Barack Obama made clear he would not tolerate similar tactics from weapons manufacturers.


Nearly two thirds of London 2012 ticket applicants missed out in the first round.


Nick Kyrgios showed ingenuity and gumption during his five set victory over Andreas Seppi.


Joy Division s Ian Curtis a photograph by Kevin Cummins.


William H Macy poses in the press room with the award for outstanding male actor.


Robin Wood and Steve Tomlin take a break while scything an orchard in Edale Peak District.


Against the tides A marsh harrier at Lakenheath It is amazing to think that this bird is hunting over what a dozen or so years ago was carrot fields and is now an amazing wetland part of a landscape restored This grab shot was taken on a quick walk after attending the retirement bash of Norman Sills the creator of Lakenheath Fen and Titchwell Marsh nature reserves Not a bad CV By Bull of the Bog.


Steve Treatment right with Christine Isherwood He was inspired by T Rex and Marc Bolan.


Since the beginning of time we have expected our leaders to be supermen unlike mere mortals We want them to be much greater than us so that we can look up to them.


Northern Ireland s goverment has vowed to remove the peace walls but no formal mechanism exists for dismantling them.


Tesco s success is attributed to Sir Terry Leahy s quiet leadership style and his firm grip on the business.


Esther Galo and her date pose for a picture before heading off to her 2014 prom.


Armed Swiss police officers stand guard on the roof of a hotel the day before the opening of the World Economic Forum in Davos.


Daniel Sturridge attempts to control the ball under pressure from John Stones However the Liverpool striker was nt able to control his emotions as he reacted with shock and dismay to manager Brendan Rodgers s decision to substitute him.


Zero Freitas holds a copy of Dylan Thomas narrating Under Milk Wood.


King of the singalongs Louis and Baloo in Walt Disney s The Jungle Book.


Ai Weiwei argues with a policeman outside his home in Beijing where he says he was barred from the first hearing in his company s lawsuit against the tax authorities.


People light candles to pay tribute to the victims of the Paris attacks.


Equality in the household leads to better outcomes for fathers mothers and their children a study has found.


Radio ga ga Peter Ferraro and Frank Prisinzano at East Village Radio s studio in New York City.


Balinese hold a candlelight vigil after 2002 s Bali bombing The attack opened the door for cooperation on counterterrorism between Australia and Indonesia.


The England and New Zealand teams line up for the national anthems.


A lotus flower blossoms at the scenery spot of the Daming Lake in Jinan capital of east China s Shandong Province.


As the sun and moon approach each other and the daylight takes on an eerie cast cameras and telescopes are hauled out.


Phyllida Barlow poses beside her piece Untitled upturned house 2 which she has gifted to Tate Modern.


Michael Laudrup says he wants to consolidate Swansea next season when they will be playing in the Europa League.


The best thing about the Letterbox Club is opening the parcel.


Guests checking in at the MGM Grand the venue for the fight can t get away from it.


Israel Dagg of the All Blacks is tackled by Rob Kearney of Ireland.


Where s the soul Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi in The Blues Brothers.


Salvador Dali was a painter as famous for his odd behaviour and curly moustache as much as for his artwork He was part of a movement called the Surrealists who liked to play games in their work I ve included a few drawing games here that you can do Making art into a game can give you surprising and funny results.


Mongolian boy jockeysBoys aged 6 16 are the jockeys in Mongolia competing for big money prizes and prestige for their families The do not always have a saddle or even more rarely a helmet An 8 year old won this race of 8km.


In fact Isaac Asimov predicted 50 years ago this week the 2014 World s Fair may have as one of its prime exhibits a robot housemaid.


Included in the auction described by one observer as a fancy suburban garage sale was this set of Homer Laughlin ceramic white plates.


Burundian police drive by the scene of a grenade attack in Bujumbura on Monday.


The prime minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha leave a polling station at Methodist Central Hall Westminster.


Rebecca Trevalyan cofounder of West Norwood s Library of Things.


Millions of gamers could not use their PlayStation 4 after an apparent cyberattack at Christmas.


European Commission president JeanClaude Juncker admitted the tax deals struck with huge corporations sullied his reputation.


Rentokil said this morning thirdquarter profits excluding oneoff items had doubled to 496m.


Thomas Begley s plaque is unveiled in the Ardoyne area of Belfast on Sunday He died along with nine other people while planting a bomb 20 years ago.


A monster question mark detail from Stu Smith s cover design for High Moor 2 Moonstruck.


This is a perfect dish for a warm spring evening served with new season asparagus and greens.


Pria Warrick gives tips to students during a class on confidence building in Delhi.


A McDonald s fastfood restaurant by Tretyakovskaya metro station in Moscow.


Haven t they done well Kate and Pippa fall into Wallop s middleclassmadegood category.


Harbin China A bride poses for a photograph after a group wedding ceremony during the 26th Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival.


Clare Presland as Musetta with other cast members in La Boheme at the Cock Tavern Theatre north London in 2009 where there were disputes about actors salaries.


Accountability in social housing How to get it right.


Sarah Wilson I went to the police and they were like you ve got no evidence so there s nothing we can really do about it.


A local resident pours a bucket of seawater over a melonheaded whale beached on the shore of Hokota city.


Time Stop I got off in Canary Wharf one day during the rush hour with people running everywhere these two guys were kissing for so long that looking at them seemed like they could make time go slower People weren t running anymore during the time I took the picture.


The river Ouse in flood at the King s Staith area in York north Yorkshire.


ODonnell used campaign emails from New York senator Kristen Gillibrand as support in his sentencing.


A supply ship takes Neil on the final leg of his journey in Canada.


Look at what the war wrought More than nine million troops were killed and as many as 10 million civilians.


Baltimore s protestors deserved more from David Simon than a blogpost.


Isis fighters marching in Raqqa where the teenager was headed.


Melbourne boy 17 pleads guilty to terrorismrelated charge.


Competitions require entrants to agree to T Cs.


The growing number of devices used to access the internet is believed to have caused a crash that disabled eBay in Europe.


A vehicle drives along a flooded section of Hayneville Road in west Montgomery Alabama on Christmas morning.


Tricky Matthew Duncan and Benjamin Weaver in The Rape of Lucretia.


Torah Bright of Australia Kaitlyn Farrington of the US and Kelly Clark of the US celebrate.


Ministry of Justice figures show that 11100 properties were repossessed in England and Wales between July and September.


Rodger Federer serves to Grigor Dimitrov on his way to the final in Brisbane.


Bret Easton Ellis women lack the crucial male gaze he says.


French student Sacha in an American Apparel hat.


Ipswich crown court where Anthony Riley was convicted.


Emmeline Christabel and Sylvia Pankhurst in 1911 Sylvia is to be honoured with a statue at Clerkenwell Green in London.


The shortsnouted seahorse or hippocampus hippocampus is much stockier and can grow to around 175cm Like the spiny seahorse it is a master of disguise and can change its colour to match its surroundings.


The most frequently purchased of the residents photos at the Crouch End Festival exhibition.


Livingstone said the Johnson s decision to recommend Wadley as Arts Council for London chair was quite simply a payoff.


Bamboo scaffolding is still used for the constructions of highrises it s cheap and versatile.


Sheikh Mansour has invested a huge amount of money into Manchester City since buying the club in 2008.


There have been so many cases where we know who the vulnerable children are lacking adult affection and attention seeking it with the only thing that makes an adult notice their existence sex.


Micaela Carosi in the title role with Marco Vratogna as Amonasro in Aida at the Royal Opera House.


Danny Briggs has been ruled out for England after twisting his ankle.


Novelist Ian McEwan with Alex Salmond Scotland s first minister at the Edinburgh international book festival.


The author s parents present him at his wedding in 2011 His father died in 2013 after a long battle with polio.


A new study has shown the average winning time for a sixfurlong race over the past 15 years reduced by more than a second.


Soldiers stand at the gates of a court after the court announced the adjournment of the trial of US citizen Sharif Mobley in June.


An Edison Chouest ship at work The company owns the ship from which two Americans were kidnapped this week Photo Gregory MessierAFPGetty.


The approach of the South Central Foundation in Alaska which has family wellness at its centre has yielded impressive results.


Harry Kane s form this season for Tottenham has seen him rewarded with a first England cap.


A berserker warrior acts as a rook or castle made from the walrus ivory or whales teeth part of the medieval Lewis chess set.


Tony Abbott and George Brandis announcing their 630m counterterrorism package.


Wheel clamping may be be banned but private parking companies are accused of overcharging drivers by 100m in 2013 alone.


Ellie Goulding s transmogrification into Axl Rose is nearly complete.


A large kitchen knife makes a fetching addition to this man s costume.


French infantrymen outside a wine shop 1916.


An expert from the Mines Advisory Group inspects an unexploded Israeli cluster bomb in the Lebanese village of Ouazaiyeh Lebanon after the 2006 war.


Thibaut Courtois of Atletico Madrid applauds the fans after the 11 draw against Barcelona at Camp Nou.


Trading down Kent A stroll from the centre of the Cinque Port town of Sandwich is the picket fence guarding this 189950 twobed cottage It s a miniature lifestyle but a pretty one There are gardens front and back and planners may sanction a rear parking space Inside is a 20ft reception with an ornamental fireplace while upstairs is a bathroom Trains run direct to London GW Finn Sons 01304 612 147.


Edmund Stoiber s recommendations were reported to be partly aimed at keeping Britain in the EU.


Part of a letter written by Prince Charles to Harold Wilson in 1969.


ID magazine is printed in the UK distributed internationally and has a 90000 circulation.


