Video Player hoping to steal a march on Hulu and Arqiva.


In the sciencefiction movie Minority Report criminals are caught before they commit crimes Advances in neuroscience mean that this could well become a reality.


Claudia Huckle and Andrew Watts in The Duchess of Malfi which turns its audience into voyeurs.


Alex OxladeChamberlain shoots as he is closed down by Marco Palazzi.


An owl flies through the snow in Northumberland UK.


People queue for the chance to buy a white iPhone 4 on the first day of sale at a Beijing shop in April.


Antipope protesters march towards Downing Street.


HMS Ark Royal is due to be decommissioned as part of government spending cuts.


Click here for Felicity Cloake s perfect moussaka recipe.


Diablo s masterpiece Charlize Theron plays Mavis Gary in Young Adult.


In the wild we would have needed a way to distinguish wholesome sweet fruits from bad bitter toxins.


Ed Vaizey hitting a duff note on BBC Radio 3.


There are no fantasies about the smooth creation of harmonious democracies only a grim sense that every other option has been exhausted and that leaving tyrants free to break international rules with impunity will be more dangerous than anything that s gone before Illustration by Joe Magee.


The parents of Ashya King who sparked a manhunt when they removed him from Britain claim he is now free of cancer after receiving proton therapy in Prague.


It s not the first time John McEnroe has raised the subject of permanently losing umpires and linespeople.


If feminism was just a trend you wouldn t still know who Gloria Steinem is.


The leading lights of the Two Tailed Dog party Ferenc Sebo Gergely Kovacs Suzi Dada and Zsolt Victora.


Malcolm Turnbull has stressed the new laws on data retention offer more privacy protection than the status quo.


The Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov effectively has a free hand in the region thanks to a deal with Russia.


Search and rescue team members operate on a TransAsia Airways passenger plane crashed into the Keelung River in Taipei Taiwan.


Lincolnshire UK A police officer stands outside the Total Lindsey refinery during a demonstration by workers.


Restructuring could help communication across both departments.


Eva Longoria drew a large crowd at the Web Summit.


Delegates queue at the Echo Arena for leader Nick Clegg s speech.


Policymakers at the Bank of England remained split over interest policy this month with three members of its monetary policy committee pushing for a rise in interest rates Six members voted to leave rates unchanged at 05 but Martin Weale Spencer Dale and Sentance argued that the cost of borrowing should be hiked to tackle inflation.


Police stand guard as they try to clear the way for the migrants to reach a centre in Casale San Nicola.


Cubs relief pitcher Trevor Cahill reacts after allowing a run on a wild pitch during the sixth inning of Tuesday s loss.


Aircraft Maintenance and Regeneration Centre DavisMonthan Air Force Base Tucson Arizona 2006.


Pupils in a science class at Kirkley Middle School Lowestoft Suffolk Not enough pupils are studying science and related subjects beyond the age of 16 according to BAE s Nigel Whitehead.


Citigroup s fourthquarter profits were well below analysts expectations.


Ants are important scavengers and can be seen here eating a dead insect This represents just one of the 149 ant species observed on the expedition with many more still to be found.


The Familiars art experience at the Brighton Digital Festival.


I m old enough to play my father Harrison Ford with Benedict Cumberbatch on the Graham Norton Show.


Why are people on Twitter talking more about Michael Buble than the new programming framework for Windows 8 WinRT.


Packing heat Tom Hardy in Mad Max Fury Road.


Chris Froome celebrates winning the 2015 Tour de France.


Mario Balotelli has failed to score in the Premier League since his summer move to Liverpool.


Australian singer Gary Shearston was signed to Charisma Records and recorded his bestknown album Dingo in 1974.


The gold vault at the Bank of England To gain access use the app.


A boy arranges a banner on the ground during a Spring Hunting Out rally in the runup to a referendum last year that narrowly rejected banning the event.


Theresa May will answer questions from the home affairs committee over her role in the fued with Michael Gove.


Mike Tindall looks on during an England training session.


The body of Sebastiano Magnanini 46 who died of an apparent overdose had been tied to a shopping trolley.


Greater Western Sydney found their groove against the Gold Coast Suns in a onesided affair.


Kelly Sotherton has suffered with injury this year.


Wreck of the week Manse Cottage Rathen Aberdeenshire This manse used to be the home of the caretaker for a nearby graveyard and has subsequently been used as a meeting hall by the church It s now a 38 by 12 shell and would probably take about 25000 to restore to habitable use according to the estate agent but then could make a charming two bedroom holiday home constructed entirely to the owner s taste There s no planning permission as yet but the fact that it used to be a home should make that reasonably easy to acquire The neighbours in the graveyard are interesting too occupants include the grandparents of the Norwegian composer Edvard Greig On the market for 45000 through Forbes Property.


The ANC youth league president Julius Malema left with the South African president Jacob Zuma at an event in 2009.


Kumano Japan In this long exposure image fireworks explode at the Kumano OHanabi fireworks festival at Shichiri Mihama Beach.


Germany 2006 Teamgeist The Teimgeist was a significant structural change to the ball with a propeller design meant to even out variations in how the ball behaved depending on where it was struck.


Tracy Ann Oberman and Maureen Lipman in Old Money by Sarah Wooley at the Hampstead theatre.


Jeffrey Longmore waits in the wings for his outfit.


Ricky Gervais his obstreperous style is intriguing but a less than ideal fit.


Jason Alexander of Seinfeld fame will take over Larry David s stage role.


The Bank of England will reveal how it intends to set the leverage ratio for UK banks.


Germany s former Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle of the FDP right and his partner Michael Mronz wave after casting their votes in last year s federal election.


Alastair Cook and England may withdraw from the proposed Pakistan series in the UAE because of the wrangle over the registering of cricket domains.


The veterinarian who treated Lucky says he appears to be a Yorkshire pig.


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Tesla opened its first store in Georgia a year ago and its first store in the Atlanta in November.


European commission president JeanClaude Juncker and first vicepresident Frans Timmermans.


David and Samantha Cameron at the Cornbury Music Festival.


A general aerial view taken from a landing plane shows the desert and road construction works around Dubai.


The trend of police taking people to hospital in London because of ambulances not turning up on time has continued this year with 28 such incidents in first half of January.


Starlings taken by jo92photos on 16 October 2010 We travelled to the RSPB reserve at Ham Wall Somerset to watch the massive flocks of starlings as they returned to roost in the reed beds This spectacular behaviour is known as murmuring We were blessed with a wonderful sunset too.


Peyton Manning with his brother Eli and his father Archie in 2008.


The beautiful south Hop Burns Black East Dulwich.


Glastonbury festival bins colour coded for recycling Recycling has a personal benefit it gives us a chance to align our values and our actions which feels good and inspires us to do more says Annie Leonard producer of Story of Stuff.


Fiorentina s Babacar left celebrates after scoring the winning goal during the Serie A match between Fiorentina and Inter.


Militant Islamist fighters parade in military vehicles along the streets of northern Raqqa province Syria.


Hairy Potter Daniel Radcliffe probably without beard will play the lead role in new thriller Imperium.


Daniel Quillen was awarded a Fields medal the discipline s highest honour.


Two women injured by the powerful blast in the centre of Prague.


Vladimir Putin fixing a GPSArgos satellite transmitter onto a tiger during his visit to the Ussuriysky forest reserve in 2008.


Zarafa as she appears in Geoffroy SaintHilaire s account of her journey published in Annales des Sciences Naturelles in 1827.


Tim Montgomerie editior of the critical website Conservative Home.


US secretary of state John Kerry speaks with Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov in Geneva.


The alAqsa mosque Jerusalem during the first Friday prayers of Ramadan Police said the prayers there passed without incident.


Larger shops can currently open for just six hours on Sunday.


Protesters wave from the roof of the Millbank Tower.


Eustice says farmers would continue to receive subsidies from an independent UK.


The financial sector should be complementary to our manufacturing sector and wider economy in general.


Hotshot firefighters are acknowledged during a memorial service for the 19 firefighters who died in Prescott Arizona.


Katie Piper who wears a pressure mask 23 hours a day.


Limerick Tunnel which opened less than a year ago is nt producing the revenues expected.


A preliminary sketch for the indoor park plan.


Whose hair has Herr Klopp got asks Milford Edge.


It s not marriage that leads to stability argues the Institute for Fiscal Studies but the sort of people who choose to get married.


Prime Minister David Cameron and Bono during the panel discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos.


Vancouver Island s Elk Falls is a lovely area to walk and this large pedestrian suspension bridge gives you access to a view over the falls I chose this shot because it gives a sense of the scale of the forests.


The royal commission into institutional responses to child sexual abuse holding a public hearing into redress and civil litigation in Sydney on 25 March.


By extracting patient data drug makers will be able to know which drugs a doctor is prescribing and how that compares with others locally.


A new report says that the average student debt is set to hit 50000.


Sri Lanka s presidentelect Maithripala Sirisena waves to supporters as he leaves the election secretariat in Colombo Sri Lanka.


Here s the core lifted out You can see the inedible gills those rather unappetising grey bits sometimes called dead man s fingers.