Traffic crossing the Brooklyn Bridge leaves streaks of light while a test of the Tribute in Light rises from the lower Manhattan skyline in New York.


Dame Judi Dench in her seventh Bond film as M poses for photographers.


Twoyearold Sakuya Zui at an indoor playground.


With friends like these Grimshaw with Pixie Geldof and Alexa Chung.


The show gets under way with the host Miley Cyrus styled by Simone Harouche performing.


Here come the bros bare chest and short shorts.


Adults think we re too young to understand inequality Donald Sutherland as President Snow.


An artist s sketch of the Dutch engineer Vincent Tabak in the dock at Bristol crown court.


Roll with it Rhik Samadder using the Shy Herb Chopper.


Game 3 between the Los Angeles Clippers and Golden State Warriors was a physical affair all the way to the game s controversial ending.


View of the building of the municipal presidency that was attacked by alleged gunmen in Padilla Tamaulipas Mexico.


On the money Harry Enfield as Tim Nice But Dim.


The Scottish National party opposes the renewal of the Trident weapons systems based at Faslane on the Clyde.


Original and replica cycles race around the moor and is only held once every ten years Competitors have to complete as many laps of the one kilometre course as many times as they can in the threehour time limit.


A painting believed to be The Naked Woman by Pablo Picasso recovered in a raid in Hillah about 60 miles south of Baghdad.


Ayham Hakni standing outside the tent he shares with his mother and three other families at Idomeni.


Glen Carron Highlands Voters arrive at a polling station in a caravan at Coulags near Lochcarron where around 50 people are expected to vote.


Vinnie Jones has had three operations to remove cancerous patches two under his eye and one on the back of his head.


Up close and personal Ben Whishaw and Robert Boulter in the Menier production of Mercury Fur.


11 February 2000 Mandelson plays with his dog Bobby in the grounds of Hillsborough Castle in Northern Ireland.


Rudimental with their Brit award for best single Waiting All Night.


Smart Knife by Jeon Chang Dae for Electrolux Design Lab.


Public sector union members stage a tug of war in Westminster to protest against cuts in public sector pensions.


A Ferguson firefighter surveys rubble at a strip mall that was set on fire when rioting erupted following the grand jury announcement in the Michael Brown case.


Robert F Kennedy campaigning for the presidency in Detroi May 1968.


The CQC s annual inpatient survey paints a positive picture of the NHS.


Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid George Roy Hill 1969 One of the most commercially successful products of the Hollywood new wave and the creation of a nowiconic pairing of Paul Newman and Robert Redford Newman was by far the bigger star at the time and originally Steve McQueen was going to play opposite him director George Roy Hill insisted on Redford when McQueen bailed over billing With a potent mix of comedy and thrills it s probably the most popular western ever made Ages 10 Buy this film.


Binyamin Netanyahu speaks in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba.


Honda s Swindon factory has been working a twoday week but flexible working hours arrangements mean pay has been maintained for its 3000 staff.


The Cerrejon mine in La Guajira Colombia As South America s largest openpit coal mine Cerrejon boasts a production capacity of 32m tonnes per year.


Mount Rainier Washington state A flight engineer stands near the open rear door of a Chinook helicopter during a mountain search and rescue training exercise.


Antigovernment protesters wave flags and voice their dissatisfaction at the Pearl roundabout.


Director Cristian Mungiu had already picked up the best screenplay prize Cannes generally frowns on lavishing gongs on one film ever since Haneke s The Piano Teacher swept the board at the start of the noughties.


Frankie Dettori is attending France Galop s medical committee in Paris hoping for the allclear after a sixmonth ban.


The Aurora s icecaked deck in the Southern Ocean.


Doomed Onegin renews his addresses but Tatiana has grown up.


Ukrainian soldiers charge a Grad rocket launcher system in the Luhansk region.


Actors Viggo Mortensen and Kristen Stewart look as though they would rather be somewhere else as they pose for photographers at the On The Road premiere.


Alejandro Sanchez helps hold a banner during a May Day rally on Friday May 1.


For Tories to be auctioning off pheasant shooting in our nation of food banks zerohour contracts and poverty wages well it should concentrate the senses.


Spain has the tenth oldest population in the world with an average age of 432 years.


Why not ditch the bags and use a teapot.


Koala joey Blondie Bumstead asleep wrapped in a blanket at the Ipswich Koala protection society Queensland Australia.


The best time to take the cable car to the top of Sugarloaf is sunset as the city below lights up.


Mouth almighty Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes at Coachella.


Jenson Button s experience will be vital for McLaren.


Spirulina powder has become a popular dietary supplement but its flavour is less admired.


A Cuadrilla drilling rig exploring the Bowland shale in Lancashire for gas.


Newcastle upon Tyne This is a city of bridges These arches over the river Tyne join the towns of Newcastle and Gateshead.


Mo Yan winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature at a press conference in Stockholm.


Shattered dreams Zawe Ashton plays Joyce Vincent in Carol Morley s Dreams of a Life.


Karachi Pakistan People shift bodies of the victims of a heatwave to a mortuary The death toll in the southern province of Sindh has climbed to 500 The temperature in the port city of Karachi where more than 450 people have died has been hovering around 45 degree Celsius for three days.


Aberavon constituency winner Stephen Kinnock s wife Prime Minister of Denmark Helle ThorningSchmidt and daughter Johanna Kinnock celebrate his victory as the General Election result is called at Neath Sports Centre.


Evolution is like a dance it s not going anywhere wrote Goodwin.


Julie Dyer and her partner Rob Sullivan who entered the house to rescue the baby girl from her cot upstairs.


Bursting into neon life Zaha Hadid s Guangzhou Opera house.


A deeply considered performance Mark Cronfield as the troubled Paul in The Rocking Horse Winner.


Barbara Kruger s Untitled is displayed with Donald Moffett s He Kills Me at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.


A protest in favour of abortion legislation outside the Irish parliament building in November.


Manchester United fans at Old Trafford hold up tribute posters at their League Cup match against West Bromwich Albion five days after Best s death in 2005.


BBC1 crime drama Shetland began on Sunday night it was watched by 64 million viewers.


Kim Selwood creates furniture inspired by his favourite contemporary designers chairs being his speciality Based in Glasgow he struggled through ice and snow to get to KDF.


An employee of the municipality looks at the site of a landslide at the Roca Tarpeya neighbourhood in Caracas.


Jenson Button s partner Jessica Michibata signs autographs for fans.


The rupture of the Enbridge pipeline caused the most damaging onshore oil spill in US history poisoning 35 miles of waterway.


Celtic s Virgil van Dijk is a target for Southampton.


Average stress of different commutes to Google HQ after the vision plan.


Muslim Brotherhood members and Morsi supporters protest.


Hot Stufffrom The Full Monty As suggested by Casswood Foulneypebble IgnatiusDuFecDespite not being especially noteworthy in terms of technical expertise this absentminded routine performed by The Full Monty s unemployed steel workers while waiting to sign on at the job centre has stuck in the minds of many perhaps even more so than the film s final number While rumour has it that the dolequeue dancing nearly did nt make the director s final cut it is often considered one of the film s standout scenes and was even recreated by Prince Charles on a trip to Sheffield the following year.


When Monica was hospitalised with breast cancer in 1969 Searle drew a series of private cartoons of Mrs Mole to cheer her up during arduous therapy The drawings were only exhibited for the first time last year.


An American MQ9 Reaper unmanned aircraft able to carry precisionguided bombs and airtoground missiles.


A griffon vulture at a centre run by the Black Vulture Conservation Foundation near Campanet Mallorca.


Because DS Steve Fulcher had not followed the rules details of the interview were not deemed admissible in court.


Boophis bottae is one of 69 amphibians discovered over the past 11 years The global importance of Madagascar s amphibian species is paramount especially because of the group s extreme diversity on the island A recent study based on DNA sequences of 2850 specimens sampled from over 170 localities revealed that there are twice as many amphibian species than previously thought from the currently described 244 species to a minimum of 373 but possibly as many as 46535.


Edric KennedyMacfoy has accused police of behaving like wild animals.


Sumatran elephant calf and its mother from Tesso Nilo national park Riau Sumatra Indonesia.


Women who have fought against injustice take pride of place in the Guardian s top 10 women of 2011.


Sailing the seven seas with Tyrone Power in The Black Swan 1942.


Tanita Tikaram performs in Wroclaw Poland on 19 June.


Low uptake of school meals already means some schools miss out on pupil premium funding.


Tiananmen Square seen through a veil of smog Authorities in Beijing have announced new measures to tackle air pollution.


Graves sits in his Princeton New Jersey studio in 2009 holding a bathtub handle he designed to help the handicapped and elderly.


Slaven Bilic is in talks to take over at Besiktas after his dismissal by Lokomotiv Moscow last week.


Dublin Personal debts will push up the cost of bailing out Ireland s banks a City of London trading firm has predicted.


Macedonia s foreign minister Nikola Poposki welcomed the ICJ ruling.


Franie s thoughts are from their own vivid imagination says the niece of Frances Shea played in Legend by Emily Browning.


Conquering America British and Irish actors are taking a disproportionate number of leading roles in US film and TV raising concerns among some in Hollywood.


Moscow Dynamo s Christopher Samba suffered racist chanting during the derby game against Torpedo.


Air France staff demonstrate near the company headquarters in RoissyenFrance.


Brazil s Marta works to get to the ball between the United States Julie Johnston and Morgan Brian.


The clearest sign of head chef Jeff Kipp s American roots are in the nibbles warm cornbread with sweet sticky tomato jam and goat s cheese says Jay.


A satellite dish sits amid debris in a home destroyed when dams of an iron ore mine burst causing a mudslide in the village of Bento Rodrigues Brazil The village was home to about 600 people until the dam burst unleashing a tsunami of mud that swept away nearly everything in its path flattening houses uprooting trees and tossing cars asunder.


A letter from CSIRO management to staff says there will be a planned reduction in microbiology and virology expertise.


A badly sunburned holidaymaker admires his friend s leopardprint briefs while standing at the bar of a holiday camp on Corfu Originally puvlished in the Picture Post in 1954 with the title A Place in the Sun for You.


Sofia Bulgaria Clown doctor Koko peers through the curtains behind the stage before the start of his Laughter Therapy session at the pediatric department of Sofia s main emergency medical centre.


Going for gold A Chorus Line at London Palladium.


A Dong Energy worker stands on the base platform of a newly erected turbine at the Gunfleet Sands windfarm off the coast of Brightlingsea Essex.


Protesters outside Johannesburg University in Soweto.


US secretary of state John Kerry talks with China s special representative on climate change Xie Zhenhua.


Amazeing Laughter by Yue Minjun Vancouver A major attraction in Vancouver BC the bronze statues capture the imagination of all who walk by Some individuals find the sculpted images of the artist in various poses grotesque creepy even while others see humour and playfulness in them The 14 statues cause pause to reflect.


Football rattles There are apps for that but not in this roundup.


Rob Portman has signed on to playact Obama in debate prep sessions with Mitt Romney.


Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword give us your questions for the men behind the legend.


Kamelia Bin Zaal pictured at Al Barari in Dubai.


Gary Smith took over at Stevenage in January 2012 and led the club to a League One playoff semifinal.


Almost a third of the 40 patients studied suffered an increased chance of dying as a result of waiting to seek help.


Islamophobic Probably yes but phobia means fear rather than hatred Michel Houellebecq.


Nonmainstream lenders can charge borrowers excessive levels of interest.


Pirozhkova was responsible for the engineering of the celebrated cupolas containing mosaics by Alexander Deineka at Mayakovskaya metro station in Moscow.


The 42mm Apple Watch Sport on various sizes of male and female wrists.


Nineyearold Gianpierre break dances at a traffic junction in the San Borja district in Lima Peru Gianpierre and his brother perform on streets to make a living from tips given by drivers and they make an average of 4 a day.


A firefighter douses flames from a backfire while battling the Butte fire near San Andreas California on 12 September 2015.


The campaign for a basic income for all argues that the scheme would cost less than our complex benefits system would remove the stigma from state support and boost productivity.


Steamed spiced crab a Baltimore delicacy.


Eastbourne in Sussex has the the highest median age in England and Wales according to the ONS.


Guangzhou ChinaTowels hung out to dry in a mostly abandoned area.


Bradley Wiggins has ended speculation over his future by agreeing a move to Team Sky.


Maison Margiela is being subtly remodelled in Galliano s image his maximalist tendencies clear in those mismatched shoes and layered multicoloured wigs.


Then she dons her helmet and prepares to ride.


People in an IDP camp in Mogadishu queue for food August 2011.


David Miliband addresses a Movement For Change rally as part of his campaign to win the Labour party leadership.


The allparty group has warned that poor diets are posing a risk to bone growth in the UK.


Godzilla vs the Sea Monster 1966Godzilla battles the giant lobster Ebirah while being attacked by a giant condor Mothra flaps around ineffectually.


National Express handed back the east coast mainline in July.


Buenos Aires Argentina A transgender model has her makeup done before a fashion show.


Monster Hunter Tri not a quick mess about for half an hour game.


British security personnel help a wounded embassy guard.


In Djupivogur CocaCola and petrol signs are banned but the workshops of local craftspeople are extravagantly signposted.


Corporal Hurtle Emery who was killed in action in France on 11 April 1917.


People exchanging food for tickets in 1923 Germany Many including Keynes argued that led to the rise of the Nazis and the second world war.


Salt Mine Chapel An underground chapel in the Wieliczka salt mine in Poland.


Started the tape copying it then popped out for a coffee When he returned people in the next door office were crying overcome with emotion at the old man s voice.


Guardian music editor Tim Jonze and Ye Xiao.


Billy Slater feels the pain as Storm go down to defeat against the Warriors.


Freida Pinto gets close to a baby elephant in Kaziranga National Park for India Nature s Wonderland.


Street protests in the Burkina Faso capital Ouagadougou against Thursday s military coup.


Lawyers in March 2014 protesting at cuts to the legal aid budget Thousands staged a walkout from courts in England and Wales.


Fatboy Slim he wants your email address.


The English National Opera s home the Coliseum.


France captain Thierry Dusautoir left and head coach Marc Lievremont after their team s semifinal victory over Wales.


Clegg addresses supporters outside Southampton General hospital.


Cost effective Colour printer ink cartridges can cost more than the machine.


Culture secretary Maria Miller has brokered a 4G peace deal between mobile phone rivals.


An Invasion Day protest in Hobart most Australians do nt know or do nt want to know about the extent of the violence that accompanied European colonial settlement.


Team GB athletes at the Olympic parade Sporting bodies fear leaving PE out of the Ebacc will affect medal hopes in future.


Brad Pitt in Fury David Ayer brings a certain bloodonthelens integrity to proceedings.


Dr Rowan Williams at a press conference in Lambeth Palace last month.


Baby language from the Teletubbies TinkyWinky Dipsy Laa Laa and Po.


British second world war veteran Welland points at KohimaImphal veteran Kinoshita.


Manchester United s Fabio da Silva left is congratulated by Javier Hernandez after scoring against Norwich City in this season s Capital One Cup in a rare appearance for the leftback.


Woody Allen says working with US comedian Louis CK would be fun.


Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini believes Yaya Toure is coming into form at exactly the right time.


UEA creative writing graduate Ian McEwan.


Victoria Previous artworks on the underground have included largescale artworks at Gloucester Road Station.


The Costa Concordia is due to be dragged away on Tuesday from Giglio where it crashed in 2012 killing 32 people.


Too close for comfort investor Warren Buffett left and star Josh Brolin at the Wall Street Money Never Sleeps premiere.


A frog covered in oil sits on a plant in an oil contaminated swamp in El Reventador east of Quito Ecuador.


Scallions for sale in a Bucharest market The arrival of supermarkets in Romania and elsewhere in eastern Europe has squeezed out local suppliers.


Little Comets blazing a trail for alternative marketing techniques.


Ed Miliband The legitimacy of action being taken in Syria would be better to have a UN security council resolution.


Tablets killed netbooks now smartphones are killing off cheap computers and replacing tablets for some duties.


Mark Cavendish of EtixxQuickStep team celebrates on the podium with the Dubai Tour trophy.


A performer takes part in the opening of the Temple Fair at Ditan Park in Beijing.


Katherine Manley and the excellent Roderick Williams in ENO s Sunken Garden at the Barbican It may be one hour longer than necessary.


Cliff Richard the ahem most radical rock nroll singer Britain has ever seen.


Hanging on the Weekly s every word in a back garden in Brixton London.


Roy Hodgson told a press conference on Thursday he hoped the furore over his remarks could now be left behind.


I really wanted a car just sometimes without any of the bad stuff says Chase who cofounded Zipcar.


Zimbabwe s finance minister Tendai Biti drew criticism in parliament over the award of contracts to foreign companies.


Ages Oil and acrylic on canvas 150x200 cm 2014.


Scientists remotely detected magmatic water or water that originates from deep within the moon s interior on the surface of the moon.


People s Assembly Against Austerity national secretary Sam Fairbairn.


The group Vote for Marriage NC which supported the gay marriage ban celebrated its win on Tuesday with a wedding cake topped with a heterosexual couple.


Two thirds of people recently polled do not believe that the man killed by US forces was Osama bin Laden.


Pakistan s president Asif Ali Zardari made prison visits to captured Taliban leaders according to the LSE report.


Will PSG tempt France s No1 Hugo Lloris back across the Channel.


A demonstrator sprays the slogan Anticapitalism on a billboard during a protest march in central Copenhagen December 11 2009.


A 22yearold man was refused bail after being charged with offensive behaviour relating to alleged upskirting images on his mobile phone taken on Sydney trains.


Crystals thousands of years in the making.


Lady GoGo Goch by Birmingham s Kiln part of BAC s season A Nation s Theatre.


Usain Bolt has talked up his chances of winning the 100m at the Anniversary Games in London on Friday.


Only 58 of Labour backers said they thought Corbyn would do the job best while 89 of Tory voters chose David Cameron.


This view of the landscape from The first colour image sent back by Curiosity the Mars rover.


Activists outside Parliament House in Canberra to protest the planned closures of remote Aboriginal communities Thursday March 19 2015.


Desmond Tutu says that the way his friend Nelson Mandela was treated towards the end of his life was an affront to his dignity.


Birmingham the country s second city will have lost 600m half of its controllable spending by 2017.


The platforms at King s Cross station circa 1900.


An Instagram post of the Juno storm New York January 2015.


Tommy and Kevin on a portaledge on the Dawn Wall.


England s Jimmy Anderson shakes hands with Ravindra Jadeja after the India bowler ran him out during the second Test.


Oxford University one of the targets of Lewys Martin s cyberattacks.


Bradley Cooper as Chris Kyle in American Sniper a mourner after the Paris terrorist attacks Nadiya Hussain winner of the Great British Bake Off.