Appleton and Gallagher have been together since 2000 they married in 2008 and were granted a divorce last year.


Simon Gross 46 from Kent wants be the first male Margaret Thatcher.


The John Lewis commercial s central character celebrates her 21st birthday with a kiss.


Japanese local bus The local buses in Japan are clean and efficient The drivers are unerringly polite.


Peggy Olson Olson s days as a meek secretary seem light years away At the new company Peggy is a senior copywriter spending her days wisecracking with handsome junior colleagues and devising nefarious ways to sell tinned ham Progress.


Classical pianist James Rhodes wants to celebrate music in schools with an instrument amnesty.


Avus armchair by Konstantin Grcic for Plank A shocking return to the beefy profiles of the 1970s this is included simply to show how confident Grcic is in his own ideas.


Found this gem I d scrawled in Charles Brockden Brown s Wieland a while ago haha.


The North West Sydney Hurricanes Third Grade team.


Seeger performs at an American Youth Council rally in 1940.


Szarkowski championed photographers like Garry Winogrand whose New York is currently on show at Tate Modern s Exposed Voyeurism Surveillance and the Camera.


Nibblets This was taken just as the sun was bowing out one evening at Cottesloe Beach in Perth Australia The sun created strong silhouettes and the photo captured the various activities people were enjoying.


There are currently around 29000 children and young people with diabetes in the UK.


Conrad Murray listens as the jury returns a guilty verdict in his Michael Jackson involuntary manslaughter trial on Monday.


Ray of light Davies revisits Kinks classics with the Boss and Bon Jovi.


Ian Holloway has denied personal financial reasons lie behind Blackpool s stance on Charlie Adam.


The Marauders Map extension allows users locations to be tracked to within a metre of accuracy.


Kiev Ukraine Deputies stand up in parliament in commemoration of the victims of flight MH17.


The drop represents progress for the home secretary Theresa May towards her pledge of cutting net migration to below 100000.


Rangers fans were shocked when the club went into administration in February and were hit by a 10point penalty.


A protester reads a newspaper during a sitin protest at Tahrir Square.


This week India promised to instal 20 GW of solar electricty by 2020 Some will come from developments like this solar village outside Calcutta Houses here were snapped up in a few days.


Birds on a tree among plastic materials in Changzhi Shanxi province.


Tony Abbott and Barack Obama meeting at the US embassy in Beijing.


Alan Johnson who has said a graduate tax may offer a fairer way of sharing costs between individuals and government than the tuition fee package.


Rupert Grint Alan Rickman Daniel Radcliffe in Harry Potter and the Goblet 0f Fire 2005.


The research into the relationship between mothers weight and their babies birth weight reviewed 18 studies.


Gabi Simpson made her international bow during the Diamonds Constellation Cup series with New Zealand in October this year.


George Soros says Putin has established good relations with those agitating against Europe.


The misty atmospherics of the Ewok Village was recreated using incense smoke.


Mike Brown needs to recapture his form at fullback if England are to pose a threat against New Zealand.


Fergus and Judith Wilson have begun evicting large families from their housing empire.


Fifa presidential election contenders Sepp Blatter left and Prince Ali bin alHussein.


Lucy Maxwell should work for the Florida tourist board She s certain her stark poster would do the trick It convinces me Every day Photomontage Lucy Maxwell.


The juvenile osprey which became known as the Lady of the Loch who was thought to be on the brink of death this week.


Playing Alice herself is 19yearold Australian actor Mia Wasikowska a virtual unknown Burton s reimagining begins with her attending a party at a Victorian estate only to find she is about to be proposed to in front of hundreds of snooty society types.


Senator Ted Cruz at a US Hispanic chamber of commerce event in Washington put the blame for racial tensions on the president rather than the numerous police killings of unarmed black men.


Albert Einstein was recognised as a physicist of the first rank very early in his career.


David Warner will not travel to India with Australia.


An Iranian couple chats on a street corner in downtown Tehran.


Demonstrators in Johannesburg South Africa where at least 700 rhinos have been killed this year.


An Asda supermarket in Morley West Yorkshire.


The Classical Cookbook britishmuseumshoponlineorgCook like the ancients terrine of asparagus sweet wine cakes olive relish and Toronaean sharkAvailable for 1299.


Last award second in paperboy of the year Gold Panda aka Derwin.


It s been a tough year for Comcast said Evan Greer campaign director for Fight for the Future They ve been hounded in the court of public opinion.


Michael Fallon said the EU changes needed to be fought for.


To make the best decisions for patients the NHS needs to be able to harness vast quantities of data and use it effectively.


We feast like kings on simple tucker cooked on a primitive fire.


Angela Merkel with the SDP leader Sigmar Gabriel and the CSU s Horst Seehofer after signing a coalition contract last month The deal still needs approval from SDP members.


The Bank said the EU referendum campaign posed the most significant near term domestic threat to financial stability.


Muddy Waters Deep warm and soulful voice.


Spanish police escort Ali Charef Damache after arresting him in Barcelona on 11 December 2015.


Cole with his son Adrian and daughter Gemma who campaigned for his release.


Chilli We sometimes blanch pepper eight times to get the balance of flavours just right says Robert Ortiz head chef at Lima in London.


Alec Guinness in Our Man in Havana Graham Greene s fictional MI6 agent.


A volunteer puts a identification paper onto a body of a heat wave victim as other dead bodies are seen in the the cold storage of the Edhi morgue in Karachi.


A protester holds a copy of Turkish newspaper Zaman during a demonstration in Istanbul on 6 March.


Mitch Duncan and Joel Selwood have helped make Geelong s midfield a strong unit.


Radio 4 presenter John Humphrys inadvertently breached rules on accuracy the BBC Trust has ruled.


Walter Doughty 1922 Dublin An Irish Free State soldier crouches behind the window of a bank in O Connell Street that is under attack from the hotel opposite The hotel is occupied by republican insurgents fighting a civil war against the new state Behind the soldier is the Guardian s first staff photographer Walter Doughty working under fire with a heavy glassplate camera.


Cumbria UK It was a cold morning in the Lake District where walkers made the most of the stunning surroundings along the river Brathay.


Stirling Castle is offering free entry on St Andrew s Day weekend.


John Terry has called on fans of England and Wales to respect the national anthems at Wembley.


Philippe Coutinho meets Pele on the Brazil legend s recent visit to Anfield.


Waste from Europe including paper and plastic is often sent to China to avoid landfill costs.


Sir Edmund Hillary right and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay after their ascent of Mount Everest in 1953.


The Earl of Merioneth on the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railways which was built in 1836 to run slate trains from mines at Blaenau Ffestiniog to Portmadoc.


A cyclist wearing a mask cycles across London Bridge.


A builder working on a Barratt development.


A reader at the London book fair in April.


Len McCluskey Am I influential Of course I am I m the bleedin general secretary But the structures we have could not be called a clique.


The veilThe origin of the Tuareg s trademark blue allichu veil is open to debate In addition to giving protection from dust whipped up by desert winds the veils are believed to prevent bad spirits from entering the body The dye bleeds freely onto the skin giving the wearer a bluegrey complexion.


That Joni Ernst is a woman doesn t make it any less scary that she ll vote to take away your access to contraception.


The Bridge the Saga of the end of season three is a totally different cookie from the end of two.


Pebbles wears orange rollneck 2499 hmcom.


Sydney celebrate their second goal against Adelaide United.


A firefighter holds a red panda by its tail while removing it from a tree at a residential area in Kunming Yunnan province China.


The downgrading of the UK s credit rating from AAA to AA1 has serious implications for consumers.


Alvaro Saborio is down and Real Salt Lake are out as LA Galaxy come from behind to win 32 at Rio Tinto Stadium Wednesday June 20 2012 in Salt Lake City Utah.


The story behind the label Composite Observer.


The Empire State Building is seen lit up before Earth Hour in New York during which lights were turned off for one hour to show support for renewable energy.


President Barack Obama s motorcade leaves the Badaling section of The Great Wall of China.


School children look at Capital City Academy sports hall.


Barges on the Grand Union Canal in Little Venice London.


The writing is on the wall at the University of Sussex as management plans to outsource campus services to the private sector 2013 march.


Always ready Justin Timberlake tipped for Baywatch.


Members of the air force listen to prayers in Tehran Iran had expressed dissent but no objection were raised in the final session.


Barack Obama gestures as he is given a tour of Westminster Abbey in London last week.


John Varley chief executive of Barclays.


David Cameron speaks at the Clean Energy Ministerial conference in London on 26 April 2012.


Doha Skyscrapers vast shopping malls lavish apartments and swanky hotels.


Chuck Grassley You and I believe in sovereign borders you and I believe in the right to keep and bear arms.


Iain McNicol the Labour party s general secretary who was rounded on by longserving staff.


In a specially commissioned project Mexican artist Pia Camil made and gave out 800 brightly coloured ponchos for fairgoers to wear.


Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson in The Song of Lunch.


Ben Whishaw Naomie Harris Daniel Craig and Raph Fiennes at the photocall.


A nurse prepares medication in A E at Royal Stoke University hospital in StokeonTrent.


The telephone betting room at Betfair in Hammersmith west London.


Andreas Brehme stepped up to the spot and drove his low penalty kick past Sergio Goycochea and into the bottomleft corner.


Nightclub jacket Designer Pav wears bomber jacket 595 by Jonathan Saunders from Matches Shirt 270 by Marni Trousers 230 by Acne from Liberty.


The South African landscape garden outside the British Museum.


Commercialisation of love scene from Steven Soderbergh s The Girlfriend Experience.


Monster role Monsters director Gareth Edwards is set to film the new Godzilla movie.


The Bridge of Aspiration links the Royal Ballet School to the Grade I listed Royal Opera House From street level the bridge evokes the fluidity and grace of dance46 Floral Street WC2E 9DA Open Sunday 1030am430pm regular tours and some ballet demonstrations.


Wales Bradley Davies is shown a yellow card by the referee Wayne Barnes against Ireland in Dublin.


Hebden Bridge will host July s Ambitious Communities conference to spread the message.


Solo in silhouette Pina Bausch s Sweet Mambo.


Be sure to read the Tripadvisor reviews before booking.


The ambient display on the left the fully lit display on the right.


Proindependence campaigners outside the BBC Scotland HQ in Glasgow last year.


A Japanese funded coalfired power plant under construction in India Tokyo argues that such projects are less polluting than older coalfired plants and so qualify as clean energy.


Cats comprehend centrifugal force the pendulum effect and modern art.


The nearestrun thing you ever saw in your life the battle of Waterloo.


Dijon is part of a network of Frenchspeaking towns Villes Amies des Aines looking to make their urban environments more elderlyfriendly Photographs Alamy.


Play was stopped during Italy s 11 draw with Croatia after fireworks had been thrown on to the pitch.


London foundation trust signs framework agreement for wholesaler and procurement service.


Venus Williams returns a ball to Switzerland s Stefanie Voegele during their firstround match at Wimbledon.


Looking good an image from Halo The Master Chief Collection.


Yotam Ottolenghi s charred mixed peppers with roasted garlic sauce a wide range of peppers is the secret to making this dish look and taste extraspecial.


Danny Cipriani insists he has a good working relationship with the England skills coach Mike Catt.


A Burmese prisoner is interviewed outside a jail in Rangoon after being freed as part of an amnesty before Obama s visit.


Ride of the Condor the Paris is also available in green red and bronze.


The website aims to reveal the dark secrets of the circumcision ritual undergone by teenage boys from the Xhosa group.


Living in colour Jonathan Arthurs Helen Champion Mattie Faint and Ian Thom.


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International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde will have her work cut out keeping the eurozone boys in line at the IMF s bash in Tokyo and that s not forgetting the spat between China and Japan.


Hello I have a picture of the man I m to wed rehearsals of The Mill City of Dreams in the topfloor glasshouse.


Real Madrid goalkeeper Iker Casillas lifts the Champions League trophy in 2014.


Jarryd Hayne a 100kg hummingbird capable of getting his fill of nectar by directional dramatics or if need be smashing his way to a full belly.


The closing ceremony of the inaugural Indian Super League season in Mumbai in December last year.


Bye bye brutalism Journalists have left the old grey elephant in Wellington Street.


Australia s ASX200 over the past 10 years It hit its highest point since 2008 on Wednesday.


Tim Cook kicks off the iPhone launch event.


The graphic novel depicts the daily reality and pressures for human rights defenders in a state where violence is endemic Illustration Jon Sack.


We have to work with older people to shape services around their needs and listen to them.


Argentina s Diego Maradona scored the Hand of God goal against England in 1986 Someone simply had to capture it on film Daniel Motz did Imagine the relief Motz felt when he realised he d bagged the shot He must have recognised its potentially iconic status immediately.


Senator Mary Landrieu leaves a media briefing after the vote on the Keystone XL pipeline failed to pass the Senate.


Trouble ahead Pupils Sats scripts must be neat so they can be scanned.


Veteran jazz tap dancer Will Gaines performs with the Caribbean Allstars at the Queen Elizabeth Hall London in 2008 to celebrate his 80th birthday.


Dan 4 roll the dough and cut out circles.


Only four scientists on the AWG are based in countries outside of the OECD.


Netanyahu may be calculating that big Republican gains in next month s US midterm congressional elections will curtail Obama s capacity to put pressure on Israel.


Doreen Lawrence pictured after two men were convicted of murdering her son Stephen says continuing racist stereotyping by police explains why AfricanCarribeans are more likely to be stopped.


David Schwimmer in The People v OJ Simpson American Crime Story.


Writer Jon McGregor s desktop Click to enlarge.


Traffic stacks up on the Monash freeway behind police.


Tony Blair then prime minister with his Albanian counterpart Pandeli Majko during a visit to Albania in May 1999 His role in protecting ethnic Albanians in Kosovo increased his popularity in the region.


Palestinian Hamas is making banners to celebrate the prisoner swap which will free Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.


Claudio Marchisio of Italy is shown a red card one of eight the least in a World Cup finals since 1986.


Npower s chief executive said its report was intended to dispel some myths to restore trust in the energy industry.


Murray powers to another break of serve in game seven before claiming the first set 64.


A stock market board in Tokyo shows markets falling.


Daniel Alves Barcelona s Brazilian defender said he did not hear the racist abuse directed at him during the 11 draw at Espanyol.


Clockwise from left Julie Myerson Lethal Bizzle Grayson Perry Maggi Hambling Sara Cox.


Let s hope this guy made it to the shelter in time.


Owen Labrie now 20 had faced a possible 11year sentence for his conviction on three misdemeanor counts of sex with a 15yearold and one felony count.


At the deep end Gustavo Jahn as Joao and Irma Brown as Sofia in Neighbouring Sounds.


Australia s prime minister Julia Gillard talks to the media in Bundberg as Queensland s premier Anna Bligh looks on.


Members of the Australia cricket team outside the Sydney Opera House during their victory parade.


Get even closer to Mars surface with NASA s latest panoramic photography.


Oscar Pistorius in action during the semifinals.


Nathan Lyon took 523 to remind national selectors of his limited overs credentials as the Sydney Sixers thumped the Hobart Hurricanes by 95 runs in their Big Bash League clash at the SCG.


A girl is carried among a crowd of protesters in Tahrir Square Between 2006 and 2012 there was a 40 increase in births in a country where 60 of people are under 30.


The Rainbow Bridge which connects the US and Canada at Niagara Falls where the three officers were stopped and apprehended at the border.


Expand their horizons why teaching may be the perfect career change for you.


Stacey Hyde who has just been released from prison for killing a violent man.


Manchester United s Robin van Persie could be the key man in the derby against Manchester City.


Chris Huhne who pleaded guilty in February after months of protracted attempts to get the case against him thrown out.


Richard Dawkins It s his certainty that has made him the sort who gets to hang out with Homer Simpson.


The Bureau of Health Information s latest quarterly report shows a 25 increase in patient numbers going to emergency departments over the past five years.


A member of the Krewe of Thoth throws beads to the crowds.


Harbin China A visitor makes her way through a maze made of ice bricks ahead of the 31st Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival.


Thousands of gay and lesbian participants march through the streets during the annual Gay Pride March in Johannesburg South Africa.


The abuse Corbyn received for not singing the national anthem says much more about his detractors than it does about him.


Tempers rarely flared during a relatively flat Game One at ANZ Stadium.


Jefferson Montero could make a rare appearance Daniel Sturridge can light up Wembley Sam Allardyce is going back to West Ham Damien Delaney is not going to Euro 2016 and Stoke City fans are enjoying the glory days.


Change in belief across the political spectrum when presented with evidence there were no WMDs in Iraq Conservative belief of the myth actually increased.


Margaret and John Boulton say the experience has changed their lives for the better.


Al Anstey left with Greste s parents Lois and Juris and human rights conmmissioner Gillian Triggs right.


The most visited Shia shrine in Syria is Sayida Zaynab the mausoleum of the sister of Imam Hussein in a southwest Damascus suburb.


Just after lunch David Warner gets his 50 and the Aussies are 1083.


Banknotes issued by seven UK banks are legal currency and can be accepted throughout the UK But it doesn t mean they will be.


Untitled 4 Ponte City Johannesburg 2008 South African photographer Mikhael Subotzky and British artist Patrick Waterhouse won the Deustche Borse photography prize 2015 for their publication Ponte City a study of an apartment block in Johannesburg You can see a gallery of their winning work here.


EDL leader Tommy Robinson was interview on BBC Radio 4 s Today programme.


Vicky Bhogal s watermelon feta and garam masala skewers Cheesy refreshments.


An advert for Sinclair Computers that appeared in the Observer in 1983.


You can drown in these words Jenny Holzer s Monument.


Pamphlets offered at supermarkets are part of campaigns to improve eating habits and reduce diabetes in Houston.


ACDC s back catalogue is now on Spotify.


Kalpna Woolf left with some of the cooks and their food at the International Peace Cafe Bristol.