Father Frost the Russian version of Santa Claus was banned from Tajik TV in 2013.


Corus s Teesside Cast Products site in Redcar mothballed earlier this year with the loss of more than 1000 jobs.


The Amazon covers about half of Brazil and stores huge amounts of carbon dioxide The burning of large tracts of it however has released so much of this greenhouse gas that Brazil is now fourth in the world for CO2 emissions.


Hong Kong fu fight one of the world s most filmic cities.


Before departing for New Zealand on Friday the prime minister once again invoked the argument that he was elected by the people.


Liverpool s Rickie Lambert during training prior to the Champions League Group B match against Ludogorets.


The One City Nine Towns project launched by the Shanghai Planning Commission in 2001 saw the construction of six Europeanstyle boroughs in the suburbs of China s most populous city The canalside in Holland Town is said to be based on the city of Amersfoort.


Microsoft Studios executive Saxs Persson demonstrates how the HoloLens is used to play Minecraft at E3 2015.


Tablets are helping to drive the use of apps with 86 of those who go online using them.


Teodoro Ribera who was revealed to have close ties to a private university and a former official at the heart of the controversy.


Vincent Ebrahim and David Baker in A Midsummer Night s Dream at the Lyric Hammersmith 1997 The actors convey the stiffness of the Court Formal still and disciplined In contrast the fairies in the forest clamber over the scaffolding and scurry about the stage using the footthudding dance and fluid movement one encounters in Indian drama.


And what s this Dictator and henchman appear to be throwing a body in the water Surely not.


Tony Fernandes admits he has made mistakes as QPR chairman but insists the club remains in good hands.


Continuity rather than rotation seems to be paying off for Exeter Chiefs during their bright start to the Premiership season.


The Washington Post gives the story a more prominent downpage slot although its claim that the wedding is expected to be rebirth for British royal family is open to debate.


Cary on champing All Saint s Aldwincle in Northants.


Phil Schiller reveals iPhone 4S pricing.


If Chris Deschene can learn Dine quickly enough it would show that it need not take a lifetime despite the oppression that s taught us otherwise.


A photo from Leader Saskatchewan went viral in a protest against road potholes.


Sir Muir Russell second left review members Prof James Norton left and Prof Peter Clarke right listen to review member Prof Geoffrey Boulton second right as he talks to the media on their findings.


Tel Aviv Israeli leftwing protesters demonstrate against Israel s raid on an aid flotilla bound for the blockaded Gaza Strip.


Lyme aid It s a wrap as friends huddle together on Lyme Regis beach in Dorset on a sunny but cold winter s day.


Old soul Rihanna accepts the AMA Icon award from her mother Monica Braithwaite.


The Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov being detained by riot police on New Year s Eve.


Pakistani people look at the motorbike of a commuter who was killed after the shooting by US consular worker Raymond Davis in Lahore.


The prosecution presented the photo as evidence of the handwritten note found inside the boat where Tsarnaev was captured in Watertown Massachusetts.


Residents clear snow on a road near Holcombe Somerset snow and ice is continuing to cause disruption to some parts of the UK.


Jos Buttler England s oneday wicketkeeper is leaving Somerset because Craig Kieswetter is preferred behind the stumps at Taunton.


An employee at the European commission adjusts a union flag alongside the European Union flag before a meeting between David Cameron and commission president JeanClaude Juncker in Brussels.


Victoria Pendleton kisses Pacha Du Polder after winning the Betfair Switching Saddles Hunter Chase at Wincanton Racecourse in Somerset.


HsiaoHung Pai took this shot of the brothel in Finchley north London where she worked undercover as a maid.


Members of the Casanova family in a page from the 2016 Lavazza Calendar.


Peterborough United s Tommy Rowe centre heads the ball past the Middlesbrough keeper Jason Steele to earn his side a point.


The front row at Tim Coppens show at New York fashion week men s.


Published in the Manchester Guardian on 24 July 1948 Click on image for larger version.


Dew forms on blades of grass in Cincinnati.


Ahmed Saeed of Cairo Eypt was placed first in the travel section with his vibrant image of the Nubian village of Gharb Sehal at Aswan.


Partygoers with plenty of fuel at Rave on Snow.


Steam rises from the cooling towers of the Vattenfall coalfired power plant in Jaenschwalde Brandenburg state Germany.


Milo with his mum Tash Gordon dad Paul Chatterton and baby brother Rafi at Lilac Grove in Leeds a cohousing project built on the site of a former school in the city.


Bur Garbo Somalia A Kenyan soldier stands among piles of locally produced charcoal.


Golding at the 1980 Booker dinner when Rites of Passage won the prize Courtesy of the Golding Family Archive.


In 2007 Eastwood tells the Observer s film critic Philip French that he intends to retire gradually just ride off into the sunset in a chat at the Ritz Hotel in Paris.


Joey Barton took to Twitter to launch an attack on Alan Shearer.


Vehicles appear on the King Street underpass.


Ladies in Waiting While exploring Borough Market in London I was delighted to come across four lovely young women dressed in vintage white dresses eating icecream as the local shopkeeper looked on Photograph and caption Susie Stern National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest.


Ella Woodward author of Deliciously Ella.


Never mind using up leftovers you ll be making up rice specially to recreate this beauty of a dish.


Supporters of Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah cheer after he claimed victory in Afghanistan s disputed election blaming fraud for putting him behind in preliminary results.


Bode Miller cries after the men s alpine competition and plenty of questions about his late brother in Sochi on Sunday.


Harold Wilson arriving at 10 Downing Street on 17 October 1964 after Labour won power Previously the party had lost three general elections in a row.


Costume drama Karina Bygate helps fix the panto cow s costume backstage at Boxmoor Playhouse in Hemel Hemptead Hertfordshire.


Ice fishermen sip vodka at a lake in Moscow Russia has set a new minimum price for vodka in a bid to curb alcoholism.


Ai Weiwei Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn 1995.


Taxing time for multinationals Amazon s online bookstore warehouse at its Marston Gate distribution centre in Milton Keynes.


Tamzin Outhwaite as DI Rebecca Flint in Paradox.


Beach goers escape the heat on Queensland s Gold Coast.


Chivas USA will play their final MLS game for two years this weekend.


Edge land WaltonontheNaze on the Essex coast.


John Hurt and Anwen ReesMyers at the closing night.


Temple Bar Dublin in 2004 before Ireland s property price collapse.


Bahn refugee camp was built in January about 15km from the town of Saclepea in Nimba County Liberia A vast area of bush had to be cut back to make way for the camp which is 52km from Ivory Coast The UN refugee agency the UNHCR wanted the camp built to ease the pressure on villages along the border which were witnessing an influx of Ivorians fleeing postelection violence However many Ivorians have chosen to stay close to the border and have been taken in by Liberians The NGO Save the Children has responsibility for education and child protection in the camp The Norwegian Refugee Council helped build the shelters and Medecins Sans Frontieres is responsible for the camp s medical needs.


The Brussels metro was closed on Saturday.


Three ships lie at anchor on the river as early settlers raise the walls of the stockade fort at Jamestown Virginia the first permanent English settlement in America circa 1610.


Former Newcastle striker and manager Alan Shearer arrives Shearer was coached by Sir Bobby during the later stages of his playing career on Tyneside.


Gary Dobson and David Norris were part of a gang that attacked Stephen Lawrence as he waited at a bus stop in southeast London.


Jose Maria Molina chops down pines near Cobeta Sawmills and resin were the main economic sources for the region until the last sawmill shut down in 1980.


Hungarian protesters gather around a fallen statue of Josef Stalin in Budapest in October 1956.


A scene from To Serve Man an episode of the TV series The Twilight Zone from 1962.


Emmanuel Adebayor is said to be wanted by Real Madrid who need to cover for the absence of Gonzalo Higuain.


Plane expensive Airport parking in the UK can be in excess of 80 for seven days.


Bavarian riflemen take part in a parade.


Michael Farthing welcomes free thinkers We select students who are going to be critical thoughtful.


Nicola Sturgeon has proposed that each of the four UK nations should have a veto over UK withdrawal from the European Union.


Makeup Daniel Sallstrom The selfportaits evolved from a series of clownface parties Perou would throw from time to time in his studio You could wear what you wanted but everyone would come in clown face so celebrities could be anonymous Each time Perou would ask a makeup artist friend to make him up taking a selfportrait to capture their work.


Chris Leon from Kew Gardens works with Chinese collegue to record medicinal plant species Field notes photographs and herbarium specimens increase knowledge of the distribution and abundance of species.


The artwork is held in place by scaffolding.


MJ Owen s search for a new club finally pays off thanks to his trusty book parps Stuart Home.


Police seal off the area around the Madrassa Qasim Ul Uloom mosque in the Washwood Heath area of the city.


Lily Allen sings in Dubai although her mind is clearly on ordering bubble wrap for her labels s latest promo mail out.


Teenager of Turkish descent researched bombs online.


The Winter s Tale plays in repertory with Harlequinade starring Zoe Wanamaker Rattigan s comedy concerns a calamitous theatre production.


All apologies Send us your favourite songs that say sorry.


David Cameron jokes with Angela Merkel at an EU summit the German chancellor is currently more occupied with the Greek crisis than changes to the EU treaty.


Cameron with the Deepsea Challenger during the testing of the submarine.


US Google Flu searches vs Flu Near You statistics winter 2013.


The next Full Monty Nigel Cole s Made in Dagenham about the 1968 Ford strike.


Christian believers take part in the ribbons procession as part of the Holy Week before Easter in Cot Costa Rica.


Disassembled Homelite chainsaw from the 90s Number of parts 268.


Official groundhog handlers hoist Punxsutawney Phil in the air following his prediction.


I try not to have any regrets sixtime grand slam winner Novak Djokovic.


It s not going Berdych s way at the moment Murray has the momentum 3rd set 21 Murray.


And then in 1984 in the role other than governor that Arnie is best known for the unstoppable cyborg in the Terminator trilogy films.


Then the petals of the Olympic flame spread apart and the individual beacons of light are slowly extinguished.


Scott Morrison as immigration minister in 2014.


Facebook s director of policy Europe will sit on the Government Digital Services advisory board.


President Barack Obama thanking US soldiers for their service Obama flew into Afghanistan to meet with American troops.


The teenage girl is in an induced coma at St George hospital.


Sir Chris Bonington has condemned the proposals.


Julianna Margulies talks with Joshua Rothman at The New Yorker Festival 2015.


Patriots punter Ryan Allen congratulates kicker Stephen Gostkowski after the gamewinning field goal against the Giants.


Laverne Cox star of Orange is the New Black has raised the profile of trans women but nearly half of all black trans women in the US will go to prison.


An artist who has worked out exactly what she wants to do and exactly how to do it Annie Clark aka St Vincent.


A man raises his fist during a rally organised by the Greek Communist party in Athens.


Martin Bell confessed earlier this year to killing Gemma Simpson in 2000.


Field of nightmares Liam Walpole in The Goob.


Kieran Conway the head of the IRA s intelligence gathering department during the 1970s.


GCHQ s Cryptoy app is available for Android tablets.


Iganga Uganda Students community members and the school chairman planted trees and installed solar panels at Iganga high school.


US secretary of state John Kerry speaks with Egypt s foreign minister Nabil Fahmy in Cairo.


Carol White and Ray Brooks in Ken Loach s 1965 TV drama Cathy Come Home.


When Merlin first arrived in Boma there was little by way of existing medical infrastructure The hospital site had been abandoned by workers fleeing conflict so as construction work began medical staff set about their duties in tents and straw huts.


A local resident holds a Brack of bread.


Medical workers of the John F Kennedy hospital of Monrovia show the aprons they have been wearing during a strike.


A view from the Shard of Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red Paul Cummins s installation in the Tower of London Photograph by Hannah McKayEPA.


Pledging to donate royalties Duran Duran.


Greg Mortimer with the trapped icebreaker.


Which calendars float their boat Adrian Priestman and Kate Carpenter with Laura Rosa from the barge next door and their boys Falco and Mannix put the festive treats to the test.


Not the only fruit Just like farming women can be unpredictable.


Tokyo Japan Hats off to Apple devotees Ryota Musha and Hisanori Kogure as they proudly show off their newlypurchased iPads.


Primary school league tables St Mellion primary school Cornwall.


David Cameron What they ve done is inspiring They ve made projects happen bringing about genuine and positive change and they are building the bigger stronger society that I want us all to be a part of.


The cast includes Fernando Bufala and Crystal Costa.


Kirsten Dunst s working relationship with Lars von Trier turned into a rollercoaster ride.


Pam wears jumper 2999 and skirt 3999 both H M Flat shoes 65 Finery Coat 180 Atterley.


US President Barack Obama speaks with his South Korean counterpart Lee Myungbak during a press conference in Seoul.


Rows of whitewashed new homes line the road in Dashiqiao New Village the new home of residents from Xichuan county in Henan which will be flooded when the diversion begins The newcomers arrived last week and are mostly content with the residences.


Fresh from picking up the best actor award at Venice Colin Firth rolls into Canada to plug his role in Tom Ford s A Single Man But this movie lies Offscreen Firth is not A Single Man and shockingly lets this slip by showing up with his Significant Other.


How are your relations They re fine doctor but my sex life is not going too well.


Is there more comeback if you buy a car secondhand from someone you know rather than a salesman.


ELLA S BIRTHDAYBetty SwanwickLondon 1946 Swanwick described herself as part of a small tradition of English painting that is a bit eccentric a little odd and a little visionary She studied at Goldsmiths where tutor Edward Bawden recognised and encouraged her exceptional talent she later returned to teach illustration at the college as Bawden s successor.


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Former home secretary Jack Straw is on a member of the government s commission reviewing the Freedom of Information Act.


Andy Burnham grilled by Mumsnet about his grooming regime.


Xu Yonghai who has twice been imprisoned says repression has increased dramatically in China over the past two years.


Richie Burnett tested positive at the PDC Grand Slam qualifier at Robin Parks Sports Centre in Wigan.


Main barricade into admiralty this morning This is the main choke point into admiralty this morning.


Justine Frischmann with one of her paintings in the background.


Not so simple trying to open a new account with Santander.


Husbandandwife actors Andy Serkis and Lorraine Ashbourne.


European airports can tackle congestion through better planning of takeoff and landing slots a EC study has found.


Gleneagles Scotland Turned out nice Europe captain Paul McGinley and Lee Westwood remove wet weather gear ahead of the 2014 Ryder Cup photocall.


Cardiff Bay at night I deliberately zoomed the lens during the exposure.


Frost stiffens up flowers and leaves of a shrub in Buckinghamshire England.


Nightbear by Rebecca Patterson reviewed by Reba and Amatullah Amatullah loves this story and now asks for it every night She also wants a version for each one of her favourite toys The story is really lovely and easy to read It tells the tale of a bear from his production in a factory to his first owners Sadly they don t like him and he is dumped at the charity shop Eventually he is bought by a little girl I can see why the author was the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize The colourful illustrations make this funny story even more inviting and enjoyable to read.


Dale Steyn uproots Jonathan Trott s off stump.


Steven Berkoff introduces his new show Oedipus at the Pleasance theatre press launch.


Tom Brady and Russell Wilson meet after their first and only meeting a Seattle victory in 2012.


3 July 2010 A body is removed from the scene of a double shooting in Birtley near Gateshead.


Little access to online commerce Ghanaians at the Busy Internet Cafe in Accra Ghana.


Mike Haines brother of David Haines and Barbara Henning wife of Alan Henning who was also murdered by Isis at the memorial service for David Haines.


Illustrated portrait of English Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.


Kieran Gibbs battles for the ball with Pablo Zabaleta.


BBC head of news led the morning editorial meeting that was streamed live as part of Democracy Day at the corporation.


Sweden s Anna Holmlund Canada s Kelsey Serwa Austria s Katrin Ofner and Switzerland s Fanny Smith compete during the women s freestyle skiing skicross semifinals.


A horsedrawn cart passes outside painted houses.


Paleontologist Philip Currie believes that predators like the Tyrannosaurus rex hunted in coordinated packs.


Where the Bee SucksRobert Johnson lutenist and composer worked with Shakespeare setting lyrics from later plays such as Where the Bee Sucks and Full Fathom Five from The Tempest Said to be Shakespeare s most musical play it has inspired at least 46 operas orchestral works and songs Ben Whishaw s dreamy Where the Bee Sucks in the 2010 film soundtrack by Elliott Goldenthal no doubt gave teenage girls a new taste for English lessons Crisp in comparison Isobel Baillie s 1943 performance has a virginal charm.


Danny Graham and his Swansea City teammates celebrate being likened to Barcelona.


Saudi Arabia s driving ban forces women to hire livein drivers or rely on male relatives to drive them.


River Thames This is how my way to work looked like when I crossed Blackfriars bridge cycling.


Economic pressures parental separation and the impact of social media are all cited by headteachers as factors behind a rise in problems among pupils.


Deprivation must be taken into account when allocating healthcare funding says Peter Dawson.


People wearing masks to protect themselves from pollutants enter an underpass.


A ghost bike left for Alan Cartwright who was killed while riding his bike along the Caledonian Road in Islington.


North Korean leader Kim Jongun visits a mushroom farm in 2013.


Rick Santorum Chris Christie and Mike Huckabee shake hands at the conclusion of a forum for lowerpolling candidates.


Because we can t see it it s easy to overlook the serious impact that noise can have on our health.


Jone Sulcaite has paid homage to Salvador Dali with a melting clock on top of his bookcase.


At a training workshop for female peacekeepers in South Africa women discussed whether their gender impacted on their work.


Conservation groups welcomed the announcement but warned more species would be threatened by loss of habitat if the government wound back native vegetation laws.


An unlikely frontman Turner seems perpetually uncomfortable but it fits the band s chafing against expectations.


He needs to clean up his act Hugh Grant.


Our collection of lesson resources will help teachers support their students through the revision and exam season.


Rangers managers past and present Dick Advocaat and Walter Smith will compete for the Uefa Cup.


Costa Coffee sales have risen 172 in the UK over the past nine months while the chain has opened 65 stores in Asia.


Enjoying reading HarperLee By Catherine MacIntosh D.


A barber talks to a neighbour in Dona Marta near Botafogo.


A wedding guest makes her way through the crowds.


Rebekah Aversano meets Richard Norris Do you mind if I touch it.


Jennifer Lawrence and Robert De Niro in Joy Jennifer Lawrence s character has her big idea a selfsqueezing mop while cleaning up someone else s glass of spilled red wine.


Applicants to the local government graduate scheme should demonstrate their understanding of the differences between types of councils.


Moon River and Me by Taymaz ValleyIllustration Taymaz Valley.


Closing the gap Shabba and DBoy in One Mile Away.


A stunning portrayal of a once well off family in the throes of madness brought on by the pervasive threat of poverty in 1940 s Barcelona narrated by Andrea a niece who comes to spend a year with her relatives expecting anything but that which unfolds Intense beautiful extraordinary spellbinding.