Unite union leader Len McCluskey says further bus driver stoppages are inevitable unless the London mayor strikes a deal.


Abandoned water slides in Denmark The photograph is from the website of urban photographer Mike B5160R and his unspaceexplorationtumblrcom It was sourced from the very popular Twitter feed DerelictPlace.


Guillaume Gallienne director and star of Me Myself and Mum.


Zac Goldsmith left and Sadiq Khan have been campaigning hard since they were selected as the Conservative and Labour candidates respectively.


A lifesize mount of a grizzly bear stands next to a display about Glenn St Charles the principal founder and first president of the bowhunting Pope Young club in Chatfield Minnesota The Pope Young Club which includes dentist Walter Palmer among its 8000 members said it was looking into the hunt that killed Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe The club said its ethical code calls for fair chase of animals and does not allow the hunter an unfair advantage.


Yotam Ottolenghi s smoky polenta chips Diptastic.


This truly is a people s day Mr Cameron.


Previous experiences have included sitting with George Clooney while he compliments you for 45 seconds.


Work and Pensions savings are separate from 12bn in welfare cuts but will still be generated by putting pressure on claimants and former claimants.


The new policy may signal a thaw in relations between Ed and David Miliband.


Mohamed bin Hammam the former president of the Asian Football Confederation is appealing against a world ban.


After You ve Gone star Nicholas Lyndhurst as a dad who shares parental duties with his motherinlaw played by Celia Imrie.


In addition to the winner and runner up the judges who include Bang Goes the Theory s Dr Yan Wong chose five section winners and an editor s pick Laetitia Kernaleguen s image of two male southern elephant seals fighting over a harem of females won the behavioural and physiological ecology category When a male challenges the head of a harem he needs to prove his strength at a great cost resulting in a fascinating and captivating fight between the two giants.


Jean Weiner and FoProBIM staff discover an illegal charcoal facility on a beach at Caracol Haiti.


Lest we forget thousands of poppies at the Menin Gate on Remembrance Day.


Juan Carlos Barrantes on his fishing boat during checks by the Cocos Island patrol.


The bulletriddled minibus in Kingsmills where 10 Protestants were shot dead No one has been convicted of the killings.


Primark has almost 300 successful stores across Europe but none yet in North America.


Government borrowing fell in May 2011 allowing the Treasury to claim that George Osborne above was on course to cut the UK budget deficit as planned.


Tony Blair meets with Bertie Ahern for crisis talks on the future of Northern Ireland in February 2000 Powell was senior advisor to Tony Blair.


Pharrell is happy to be wearing double denim.


If it s drinkable and looks OK it s servicable says one barista.


Group shot All the winners of the 2014 Bafta awards posed for a class photo.


Richard Pope he and the guys who did this are on a par with some of the most ruthless villains out there.


Brazilian paper Correio na Copa goads Argentina Mourns.


Sylvanian Families 1985 Yet another frankly unreasonable fantasy in which random animals live together Here two rabbits and a frog live in a wagon driven by a friendly badger No wonder previous generations grew up confused about ecosystems.


Siblings Nimr 15 Kaml 18 Ahmed 12 and Murhaf 10 sit in the tent in which they are squatting in an informal Syrian refugee settlement near Zahle.


Medical staff clean their protection suits at the Donka hospital in Conakry Guinea Leaked documents show the WHO delayed declaring the Ebola outbreak a global emergency.


Carlton Cole left scores West Ham s third goal against Crystal Palace.


Jermaine Jones in an infamous snowbound World Cup qualifying game against Costa Rica in 2013.


GQ some copies were missing the Jessica Biel photoshoot.


Don Maguire and his daughters Emma and Kerry outside Leeds Crown Court after the trial.


Alastair Cook Why would you just throw it away unless you know that you ve given it everything.


I am a gentil womman and no wenche from Geoffrey Chaucer s The Merchant s Tale c1386.


Donald Trump retweeted the picture within minutes of the announcement of Corbyn s victory.


Also features Hugh Laurie in black leather jodhpurs George Clooney in Tomorrowland.


The skills of apprentice plumber Abby Shorter are in high demand But builders say the struggle to find the right people is holding back growth in the construction sector and pushing up costs.


Mild excesses Bel Powley as highspirited Margaret.


The glowinthedark plant project provoked outrage.


Mark Duggan s father Bruno mother Pam and brother Shaun His family have been critical of police since his fatal shooting.


The most popular degrees are usually oversubscribed but related courses in the same field may have places available.


East Grand Terre Island USA A boat motors through oil sheen from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill off the Louisiana coast.


Landing in court Mark Rylance as Soviet spy Rudolf Abel and Tom Hanks as US lawyer James B Donovan in Bridge of Spies.


Try telling Wonder Woman she s not a feminist to her face.


The cover art for Sometimes I Sit and Think and Sometimes I Just Sit.


An average avocado contains close to 300 calories.


Court bailiffs scuffle with demonstrators in the Mong Kok district of Hong Kong.


Representative Bart Stupak announces he will vote in favour of the healthcare reform bill.


Shanaze Reade of Great Britain trains on the BMX track in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympic Games.


Waiting finally over Honey the awardwinning Turkish film which will be released on 15 July through Verve pictures.


Ed Miliband said Labour will not now sit back and put up a business as usual sign over Westminster.


Trigger for unrest this 1994 archive photo shows a soldier walking past the site of the plane crash that killed Rwanda s then President Juvenal Habyarimana.


You can turn any barbecue from bland to beautiful with the addition of prawns.


Samuel Hieronymus Grimm s 1787 depiction of Marlborough House Brighton.


Sucker Punch by Roy Williams at the Royal Court.


Kenwood House on Hampstead Heath London England.


The destroyed mosque of the prophet Jirjis in Mosul on Sunday.


Bernie Sanders sits down with the Guardian s Dan Roberts in New Hampshire.


A Hazara Afghan woman walks past the ruins of the ancient Buddha statues that once stood in the city of Bamiyan The Hazaras largely follow the Shia sect of Islam and complain of discrimination by majority Sunni Muslim groups.


A migrant family rests in the port of Piraeus where more than 1500 migrants and refugees are staying.


On your marks get set Shoppers waiting outside Harrods last year.


Former St Kilda Saints player Nicky Winmar with his photograph at the launch of the 2013 AFL Indigenous Round.


Mitt Romney struggled to draw the crowds in Tampa.


Dougray Scott as Arthur Miller and Michelle Williams as Marilyn Monroe in a scene from My Week with Marilyn.


Nurseries and preschools will face closure after being labelled inadequate said Sir Michael Wilshaw.


Bob Bradley and Fabio Capello do Beavis and ButtHead courtesy of the very Americansounding Bart Tucker.


The narrator s trip to the tattoo parlour has unexpected consequences.


Walls Unit Yard Another image from Conversations with the Dead in which prisoner Raymond Jackson is shown weightlifting in the yard of the notorious Walls Unit prison in Texas.


The overrepresentation of Indigenous Australians in prisons will be discussed by the committee.


Ribs but what does the meat actually taste of.


Lucy Powell do not expect dramatic changes in policy.


Hymns of love and despair John Grant s Queen of Denmark.


John Deasy who has resigned as Los Angeles schools superintendent had lost allies on the school board after the 2013 election.


Who isn t bowled over by a cute porker s fight against adversity Babe the pig who thinks he s a sheepdog.


Edward Snowden explained that he had chosen Hong Kong because it has a strong tradition of free speech.


The language school is a microcosm of what our vision is for the Foreign Office as a whole a centre of ideas not an island of administration William Hague opens the new language centre.


Serignan Plage with the Mediterranean behind.


The alternative medal table what would happen if you took account of GDP population or team size.


Shmetrice Moore a nurse at an Emory hospital scrapes snow and ice off her windshield as she and others are released early from their shift in Johns Creek Georgia.


Koluama Nigeria A girl holds a slate with the alphabet and numbers.


A boy stands amid the ruins of a thatched building but as can be seen in the background the storm also laid waste to more substantial structures.


Sam Burgess suffered a fractured cheekbone during the NRL grand final.


1960 The Redgraves first family of British theatre enjoy an evening at their London home Corin and his father Michael play the piano while Lynn and Vanessa join their mother Rachel Kempson in song.


The bats appeared to be unharmed by the radar and returned once it had been switched off.


1956 Jockey Dick Francis walks away in despair after Devon Loch s Grand National collapse.


The man behind the mystery James Gilligan outside the Medfield state hospital.


Christian Keller said of the situation with Jonas Borring I can t see anything else happening apart from one of us leaving.


Medicines don t discriminate But they should.


Chinese manufacturing activity declined in November figures show.


20023 A combination of Alan Cork and Lennie Lawrence steady the ship leading the club to two consecutive playoff finishes the second of which sees them promoted to the second tier of English football for the first time since 1985.


Torn between time and place Fiona Glascott Jane Brennan and Saoirse Ronan in Brooklyn.


Brian Bovell and Goldie in Kingston 14 at Theatre Royal Stratford East.


JMan a participant in the Write to Freedom programme.


Barry Gibb performing at Sydney Entertainment Centre in February 2013.