Galactic shadowplayA trick of perspective results in an image of stunning beauty as one spiral galaxy crosses directly in front of another in the constellation of Hydra Galaxy NGC 3314 had long been recognised as peculiar in its appearance but it was only in 1999 thanks to Hubble Space Telescope images that it was revealed as two separate galaxies The foreground spiral is about 117 million light years from Earth with the larger background galaxy 140 million light years away As a result the dusty skeleton of the closer galaxy the region where new stars are continuously being created is thrown into stark silhouette.


Yoda if that is really Yoda by a telephone box.


No no we said office treadmill not office race.


David Bowie impersonator Professor Will Brooker and the man himself.


In 1995 Janet StreetPorter used the platform of the MacTaggart lecture to attack the men running TV.


Homes will be given new ways of dealing with waste to reduce reliance on landfill sites.


Charles II portrait by John Michael Wright at the National Maritime Museum London.


Changing form Edward Norton stars as Bruce Banner in The Incredible Hulk.


Lovelorn comic Phill Jupitus right as Dave the ventriloquist and Harry Hamer as Nick the dummy in Big Society.


Richie Benaud strikes and England s Ted Dexter is caught for 76 during the last day of the fourth Test at Old Trafford in 1961.


Charlotte Dawson took her own life after a long battle with depression.


Mutlu Kaya performing on the talent show Sesi Cok Guzel.


Rafah Gaza Palestinian youths take part in a demonstration against Egypt s border barrier.


Protesters hold more signs as they march.


A young Sumatran tiger captured by camera trap in Tesso Nilo National Park Riau Indonesia.


Indian commuters use umbrellas to stay cool in oppressive conditions.


Walmart announced that it will be adding 100 new organic products to its shelves this month.


Brazilian footballer Fred left and the 1970 World Cup winning captain Carlos Alberto right are among those to share their thoughts and memories with us.


Venus Williams her Sjogren s diagnosis was devastating but raised the profile of a condition too seldom recognised.


Don Cowie and Stewart Downing vie for possession Liverpool are having most of it and they almost score when Glen Johnson hits the bar with an early curling effort But it s Cardiff who take a shock lead when Joe Mason slots the ball under Pepe Reina.


There was speculation that Nigel Farage would appear on Gogglebox after he was spotted drinking in a South Thanet pub with Steph and Dom Parker.


Jason Day lines up a putt on the green of the 13th hole during the second round of the World Golf Championships.


A Greenpeace advert welcomes Lego ending its 50year relationship with Shell.


The Duchess of Cornwall claims the sweatband thrown to the crowd by Andy Murray after his victory I heard that she was coming today Murray said in his press conference I saw her briefly after the match But the wristband actually hit the chairman of Wimbledon He was there with her Normally you see who catches it Then the Duchess opened up her bag and my wristband was in there so he obviously had given it to her.


Israeli soldiers prepare a chain of bullets at an Israeli army deployment area near the border with Gaza as fears grow over a ground offensive.


Adam Goodes during the match between the Geelong Cats and Sydney Swans at Simonds Stadium on Saturday.


We have a media scandal that we need to expose says Rula Jebreal Still via CNN.


The Portuguese prime minister Jose Socrates speaks in parliament as a noconfidence motion was brought over his Socialist government s austerity measures.


Fifa statistics show clubs spent 82m on agents involved in international transfers.


If the oceans rose by two metres the Maldives would be inundated.


Prison blues Lil Wayne s sentencing has been delayed for the second time.


A face that constantly fights off crumpling Imelda Staunton in David LindsayAbaire s Good People.


Kanye West with Brazilian editor Alexia Niedzielski and photographer Patrick Demarchelier at Christian Dior.


The Hilltop Hoods performing in Sydney The hottest 100 is not contrary to the perpetual lament any more commercial than previously according to the figures.


Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva with his wife Marisa and the president Dilma Rousseff.


Gary Spall and Sidney Neale are both homeless.


Former Labour MP Jim Devine at Southwark crown court where he was convicted on two counts of falsely claiming expenses.


Kaka is closing in on his 100th goal for Milan.


Bob Hoskins and Helen Mirren in The Long Good Friday.


Shames any other big hall in the country Birmingham Symphony Hall.


6 October A truck operator arrives with new machinery to be used to bring the 33 miners to the surface.


Cameron and Osborne To hear the two of them boast you would think that they had together brought down the world price of crude.


Singersongwriter Lily Allen was among the celebrities supporting Giving Tuesday 2015.


Teenage blogger Ellen White from South Shields whose blog on OCD has won the Mind Blog of the Year.


The Old Souk Aleppo Above in 2007 and below in 2013 Photographs Corbis Stanley GreeneNoorEyevine.


LA Noire is up for several Bafta game awards this year But is it really modern or retro.


Sacha Baron Cohen s portrayal of a Middle Eastern dictator has sparked complaints from ArabAmericans.


Arouna Kone celebrates after completing his hattrick for Everton against Sunderland at Goodison Park.


Protesters in the streets of Damascus calling for their rights In the five months of unrest nearly 3000 antigovernment Syrians have gone missing.


Diablo 3 and World of Warcraft players have been told some of their personal data may have been hacked.


Holey bread a nativity scene inside a panettone.


Women take part in the SlutWalk in Boston.


Pepe Reina joined Liverpool from Villarreal in 2005.


Ryvita is one of the discounted brands available online.


Companies like Bitpay allow businesses to exchange Bitcoin for a fiat currency before there is any chance of devaluation.


A coalfired power plant The prince s project aims to illustrate to investors what they might do if companies are not frank with them about their environmental impact.


A patio for warmer times The Townhouse Ludlow.


Ellen MacArthur discovered the importance and value of speaking an additional language when she spent three months in France preparing to cross the Atlantic.


A fan takes a photo of Beyonce during her performance at Super Bowl 50.


Chris Norman was born in Uganda and raised in South Africa He studied at the University of Reading and holds a British passport.


The medieval Itchen Stoke mill the Itchen runs beneath the floors of the house.


Members of Positive Voices choir rehearse for their Christmas concerts.


Jack Bobridge Alexander Edmondson Mitchell Mulhern and Miles Scotson of Autralia compete in the men s Team Pursuit Qualifying round.


Nero often attended local churches and music scenes to meet and photograph members of the community A version of this gallery was originally published in Brownbook.


Guardian writer Alfred Hickling centre joins clog dancing lessons at a rehearsal for Northern Broadsides production An August Bank Holiday Lark.


Russell Crowe in Gladiator These Roman fighters are in fashion in fiction as well as film.


Ruben Tejada is hit by Chase Utley during the Dodgers win over the Mets.


The Edificio Metropolis in Madrid The city s debt is expected to remain between 155 170 of expected revenues until 2012 Photograph Herve HughesHemisCorbis.


A day after the EUEuropean Central BankIMF bailout Athens police guard parliament during the latest antiausterity demonstration in the Greek capital.


Mavis Cheek I saw that she held my mother in an iron grip She knew her power if she walked out we d be put into care.


Lewis Hamilton left and Nico Rosberg right celebrate with the Mercedes team at their Brackley headquarters after winning the F1 constructors championship.


It s a bubblegum ode to kung fu movies the Vaccines.


Universal healthcare coverage is not only good for individuals but the social and economic development of a country says Sir David Nicholson.


George Osborne waves after his speech at the Conservative party conference in Manchester.


Tony Pulis has left Crystal Palace by mutual consent after guiding them to 11th place last season.


Summerhill Road Macclesfield If 245m is a bit pricey for you don t panic part exchange is apparently an option if you are interested in this monster of a house I mean monster in the nicest way possible it boasts seven bedrooms seven bath or shower rooms six receptions a cinema gym wine room and grand hallway And the rooms aren t mean in size either the kitchen cum dining room measures 42 by 16 I bet there s room to extend into the attic as well Bridgfords 01625 881 047.


Somali government forces drive their armoured personnel carrier at the scene of a suicide car explosion in front of the SYL hotel.


Glorybound Daniel DayLewis as the US president in Lincoln.


Senator Ted Cruz speaks at the Faith and Freedom Coalition Spring Kickoff at the Point of Grace Church in Waukee Iowa on 25 April.


If the Spandex fits Chris Evans seen here as Johnny Storm in Fantastic Four Rise of the Silver Surfer will next be seen as Captain America.


The Colnbrook immigration removal centre in Uxbridge west London pictured in 2004.


Romelu Lukaku Everton twogoal hero receives the congratulations of his manager Roberto Martinez during the FA Cup quarterfinal win over Chelsea at Goodison.


The pain is all hers Bjork at a nature benefit concert in Reykjavik last year.


Small farmers are supposed to be the main beneficiaries of the New Alliance but they have been shut out of the negotiations.


First lady Michelle Obama greets wounded American veterans before watching them play basketball.


The East London mosque branded young men harassing a person they believed was gay utterly unacceptable behaviour.


Christine Letooya harvests maize in her farm in Lolmusikopyi village Samburu Kenya A World Vision scheme in the county helps support farmers to build resilience to drought All photographs Robert Kibet.


Diana Rigg as Olenna Tyrell in Game of Thrones.


Charnia masoni the species named after Charnwood Forest and Roger Mason now housed in the New Walk Museum Leicester.


Bridging the MuslimChristian divide and climate issues are major themes of the Pope s visit to Kenya and Uganda.


Writing his poetry by candle ends Isaac Rosenberg.


Bayern Munich s Bastian Schweinsteiger after his side s 52 thrashing by Borussia Dortmund in the DFB Pokal final.


Can Dundar right and Erdem Gul after being released from jail.


Mervyn King governor of the Bank of England addressing the TUC.


Survival strategies Miles Jupp as Matthew Stephen Mangan as Adam Deborah Findlay as Edith and Claudie Blakely as Sheena in Rules for Living.


Conservative MP Nadine Dorries Society is focused on sex Teaching a child at the age of seven to apply a condom on a banana is almost saying now go and try this for yourself.


A number of Natwest customers could not use their cards in store but cash machines were unaffected.


The party that had it all Dave and Sam and Kirstie Allsopp but no signed picture of the cabinet.


Elly Jackson wondering if taking a pop at Kanye was worth all the trouble.


Hot cakes Sadhus or Hindu holy men perform prayers while sitting inside circles of burning Upale on the banks of the river Ganges.


The majority of Apple s cash about 55bn is held overseas Photograph PSL Images Alamy.


Trading up Northumberland For 189000 you buy a lifestyle as the surrounding countryside is endless in its offerings of fishing hill walking and beachcombing This detached house four miles from the town of Coldstream could run to four bedrooms if you sacrificed the study A large family kitchen and utility room dominate the ground floor and lead on to the back garden The three bedrooms lead out into the upper levels of the terraced gardens through patio doors on the landings but the bathroom is a commute downstairs unless you have bagged the master suite Smiths Gore 01289 333030.


Norcot 1 The Cleave Kingsand Cornwall This cottage and its neighbours were cosmetically returned to the early 1800s for the recent biopic of JMW Turner starring Timothy Spall 425000 gets you three bedrooms but dainty proportions because of its position above the beach in this most filmic of fishing villages Marchand Petit 01752 829000.


Andre Fino was assisted by Surrey Youth Support Service which provides a targeted programme for young people.


France s head coach Laurent Blanc left and England s head coach Fabio Capello at the Euro 2012 draw in Kyiv.


Matthew Briggs left beats Chelsea s Didier Drogba to the ball during his playing days with Fulham in 2010.


Rory McIlroy attempts to hit his way out of trouble at The Barclays in the first leg of the fourtournament FedEx Cup.


A firefighter puts water on a burning tree as flames approach a containment line while fighting the King fire near Fresh Pond California.


The Financial Times keeps it restrained a small pic caption while Ireland s economic woes gets more coverage Business is business after all.


Losing its Flavor Public Enemy MC pulls out of fried chicken restaurant.


Nature has overwhelmed one of the many churches on Peros Banhos one of the islands on the Chagos archipelago where the residents were evicted by the British government 40 years ago.


Human skull in space by Damien Hirst for the 150th anniversary edition of Darwin s On the Origin of Species Copyright Damien Hirst 2009.


Prince Charles talks with Rabbi Kurt Stern at a reception for Kindertransport refugees and family members to commemorate its 75th anniversary.


A demonstrator wearing a mask depicting Barclays chief executive Antony Jenkins in the shareholder queue.


Into the political fray Oscarwinning actor Sean Penn has accused the Tea Party of institutional racism.


The original review of The Bell at Westoning which was deleted by TripAdvisor.


Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker performing in Rosas Danst Rosas at Sadler s Wells in London in 2009.


Alex Ferguson The most important football man of the past 25 years.


I couldn t live not knowing what had happened.


AO World specialises in household appliances Website sales for the UK rose 33 to 382m.


They race on Wednesday at Wetherby where Dusky Bob has good prospects in the 305 race.


West Ham originated as the works team of The Thames Iron Works and Shipbuilding Company.


UA boss Belinda Robinson is a former fossil fuel lobbyist for six years the head of the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association.


NHS bosses are warning that patients may suffer severe consequences unless the health service receives a further increase to its funding.


Cassie Barton I saw these dyed baby chicks being sold in the market in Rabat Morocco Many of them made colourful pets for the local children.


A great idea for the kids The Pajama Men at the Edinburgh festival.


Assorted red items are offered as prizes in a raffle on the Brighton Labour party s stall at the conference.


Daniel Rich of the Brisbane Lions celebrates a goal at the Gabba.


Empty terrace in the centre of Brussels.


Fabio Capello s England could be a casualty of the failed 2018 bid.


The Isis offensive in Deir ezZor may be intended to boost its profile after losing territory recently to different forces.


Highly Commended Young Astronomy Photographer The waxing crescent moon by Jacob Marchio aged 14 The moon seems to be emerging from the interplanetary darkness and the young photographer has captured the contrast been the dark lavafilled lunar seas and the mountainous southern highlands.


Padraig Harrington said it is hard to play confident golf when he is still tinkering with his game ahead of the Open at Turnberry in two weeks time.


Vladimir Putin visits Russia s military base in Tajikistan to which Moscow has begun sending reinforcements.


A member of a helicopter team taking part in the rescue operation in the Sea of Okhotsk after the sinking of the Dalny Vostok.


Skipton s pork pies are said to be the finest in the porkeating world.


Per Mertesacker believes Arsenal lacked relaxation in front of goal during their 21 FA Cup quarterfinal defeat by Watford.


Police said inquiries were under way to identify the vehicle involved in the collision.


Valentina Lizana Wallner of Sweden makes a save against Alina Muller of Switzerland during the bronze medal match.


Cloud Gate have brought two works to Sadler s Wells in London Nine Songs and a new piece Rice.


The future of the World Cup Sepp Blatter the Fifa president with Vladimir Putin Russia s prime minister after the World Cup 2018 vote.


Orphaned baby orangutans Septian and Seroja play inside a basket at the SOCP facility.


Filippo Inzaghi celebrates scoring against Lecce.


Cold war doctors not websites offer the best health advice.


10 April Catherine in a black Jenny Packham dress she wore to a state reception at Government House embellished with silver fern leaves one of New Zealand s national emblem With Prince William standing next to paintings of Queen Elizabeth.


Martin Kaymer has pulled his way back up the rankings after slumping to No63 in the world.


James Foley in Syria 2012 where he went to cover the civil war after reporting from Libya Iraq and Afghanistan.


A woman walks past a hoarding depicting the new V A Dundee museum of design.


Steven Alcairo says the video recording regulation is an invasion of privacy.


If I was an environmental activist I would be very depressed.


A mothertochild HIV prevention clinic in Maputo Mozambique.


Ricky Ponting enjoyed his debut for Surrey against Derbyshire but his 192 was not enough to stop the match being drawn.


With its swirly orange wallpaper and a 70s vibe this funky little flat doesn t take itself too seriously.


An unmanned Northrop Grumman X47B on a test flight at Edwards air force base in California.


The study for HIV drug Truvada was the most successful PrEP trial ever.


Mennonite family supper at Isaac Banman s home at the Durango Colony in Tarija.


The wonderful Phill Jupitus storms Karaoke Circus with the Divine Comedy s National Express.


Michael Atherton left interviews Andrew Flintoff for Sky Sports at The Oval during the 2009 Ashes.


Balletic Goniometer 1 by Jack Sawbridge A musical sculpture made from oak blown glass and piano strings It is illuminated from within.


James Bolton and Martina Amati winners of the best short film award for I Do Air looking absolutely thrilled to get so close to James Corden.


Sir Alan Sugar who said he was taking legal action against the Sun over the story.


White House pastry chef Bill Yosses smiles as he shows off a gingerbread replica of the White House on display in the State Dining Room.


The Western Force s Chris Alcocok scores at Allianz Stadium.


Paz Vega who plays Maria Callas in Grace of Monaco at the reception for the Fenix film awards.


According to the Mothers for Justice United website Dantre Hamilton was a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic.


Injured victims are transported to hospital.


Barnsbury Wood is London s smallest nature reserve It is used by schools for environmental education sessions but due to its small and vulnerable nature is usually only open to the public one afternoon a week.


Prague Crystal Multicoloured crystal glistening in a Prague shop window.


What do charities need to remember when looking to strengthen and expand their trading arms.


Shame One nomination Best actor in a motion picture drama.


Hidato To print out a version of this puzzle click here or follow this link to play online.


Cheung talks to Francesca Amfitheatrof design director of Tiffany at a launch event.


Corporate poetry I don t know how long Alex Hawkins spent over the reply but I suspect it was a rather hasty improvisation written under pressure of the working day.


The 28millionyearold jawbone found in Ethiopia.


Bindi Irwin winner of the American version of Dancing with the Stars waves to the assembled media.


Jeff the Dude Lebowski As suggested by stuckinazoo and DismantleTridentJeff Bridges has been known to sport a variety of beards in his time as stuckinazoo notes I always like any beard worn by Jeff Bridges whether for a character or not None however beats the grandeur of that worn while playing the protagonist of the Cohen brothers cultclassic The Big Lebowski.


An old man s beard a lichen shrub in Bamberg Germany.


Baher Mohamed left Mohammed Fahmy and Peter Greste right.


A museum guard displays a manuscript burnt by fleeing occupation forces.


Nature s studio highly commended Coral sand by David Maitland United Kingdom The hard defensive calcarious structures incorporated within the bodies of many softbodied marine invertebrates including Gorgonian corals Sponges and Hoiothuria accumulate as coral sand on the sea floor and form a major constituent of many tropical white sandy beaches.


Crowdfunding sites have meant that online donors can give directly to individuals.


A photograph from the play that appears in the book Life With Father Made into a Play by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse.


Bake rattle and roll Elvis and Priscilla Presley cut their wedding cake on 1 May 1967.