Winter fuel payment Paul Burstow proposes only paying it to people who claim pension credit currently 21 million although 3 million are eligible.


Is the writing on the wall for Alan Pardew.


Arnold Schwarzenegger in the 1982 film hit Conan the Barbarian.


Lisa Campbell You do have days when you feel you are chasing your tail.


The proper atmosphere still from Werner Herzog s Cave of Forgotten Dreams.


More than 12m images have been uploaded to the police national database for use with facial recognition software.


It s a massive relief to know that I m going to Rio said Helena Lucas.


David Miliband We do nt want a new cold war.


Pole Khomri Afghanistan An Afghan National Army observation post.


The North Harbour Rays forward Mitch Lewis touches down on his own try line but the TV official awards a try to the Sydney Stars.


S Michael Peretz was a gunnery instructor during the second world war.


East West Link protest No amount of hysteria or attempted bullying or blatant politicking will change the result of the 2014 Victorian election says Daniel Andrews.


Babyhotel Kinderhotels Carinthia Austria.


Virtua Tennis 4 now with added Move support and reallife sweat.


Edinburgh council has launched its 2011 election map.


More than 20 years of civil war in Somalia have left many people in Mogadishu living in unsafe and unsanitary conditions Despite an influx of foreign investment and many reconstruction projects the city still lacks basic infrastructure.


San Diego California Lucia Alvarado sells batterypowered lights in the Gaslamp district.


Arsenal v Sunderland Probable starters in bold contenders in light Illustration Graphic.


It s plastic soul time with Bowie looking by his standards positively normal Young Americans 1975.


A general view of the court during a practice session at Flanders Expo in Ghent.


Shell profits are up 54 for the full year.


Stilted energy Nathan O Keefe in Pinocchio.


Pepe Balta spotted discrepancies in Abengoa s accounting that were apparently overlooked by ratings agencies.


Senec SlovakiaThis tiger cub is being raised by human and dog carers The unnamed female cub was rejected by its mother at the Oasis of the Siberian Tiger project.


Andriy Shevchenko left celebrates after giving Dynamo Kiev the lead against Manchester City.


Tempestuous Christopher Plummer and Helen Mirren in The Last Station.


Shopping trolleys of discount food store Netto Heideck Bavaria Germany Prices are falling sharply in the eurozone.


Cali ColombiaPopulation 2075380 Cali ha one of the fastestgrowing economies in Colombia and a growing population to match due in part to thousands of citizens who have been forcibly displaced by armed conflict Many of these new residents are concentrating in highrisk informal settlements with limited access to health and other basic public services Many settlements also face an increased exposure risk of flooding from due to the vulnerability of the Cauca River dike To protect and integrate these residents officials have relocated thousands of households.


Palestinian protester kicks a burning tyre during clashes with Israeli troops near Nablus.


Ben Whishaw in London Spy one of the most acclaimed British dramas of the year which unravelled in a spectacular example of the paranoid style.


Mammaleating transient killer whales photographed off Alaska The Puget Sound population is made up of southern residents.


Fabio Capello is Russia s head coach but PSG have reportedly paid his 3m release clause to secure his services on a oneyear contract.


Urban foxes play in a garden in Birmingham.


Could Charlie Adam be the answer to all of David Moyes prayers.


Audrey Hepburn as Natasha and Vitorio Gassman as Anatol in 1956.


Roger Avary after being arrested on 14 January 2008 for drunk driving.


Frank Schleck has tested positive for a banned substance cycling s governing body has announced.


Sales of the Cooler ereader have soared in the UK.


Comedian Miranda Hart with actor Eddie Redmayne who has been singled out as one of the affluent privately educated people dominating performing arts schools.


Thibaut Courtois had no chance to stop the ball rippling the back of the net.


The Aurous software attracted a swift lawsuit from music labels.


The simian Olympic team is ready for action.


Mexico City Mexico Two paper skeletons in an altar for the dead.


Click the image to access the interactive.


George Osborne s third budget will be a balancing act between the coalition partners.


Interior designer Kelly Hoppen and businessman John Gardiner.


Chibundu Onuzo I discovered I was black when I moved to Britain 10 years ago.


Three little maids John Adams Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson give us a tune All photographs The Kobal Collection.


It s unbelievable to me that an officer of the law did this to me Gregory Love told the Guardian They are the people you re supposed to call on to get protection.


Murray holds his next service game to get his nose infront but as Federer also held his it s all square again and the set goes into a tiebreak Murray eventually takes the tiebreak to win the 68 minute long third set 76.


W Eugene Smith 1951 Deleitosa Spain Eugene Smith s reputation as the father of the photo essay is founded on the seminal series of stories he shot for Life magazine in the 1950s which included this powerful image of life and death from Spanish Village.


Icebergs in the Vatnajokull national park Iceland.


Bell Shakespeare theatre company coartistic directors Peter Evans and John Bell.


Ward s sea bass ceviche with avocado and pomegranate from her new book The Naked Diet In no way is it about dieting she says.


Which rubber duck for my next bath A collection of different little rubber ducks seen in a shop in Winterthur Switzerland.


Ownership of Rockall is disputed by Britain Ireland Denmark and Iceland The competing applications are likely to be reviewed by the UN in March.


Underthreat City of Leeds School is making satisfactory progress say Ofsted inspectors.


Infredible the cricketer in Freddie Flintoff 2nd Innings at the Pleasance Grand in Edinburgh.


Eden Hazard a constant threat to City s defence lies on the ground after being fouled.


Candidates for President of Brazil the ruling Workers Party Dilma Rousseff and opposition Party of Brazilian Social Democracy Aecio Neves shake hands before the start of the first of four television debates.


Flatpack Festival BirminghamThis now annual event draws together an unorthodox collection of films with a distinct spirit of irreverent mischief underlying its electric mix of screenings performances and talks Shown here is a still from Jam by the Japanese director Mirai Mizue Around Birmingham until 27 March.


High notes Birmingham Opera Company will perform Stockhausen complete with helicopters.


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A reconstruction of Antikythera mechanism.


The Olympics will be a lifechanging experience for Brazilian society We need that city official Claudia Uchoa.


Times past Abbott famously turned up late and swore at his opponent Nicola Roxon in a 2007 debate over health policy raising questions about his campaign discipline.


An Afghan health worker administers polio vaccine drops to a child.


2 Carve the legs Cut along the turkey s hip joint with your knife.


Will Attenborough left and Rob Callender in Another Country at Trafalgar Studios a fine performance.


Lego Harry Potter Years 57 Ron never ever got the joke.


One of the many ferries that crisscross the Bosphorus in Istanbul.


Thousands of people attend the rally demanding the release of political prisoners.


People enter the NHS wanting to prioritise the quality of patient care but become bogged down by operational and financial management.


Piccadilly by Night London by Elmar Ludwig.


Pick up steam Shanghainese soup dumplings Photographs UnTour Shanghai.


Clifford Evans in The Kiss of the Vampire made with a small budget and limited gore.


A collaborative project between Artur Lomakin and Chaos Reigns Standard Deviation is a leap into fashion avantgarde The brand combines minimal design sportswear influences and innovative textiles to captivating effect.


Bette Davis eyes a detail from Donald Urquhart s What an Artful Little Woman.


Qinghai China to Lhasa Tibet You need emergency oxygen and your signature on a health registration card to travel such are the altitudes reached by the new Qingzang railway As the train climbs up 5000m on its 2703mile trek temperatures plummet so drastically that the water in the toilets has to be heated to prevent it freezing This section is the world s highest track and much of it is laid over permafrost The highest drama comes as it broaches the Tangula Pass and crosses the Tibetan Plateau International travellers will require a special visitor permit before disembarking in Lhasa Journey time 51 hours from 39 chinatibettraincom.


TfL announced it will test four specially designed hybrid buses that would soak up power wirelessly at bus stops.


Puzzling what could Dan Brown s novel possibly be called.


Shinji Okazaki celebrates with his teammates after scoring Leicester s winner against Newcastle.


Nick Clegg says he shares David Cameron s vision for decentralisation.


A Pakistani migrant travels on a train bound for Belgrade.


A man wears a Tshirt calling for the legalisation of marijuana.


The Uefa Cup won by Parma in 1999 is one of the trophies which has been put up for sale.


Phil Moss believed a penalty was unjustly awarded against his team.


Tony Abbott plants a tree as part of the bush regeneration works in Carss bush park in Kogarah Sydney on Friday.


Azelle Rodney who was shot and killed in 2005.


Pedestrian crossing scene of revolt in Chideock Dorset.


Trading down Rutland The Jacobean Stocken Hall near Oakham was rescued from dereliction and divided into 11 apartments 10 years ago This groundfloor segment is named after the horse Copenhagen which was bred here in the original stables and became the Duke of Wellington s charger in the Battle of Waterloo The 18thcentury double doors admit you from the communal grounds into your own private vaulted hall There s a grandly proportioned sitting room three bedrooms and a recently glamorised kitchen and a garden shed is reserved for your use Brace yourself for a hefty annual service charge to maintain the estate on top of the 265000 asking price Smiths Gore 01780 484696.


Scotland first minister Nicola Sturgeon right at a pipeline technology firm in Aberdeen on Monday.


Orville Wright is at the controls of the Wright Flyer during the plane s first flight at Kitty Hawk North Carolina on 17 December 1903.


The Medak district of Andhra Pradesh In 15 years selfreliant organisations have empowered more than 12 million women.


Sign of the times Al Pacino greets fans outside the Gerald Schoenfeld theatre in New York where he s performing in Glengarry Glen Ross Photo Startraks PhotoRex Features.


House price rises in the UK are slowing down says Rics with more surveyors reporting price falls than rises.


Josh Reynolds landed a crucial field goal in the final minute of a seesawing encounter in Canberra.


A house near a top local primary school can gain 465 in value according to data from Nationwide.


Ed Balls left and George Osborne clashed in the Commons over HSBC.


Members of the Fife and Drum Corps march during the reopening ceremony.


A Democratic Republic of the Congo government soldier takes a sip of homemade whisky at their headquarters in Minova.


Cameron Jerome the Stoke City striker came off the bench to score the equaliser against Everton.


3196 White mates in three moves against any defence The puzzle looks simple but defeats many.


A plane is grounded by the fog that caused cancellations in Britain and the Netherlands.


Hein Verbruggen has denied accusations that he was part of a doping coverup while president of the UCI.


A protester in front of a burning barricade.


Emergency personnel gather near the scene.


Colin Powell holds up a vial that he claimed could be used to hold anthrax in his presentation to the UN in February 2003 ahead of the Iraq invasion.


Urgent action is needed to tackle rogue landlords and ripoff letting agent fees according to the Local Government Association.


Ed Miliband s party is down 1 on a fortnight ago at 36 with the Conservatives up 1 on 27 and the Lib Dems up 1 on 7.


Michel Mulder of the Netherlands competes in the men s 500m speed skating He won gold.


Additional costs that people with disabilities have to pay include petrol for hospital visits medications and adaptations for the home.


About time Peter Capaldi as Doctor Who and Jenna Coleman as Clara.


Kaleidoscope image of the Malaysian giant centipede.


Supporter cards call on attendees to pledge their backing for Trump.


Residents play bingo on Barnet s Prospect House estate.


George Osborne delivered the spending review statement at the House of Commons on Wednesday.


Rebekah Brooks has been questioned about a reference to binology at the phonehacking trial.


3 5 Litre Greenhouse Found at the end of my road.


Kim Jongun touring a military outpost on Ung Islet in the Sea of Japan which North Korea calls the East Sea.


Police horses wearing Hawthorn and Fremantle socks walk down St Kilda Road.


Ole Gunnar Solskjaer said Cardiff s relegation at Newcastle was the hardest moment of his career.


Buy that lot and you re gon na need a bigger suitcase.


Government data showed that spontaneous dogooding such as getting in groceries for a frail neighbour fell away at least as fast as the formally organised sort.


Stellar combination Alina Cojocaru and Ivan Vasiliev in Swan Lake by English National Ballet.


A hot sauce such as sriracha gives this a great kick for the spice lovers.


Dutana Mjikijua who had his leg amputated due to diabetes with Health in Every Hut community outreach workers and a nurse.


Theresa May and her German and Tunisian counterparts lay flowers in front of the Imperial Marhaba hotel in Sousse.


Thief a simple and blunt title just like its lead character.


Diego Maradona says the award to Lionel Messi right of the World Cup s Golden Ball was a marketing plan Manuel Neuer is on the left.


Ted Swab a former nurse cocktail bar owner and Sydney Mardi Gras regular.


Peat swamp forest in Indonesia is burned to make way for palm oil plantations.


Workers clear debris at the Grand Hyatt Erawan hotel.


Cranes at a construction site in Perth Australia One of the dead men was named locally as Joe McDermott from Omagh County Tyrone.


No this is not a giant walnut This is an actual human being His name is Valentino and he used to make dresses He also fact fans stepped on my foot at the premiere and let me tell you that man weighs more than a walnut.


If you ve ever felt a little deflated this photograph may chime with you The artwork Rubber Duck designed by Dutch conceptual artist Florentijn Hofman is uninstalled at the Summer Palace in Beijing China after nearly twomonths on display in the city.


One Direction on the red carpet Thousands of screaming teenage fans turned out to watch the boy band enter the Star in Sydney.


Rafael Palmeiro more than 10 years removed from his last major league appearance is returning to pro baseball.


The shadow economy encompasses drug dealing and cash payments for goods and services such as building works.


Dalia Grybauskaite became Lithuania s first woman president in 2009 and was reelected in 2014 The Baltic state is ranked 44th out of 142 countries in the 2014 Global Gender Gap report.


Jack Patterson Luke Patterson Grace Chatto and Milan Neil AminSmith of UK outfit Clean Bandit pick up best dance recording for Rather Be which featured singer Jess Glynne.


Guitar Hero was expensive and The Beatles Rock Band cost more than 350 with all the optional extras Just one of the reasons why the genre is dying.


Andy Murray left preparing for the Australian Open in January puts the Guardian s Kevin Mitchell through his paces.


The fictional town in The Town Meeting was inspired by Kiruna Sweden which is being relocated to make way for mining.


Tony Blair and Rebekah Brooks at the Newspaper Press Fund 40th anniversary reception in London in October 2004.


The federal government s Indigenous adviser Warren Mundine is hopeful a new app will help reduce truancy.


Erik Lamela right celebrates with Aaron Lennon after scoring Tottenham s fourth goal in a preseason friendly against Celtic.


Pep Guardiola received Fifa s coach of the year award this week but sustaining success at Barcelona would be his greatest feat.


Michael Jordan in action in the 1992 Olympic basketball final in which the Dream Team defeated Croatia 11785.


Missing a trick Kirsten Blanck and Gwyn Hughes Jones in Turandot by English National Opera at the London Coliseum.


Distinctive Joan Baez at the Royal Festival Hall London.


John Snow s cholera map of Soho Click image to embiggen.


The FAI chief executive John Delaney pictured here in 2013 has said his body accepted a payment from Fifa in return for not pursuing legal action.


A road in Naka Ibaraki prefecture Japan left how it was on the day of the earthquake right six days later after rapid repairs.


The eye of a giant oarfish A maritime expert says this 12foot specimen the world s largest bony fish has been found in Swedish waters for the first time in 130 years Also known as the king of herrings the dead fish was picked up by a west coast resident who found it floating near the shore.


The celebrations are pretty wild back in Barcelona too.


Public hostility to GM is less about safety and more about the kind of world we want.


The Sainsbury laboratory allows scientists to step out into the Botanic Garden to study the plants around them.


Nato coalition troops in Helmand southern Afghanistan.


Rickshaw drivers cycle through water after heavy rain in Dhaka.


A worker sits on a truck as he waits for the loading of coal at a railway coal yard on the outskirts of the western Indian city of Ahmedabad.


Perfect for a doll s house but a tiny bit small for Sali s dining room.


The pinkification of girlhood a girl in a toyshop.


Crime is falling across Britain but the perception of it is not.


Police arrested two people in connection with slavery offences and five were detained on suspicion of other offences.


Hundreds of antinuclear activists sit on the railway tracks in Harlingen near Dannenberg.


England s Ashley Jackson left and Germany s Niklas Wellen fight for the ball during their semifinal at the Lee Valley Hockey Centre in London.


Freshers week the number of students in England who went on to higher education in the last academic year was 493 the highest figure ever recorded.


Miranda Richardson and Rutger Hauer in the 1994 adaptation of Robert Harris s alternative history novel Fatherland.


A deep unease with the Catholic church Marina Warner in the late 1970s.


Why do I report back on Bo Drake with sunny bonhomie.


Powder rangers Island Lake ski resort has access to 7000 acres of dry Rocky Mountain powder.


Fiona Shaw in The Testament of Mary at the Barbican.


Olli Rehn European commissioner for economic and monetary affairs hits back at critics of austerity.


Palestinians flee their homes in Gaza s eastern Shujaiiya district on Sunday after heavy Israeli shelling.


Rebranding of the Somerfield estate is now in full swing with 29 stores already rebranded as The Cooperative Food.


Blur make this bewildering world seem small and our troubles universal.


Spiers House campsite North York Moors National Park.


Robotic scopeComet C2013 A1 alongside MarsA close encounter between our neighbouring red planet Mars and Comet C2013 A1 also known as Siding Spring as it whizzes through the night sky on 22 October 2014 It was initially thought that there was a chance of collision between the comet and Mars when the comet was discovered in 2013 but this was ruled out when the comet s orbit was determined more accurately Siding Spring Observatory Coonabarabran New South Wales Australia SBIG STL11000M camera.


Focus on Britishbased composers the Fidelio Trio.


Cutting a dash across the dark background the Philip Treacy Shocking Pink Roswell Hat is displayed at the press view of the Isabella Blow Fashion Galore exhibition in London The exhibition celebrates the life and wardrobe of the late British patron of fashion and art.


One Thing by Lauren Childreviewed by Reba and Amatullah One thing is a different kind of story book It features Charlie and Lola going to the shops with their mum Being generous their Mum allows them to choose 1 thing each but Lola being Lola tries to stretch it to 3 things I love how the mum doesn t give in to 3 things Charlie and Lola do a lot of counting in this fun book It s a great book for kids who enjoy counting and maths Amatullah loved this book and asks for it regularly Another brilliant book by the talented Lauren Child We love her books and illustrations in our house.


Nicola Sturgeon but what s going to happen when the election merrygoround stops.


Police officers arrive as Climate Rush protestors chain themselves to the fence of the business secretary s home.


Totes amazing Samantha Cameron attends the Christopher Kane show at London Fashion week.


An injured miner is taken away by police officers after the confrontation at Orgreave in June 1984.


Diamond jubilee celebrations in Westfield Park Bristol.


Charles Fernyhough a professor of psychology eavesdrops on our thoughts in an effort to explore the science of introspection.


Poetic planning Oslobased firm Snhetta s proposed design for Maggie s Aberdeen.


Dominique StraussKahn in Athens Greece 26 September 2012.


Dimitri Payet celebrates putting West Ham United 21 up at Blackburn Rovers after his side had trailed 10 in their FA Cup fifth round tie.


Dr Alan Sked launches the UK Independence party in 1993.


It s for you Carey Mulligan at the CFDAVogue Fashion Fund awards where she learned she d been cast in The Great Gatsby.


SimAnimals Africa aimed squarely at the kids market.


Imogen wears hat 69 by J Gordon from Fenwick Jumper 4995 and gilet 3995 both by Gap Shirt 109 by Baggies from Fenwick Jeans 190 by Acne from Liberty Bag 239 by Sud from Fenwick.


Fabian Delph tackles Coutinho as the first half finishes 11.


Cast of EastEnders in front of the Queen Vic.


Protesters march through St Louis in November to step up pressure on a grand jury to indict Darren Wilson for the killing of Michael Brown.


Avengers Assembly Ian Paisley and Timothy Spall.


Dhaka Bangladesh A boy delivers pairs of jeans to a client.


Labels are like racism Michael Jackson in 1983.


The start lights go green and the ramp drops to start a race between Michael Bromwich and Tre Whyte.


The GCSB spy base in Waihopai valley The damaged inflatable satellite dish cover right was caused after peace activists deflated the dome in 2008.


Under the stars Abu Nayim rests while the bright arc lights around his boat dazzle the sardine shoals below.


UK bankers dominate the highpay list drawn up by the EBA.


Yao Ming observes northern white rhinos at OlPejetta conservancy in Kenya The former NBA player has travelled to Africa for the first time as global ambassador for WildAid His conservation mission involves coming facetoface with elephants and rhinos and documenting the poaching crisis that is a result of growing Asian demand for rhino horn and ivory products.


Venezuelan National Guard members arrest an opposition activist for protesting against the government of President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas.


Do waiting times in A E really matter The right data can provide the answer.


Sean Quinn told the court that Anglo Irish Bank bosses asked him to come to a gentlemen s agreement.


An Eritrean asylum seeker working at a sawmill in Einsiedeln Abbey Switzerland where 30 Eritreans have been given refuge.


Centre of attention Bianca Jagger and critic Mark Shenton caused a scene at a performance of Einstein on the Beach.


Victoria Pendleton The thing is with horse racing I don t feel that level of expectation.


White Striped Anemones in Utopia off the southeast coast of England one of the new MCZs.


Nicola Sturgeon talks at an Edinburgh primary school before her speech on equality.


Virginia US WDBJTV7 meteorologist Leo Hirsbrunner right talks about the antics of cameraman Adam Ward during the early morning newscast along with anchors Kimberly McBroom and guest anchor Steve Grant at the station in Roanoke Ward and reporter Alison Parker were killed during a live broadcast on Wednesday while on assignment in Moneta.


The Today show rant 2005Already a bad year for Cruise s public profile this might have been 2005 s most damaging moment Appearing on the Today show in the US Cruise embarked on a lengthy repudiation of psychiatry and antidepressant medicine inviting stern questions from Today host Matt Lauer The debate seemed fair but a frowning Cruise leaned forward to lambast Lauer when he was challenged jabbing a finger and patronising the host something awful It was a glimpse behind the actor s silky public facade and not a very pleasant one.


A Planned Parenthood clinical assistant performs an ultrasound sonogram on an abortion patient in Austin Texas.


KlaasJan Huntelaar scored 48 goals in 47 appearances for Schalke in the 201112 season.


Greek Communist party supporters in the Aspropyrgos industrial area outside Athens show their support for steelworkers who have been on strike for months.


PhD student Steph Ratcliffe is counting down to her thesis deadline.


Day six No1 seed Serena Williams came from one set down to beat Elina Svitolina 46 62 60 and claim her place in the quarterfinals.


The Wada director general David Howman has said it would be naive not to suspect that some athletes in Sochi would be cheating.


A male emperor tamarin acts as a midwife helping his partner to give birth to their young He then carries the babies on his back bringing them back to Mum when it is time for her to feed them milk.


Liverpool s Jordan Henderson takes control as Leicester City s Shinji Okazaki is tackled during Liverpool s 10 win over the league leaders at Anfield.


French president Francois Hollande visiting a boiler factory in Dunkirk yesterday French manufacturing activity picked up this month.


From left Ali Horsfall Niamh Billie and Aoife Clarke.


Nathan Hughes s converted try levelled the scores at the Ricoh Arena and as a result both Wasps and Leinster reached the quarterfinals.


Delegates from the UK US France Switzerland and several other countries have become victims of a hacking attack at the UN climate summit in Paris.


Josh Dugan could miss three months with the ankle injury he picked up at Jubilee Oval.


Bobby Womack I m so glad Obama came through.


Figures from the British artist Antony Gormley s Another Place installation in front of turbines in the mouth of the river Mersey.


Calm before the storm the winter is coming.


Lawes also works on her own designs which are sold by an agent.


Jhonny Peralta of the Detroit Tigers slides into second base and is out as Cliff Pennington of the Oakland Athletics throws to first base trying to turn a double play during Game Three of the American League Division Series at OaklandAlameda County Coliseum on October 9 2012 in Oakland California.


Robert Schofield pays tribute to Father Ted.


The Australian Banana Growers Council has raised the idea of a voluntary levy to support those hit by Panama tropical race 4 disease at industry meetings.


News360 is a news aggregation app for Android tablets.


Shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt What we need is a summer of hard truths.


Rick Perry speaks to the media during a campaign stop at the South Carolina military museum.


Scratchcards instant reward and instant disappointment.


Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby Nelson Mandela said that dealing with poverty is not an act of charity it s an act of justice.


Protesters carry a photo of Anthony Hill on 11 March 2015 in Decatur Georgia.


Mexico City MexicoA clown checks her phone as she waits outside the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe as hundreds of clowns made their annual pilgrimage to pay their respects to Mexico s patron saint.


Andy Murray celebrates his victory over Juan Carlos Ferrero in the Wimbledon men s singles quarterfinal.


A woman giving evidence in court Alistair MacDonald s comments follow the lord chief justice s warning that rising court fees were imperilling a core principle of Magna Carta.


Both Lee Harris s friend and a former colleague remember this letter as being from David Toles a jailhouse snitch who said he overheard Harris admitting to a murder and whom an appellate judge called an admitted liar.


Arsenal have signed Petr Cech from Arsenal on a deal worth 100000aweek.


Dave Dunlap watches from the bed of his truck as the fire crosses Black Forest Road near his home on Tuesday the day the blaze broke out.


The main gate at the Fort Hood army base near Killeen in Texas.


Luis Suarez s transfer to Barcelona is unlikely to be completed until early next week as negotiations with Liverpool continue.


Harry Kewell spent five seasons with Liverpool as a player.


Berkel en Rodenrijs The Netherlands A person on a scooter struggles in the snow.


Christopher Pyne admits such as swift parliamentary apology does set a precedent.


Commander John Barsano welcomes Ron Ingraham aboard the USS Paul Hamilton after rescuing him on Tuesday.


An Orthodox priest poses with his cat for glossy calendar.


Fireworks light up the New Year over Sydney Harbour Australia.


The Nectar card loyalty scheme ad based on a famous wartime poster.


Some of McCoy s trophies displayed at his home including horseshoes of every Grade One winner for owner JP McManus the MBE and OBE two Cheltenham Gold Cups and the Lester s given for jockey of the year.


David Cameron and Nick Clegg in one of the TV debates in 2010.


Australian forces have been awaiting legal clearance to deploy in Iraq for weeks.


A bird covered in oil perches on the banks of the San Juan river in Cadereyta An oil pipeline spill contaminated the river in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon The MaderoCadereyta pipeline was ruptured when thieves attempted to tap into it.


New York Yankees Alex Rodriguez speaks to reporters.


Peers leave the House of Lords following the state opening of parliament.


A proRussian separatist shows members of the media a black box belonging to Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.


Ron McDougall of Hull has only been able to get flood insurance because of the government agreement that existing policyholders should be able to buy cover.


The aurora borealis taken last night from Kebister Ness in Shetland.


Facilities at the Manus Island regional processing facility.


Hyde and seek Rolling Stones to play second date in the park this summer.


8 November A Saudi worker sews Islamic calligraphy in gold thread on a drape to cover the Kaaba at the kiswa factory in the holy city of Mecca The Kaaba cover is called the kiswa and is changed every year at the culmination of the hajj.


Craig Mackey the Metropolitan police s deputy commissioner.


A social worker holds a workshop on nutrition for breastfeeding mothers in a poor area of Monrovia Liberia.


Yvette Cooper said 13 police forces have so far confirmed plans to force more than 2100 of the most experienced police officers in England and Wales into early retirement by 2015.


Alistair Darling is to become a director of Morgan Stanley.


Voting during the 2010 general election.


Gloria Foster had been receiving care from a company that was closed down.


Damon said Enfield was there to represent that great British institution the tea lady The band ended the night with a rousing rendition of The Universal.


Hilary Mantel said that the abuse she received in the wake of her lecture was personal and unpleasant.


Wait till their friends get on Facebook.


Francois Hollande comforts Doctor and Charlie Hebdo columnist Patrick Pelloux in at a freedom of speech rally in Paris.


Bill Clinton made the comments at the 20th international Aids conference in Melbourne on Wednesday.


Yonden one of three Tibetans reportedly shot by police in Luhuo.


We ve created something here says the Moravian book shop s manager What you hear people say is we re an experience.


Locals celebrate the inauguration of composting toilets in an El Alto neighbourhood in La Paz Bolivia Many people have no sewerage service for them the closest river is the bathroom but Sumaj Huasi an NGO provides families with some materials and the plans to build their own toilets close to their homes but in separate buildings The homeowner supplies the labour and easytoacquire materials.


Gym investigation the OFT s move follows a high court case between itself and Ashbourne Management Services.


Laura Kuenssberg Newsnight s chief correspondent will present the hustings on Wednesday 17 June.


I hope that my research will contribute to a culture change which is not only more empathetic to patients but also to the staff who care for them says Jill Maben.


The port tower at Genoa before a container ship smashed into it.


Moscow is beautiful with the history but it s even more beautiful when history meets modern cultural programmes This installation is a part of one of them Such things can be seen in the city when we have holidays.


Accenture Flappy Bird creator removes game from app stores 10 Feb 2014.


Argentina s opposition challenger Mauricio Macri addresses his supporters during a closing campaign rally in Quebrada de Humahuca.


1 September Calm before the storm Hatteras Village North Carolina.


Spring Blossom Simply Blossom taken by Roantrum on 20 April 2010.


Luxembourg finance minister Pierre Gramegna has admitted that situations where companies are paying no taxes or very little taxes are not a good result.


Not much snow about an advertisement for the Winter Olympics in Sochi.


Nesta s Innovation in Giving fund has helped to tackle isolation of older people by using online resources.


Kennedy celebrates his election as Lib Dem leader in 1999 with his then girlfriend Sarah Gurling and parents Mary and Ian.


Clawscratch sweatshirt 162 by Markus Lupfer from matchesfashioncom.


Mike Hammerton outside his new home in Osbaldwick.


A safe bet A copy of Charles Darwin s book On the Origin of Species in front of a life size stone bust of the naturalist at London s Natural History Musuem.


The site of one of Cambodia s Killing Fields The Khmer Rouge regime is blamed for causing 17 million deaths during its 4year rule.


The Beatles Name a song you ll find a cover version.


Palestinian protesters burn the Israeli flag during clashes with Israeli border police following the killing of Eitam and Naama Henkin.


Director Rachid Bouchareb poses with cast members Roschdy Zem Jamel Debbouze Sami Bouajila and Chafia Boudraa during a photocall for the film Hors La Loi earlier today.


TAGR is it a game or is it a way for Microsoft to get us to do its imagetagging dirty work.


In 1972 Sharon Rice Vaughan became a cofounder of a collective Women s Advocates which was initially a legal helpline for women.


Director Amir Amirani with Hans Blix former UN weapons inspector in Iraq.


Brothers Mahdi and AmirAbbas from Afghanistan at lunch with their Iraqi friend Mahood.


Michael Lawler left with Kathy Jackson has taken nine months sick leave on full pay since June last year.


Fiona Shaw as Winnie in Happy Days at the National in 2007 Particularly as he aged Samuel Beckett wrote some extraordinary roles for women none more so than in this almostonewoman show in which a senior performer must enact the human tragicomedy while buried first to her waist then to her neck in sand.


Starfish on a bed of sea grass Called the last paradise on earth Raja Ampat acrhipelago was nominated as World Heritage Site of Unesco with its largely pristine environment considered as one of the most important marine biodiversities in the world.


Fuentes examines another pregnant patient There are four women in her district who caught Zika during the early stages of their pregnancy She does not have an ultrasound in her clinic and is only able to listen to a baby s heartbeat.


David Bowie s career bears testimony to the fact that the sight of a man in makeup can do powerful things to a woman s nether regions.


Jarrod Bleijie announces legislation to protect the community from sex offenders at a press conference in Brisbane on Wednesday.


The Beano Book 1989 Front cover Dennis the Menace painting a portrait of Gnasher as the Gnashing Cavalier drawn by David Sutherland.


Nigerian officials transport the body of a victim after gunmen attacked churchgoers in Kano.


Clara Amfo presents Radio 1 s midmorning show.


Mo Farah celebrates after winning the 3000m in the Diamond League meet at the Olympic Stadium.


A member of the Kung Fu Monks of Shaolin.


The CASPro device that could revolutionise the way blood pressure is measured on the NHS.


Satellite images show the damage done to Sumatra s lowland tropical forest 8m hectares were lost to logging farming and other changes in land use between 1990 and 2000 alone with an area roughly the size of El Salvador cleared every year If deforestation continues at the present rate lowland trees on the island and neighboring Borneo will disappear by 2010 say conservationists.


Armstrong with his wife Jan and son Mark then 10 in their home in Houston Texas a few months before the mission began.


This poster from 1932 praises literacy in Leningrad.


George Knapp shows off a kitten he adopted from the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Boston.


Bernard Foley left and Dan Carter are two of the key players in the Rugby World Cup final.


Microdairies can provide a far more ethical alternative to massproduced dairy products.


Mic Righteous described the act as an extraordinary act of censorship.


Fulham striker Bobby Zamora is to meet Hull City manager Phil Brown to discuss a 5m transfer.


Roger Hiorns celebrated blue crystal work Seizure acquired by the Arts Council Collection in 2011.


Good vibrations Maggie Gyllenhaal is to star in Victorianera romcom Hysteria.


Total conviction Ben Forster as Buddy and Mark McKerracher as Santa in Elf the Musical at the Dominion London.


Crowdfunding paid for a supercomputer to search for exomoons in the vast quantities of data from the Kepler space telescope Credits AmesJPLCaltechNasa.


Hanging on in there chancellor George Osborne.


Dr Chris Bird listening to the respiration of a patient at Lulimba hospital Kimbi Lulenge.


100 of the 166 detainees at Guantanamo Bay are now refusing food.


Zaha Hadid s Investcorp building at St Anthony s College.


Buenos Aires ArgentinaCristina Fernandez de Kirchner waves to supporters in the Plaza de Mayo on the eve of her leaving presidential office.


Victoria Cross recipient Daniel Keighran speaks during the Anzac Day dawn service at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.


United Nations investigator Raquel Rolnik stood by her criticism of the bedroom tax.


Shakira s racy video with Rihanna made her the top YouTube star in February.


Demand Energy Equality members show people how to make solar panels in Oxford.


Towan Roath engine house St Agnes Mebyon Kernow is campaigning for the creation of a national assembly for Cornwall.


Supporters of the farright Golden Dawn party at an election rally ahead of Sunday s election.


Hubei province Wuhan city Local residents walk along the bare bed of the Yangtze river during a drought in Hankou The drought has lowered the water levels in the middle section of the Yangtze river to near record lows local authorities said.


Sunday 20 March People confront police during an antiwar and antinuclear march in Tokyo.


Ange Postecoglou is looking at a number of players before the 2015 Asian Cup.


Chris Keates general secretary of NASUWT said her union s strategy had secured notable successes in the past two years.


A computer class in Pyongyang in 2005 Internet access is extremely restricted in North Korea.


One housing association warned tenants that with benefit cuts around the corner playing bingo is a nonessential.


Ciaran Clark of Aston Villa and Matthew James of Leicester City look like a pair of rutting stags as they clash following a rash tackle by James on Villa s Jores Okore Both players received a red card Bottom side Leicester City boosted their survival hopes with a second home Premier League win of the season against fellow strugglers Villa courtesy of a Paul Konchesky volley from 18 yards.


Fara Williams overcame homelessness to become one of England s greatest ever footballers.


Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of the leader of the Catholic church in Ireland Sean Brady.


Fantastic flaw Fox s superhero reboot might have bombed but it could get a sequel regardless.


Rooney applauds the fans after the deserved win.