A flurry of furniture and TV buying in the first few days of the year lifted retail sales in January but the rise was quickly followed by a downturn in the second half of the month after shoppers took fright at the prospect of rising unemployment UK retail sales values were up 23 on last January helped by discounting ahead of the VAT rise to 20.


Ottawa CanadaSophie GregoireTrudeau jokingly covers the mouth of her husband Canada s prime minister Justin Trudeau during the Liberal caucus holiday party.


Margaret Hodge said it was questionable whether the UK s biggest accountancy firms should be given public contracts.


Lord Robertson What could justify giving the dictators the persecutors the oppressors the biggest preChristmas present of their lives by tearing the UK apart.


Russell Crowe I ve been voted one of Australia s 50 national treasures I ve even had my face on an Australian stamp the only nonAustralian to do so apart from the Queen of course It s so so unreasonable.


Pocklington Canal Lower Derwent Valley YorkshireThe Pocklington Canal is one of the best places on the canal system to spot birds insects small mammals and plants It runs through Melbourne and Thornton Ings a series of flood meadows pasture and woodland which supports a large breeding bird community and wildfowl.


Butlins in Minehead former All Tomorrow s Parties venue.


Adam Werbach entrepreneur and environmentalist.


South of Khartoum Sudan where the White and Blue Nile rivers join a dizzying arrangement of irrigated fields stretches out across the state of El Gezira Given the semiarid climate of the surrounding area this geometrical spectacle of fertile green fields depends on thousands of miles of canals and ditches that connect the region to the Blue Nile in the west The manmade rivers and streams are part of an irrigation project called the Gezira scheme which the British started in the colonial era to grow cotton for export back to Europe.


Director Nicolas Boukhrief on the set of Made in France.


They race on Tuesday at Fontwell above where Fitandproperjob looks a good bet in the 240 race.


Jorge Mendes says he has stopped receiving calls about the availability of his client Cristiano Ronaldo above.


Labour activists campaigning in Tilbury with Polly Billington second right party candidate for the Thurrock constituency.


The shortlist will provide some great holiday reading before the winner is announced on 15 September.


Around 44 of people approaching Homestore which sells good quality secondhand furniture local people on low incomes are in work.


Robin van Persie celebrates scoring with the Holland coach Louis Van Gaal in the match against Spain at the 2014 World Cup.


Veins bulging eyes streaming Shirley Henderson and James Norton earn their corn.


Willpower can be strengthened by regular practise Illustration Mikel Jaso for the Guardian.


The clock tower at Manchester town hall is now open to the public.


Competitors jump the water hurdle during the men s 3000metres steeplechase.


If you want to get John Howard s results you ve got to have John Howard s resolve.


Procommunist protests such as this one at the Sorbonne University in 1968 were once common but where is today s movement for change.


Demonstrators protesting The Satanic Verses in New York in February 1989.


Cape Town South Africa Local community members hosted a planting party at a children s playground.


Mojave Desert California US Changing Perspectives The Evolution of Ivanpah Solar by Jamey Stillings.


Katie Shaw head of welfare policy at Citizens Advice reveals her main concerns about welfare reform.


A Donetsk People s Republic soldier is photographed at the damaged Savur Mogila monument near the city of Snizhnee in eastern Ukraine The monument honours Red Army troops who fell during the second world war.


Alys Fowler presenter of the BBC Radio 4 show Skip.


Maher Arar pauses while leaving a news conference in Ottawa in 2006 Canadian police wrongly identified Arar an Ottawa software engineer as an Islamic extremist.


Tansy Davies composer of a new opera Between Worlds was photographed at the Barbican in London.


A destroyed fishing boat is hauled up onto the shore close to Rafah Two Palestinians were wounded when Israeli navy vessels destroyed two Gazabound boats smuggling cigarettes and tobacco from Egypt.


20 Red Road directed by Andrea Arnold Following the success of her Oscarwinning short Wasp Arnold s feature debut confirmed her as a major filmmaking talent Named after the Glasgow housing estate where it is set Red Road centres on a CCTV operator who begins spying on a man connected to a terrible event in her past.


Swansea City fans dress up as monks at St Mary s but their prayers go unanswered in a 31 defeat.


Certify a leading contender to win this year s 1000 Guineas will now miss the race after traces of anabolic steroids were found in samples.


When former members of Yes ELP and King Crimson came together in 1981 to record their first album as Asia veering much closer to American AOR than the music they had made before they still needed to signal the lineage they came from What better way than a Roger Dean cover on their selftitled debut album.


Afternoon prayers on the first day of Ramadan in IranOn the first day of Ramadan men pray outside the Grand Bazaar Tehran as shoppers pass on by.


French rescuers carry one of the victims of an avalance in the Queyras range.


Paradise lost new construction on the bank of the Mandovi river in Panjim Goa.


US president Jimmy Carter and New York mayor Abe Beame tour an abandoned block in the South Bronx in 1977.


Quirky and haunting Jarvis Cocker and Martin Carthy join the Waterson family in Bright Phoebus Revisited at the Barbican London.


Southampton s Shane Long celebrates scoring against Manchester City.


Assorted members of the Sky team catch some breakfast television prior to their day s racing.


Hearts youngster Billy King scored his side s second goal against Partick Thistle in the Scottish Premiership match Firhill.


The perfect seasonings for roast chicken grapes onion and thyme.


Aftermath of the Times Square crash between two doubledecker tourist buses.


Plumb the singlecopy depths of a university library and you ll realise there is so much text out there.


British households have cut their mortgage debt by 13bn in the first quarter of 2015.


US legislation aimed at curbing online piracy could breach its constitution Illustration Carol and Mike WernerAlamy.


GetUp supporters petition against Ali Choudhry s deportation.


Mustafa Akinci the recentlyelected Turkish Cypriot leader.


Eileen Gray s White House in the French Riviera.


Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert De Niro in The Family.


Petal from Josie Rourke s Coriolanus with Tom Hiddleston and chocolate from The Hotel Plays.


Workers remove radioactive debris from third reactor s roof at Chernobyl nuclear power plant in 1986.


Secretary of state Hillary Clinton waves alongside Myanmar deputy foreign minister Myo Myint upon her arrival.


Being who I am doing what I want to do and helping other women is exactly how I defy gender and cultural stereotypes Sarah Yahya answers questions from students after a delivering a speech to MPs asking them to put an end to children in detention.


Access all areas new design bank cards make using ATMs easier for the blind.


Simon Goodwin has built a strong coaching reputation at Melbourne.


The Leeds United manager Steve Evans during the 22 draw with Derby.


Meditation on memory Laura van den Berg.


No happyeverafters Cheek by Jowl s Macbeth at the Barbican.


When comprehensive school pupils reach university they outperform peers from the private sector admitted with similar grades.


The Nissan Invitation concept with expected sub100 gkm emissions was revealed at Geneva The hatchback concept which is due to be launched in the UK from 2013 previews the company s next mainstream new model in the compact hatchback segment It has also been announced that the Invitation will be built at Nissan s Sunderland plant in the UK.


Graeme Swann failed to take a wicket in 52 overs during England s innings defeat by South Africa in the first Test.


A dog belonging to fourtime Iditarod dog sled race champion Jeff King was killed when his team was hit from behind by a snowmobile.


Janet Yellen would become the first woman to head the Federal Reserve.


Villagers drive their ox carts to fetch water in the droughtstricken Reshui town of Xuanwei City southwest China s Yunnan Province The drought has been ravaging in southwest China for months and has left 20 million residents with drinking water shortage.


Beth Whaanga s series of photos called Under the Red Dress show the changes to her body caused by cancer.


An Afghan man lathers his hair at an abandoned hotel where migrants have been given shelter.


Street art in Athens shows a stack of euros depicted as a coffin.


Heavy snow has caused disruption across parts of the country.


The Great Barrier Reef which is threatened by dredging dumping and climate change.


AC Grayling hit back at critics of his plan saying My whole record everything I have written is turned on its head Now I am a bastard capitalist It is really upsetting.


A woman marches with a large sign in Thessaloniki in memory of the 77yearold man who shot himself.


Kanye West Even the biggest egos usually stop somewhere.


This composite picture shows how a typical galaxy appears at different wavelengths The GAMA project has measured the energy output of more than 200 000 galaxies.


A cull of badgers in Wales could begin next month after a legal challenge was rejected.


The body of Hashlamon lies on the ground after being fatally wounded by gunfire by Israeli soldiers who said she had been shot in the legs.


Crane driver Nigel Howard It can get quiet up there you have to have the willpower to sit through it.


Christine Callaghan 62 recovers from the leg injuries sustained in the Sousse terror attack.


The season ended in further agony for Villa as they were beaten at Wembley again this time in an FA Cup semifinal by Chelsea Tottenham later pipped them to fourth spot in the league leaving Villa sixth overall for the third year running ONeill s relationship with the club s owner Randy Lerner deteriorated over the summer as transfer speculation involving James Milner grew ONeill eventually resigned just five days ahead of the new season saying I have enjoyed my time at Aston Villa immensely It s obviously a wrench to be leaving such a magnificent club.


Paul McCartney has made stickers for Line and now Mojis for Skype.


Young adults still living at home mapped.


Artist Nasser Azam was inspired by Yousafzai s activism.


Clockwise from top left A Prophet Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives KickAss and Another Year.


A boy yawns as Muslims pray to mark the end of the fasting month of Ramadan in Tirana.


Soldiers celebrate as they drive out on their last combat patrol in Iraq.


Dr Gabriele Finaldi will know many assistants and he should insist on stepping in now to stop this.


The Dalai Lama is accused by Shugden Buddhists who are planning the protests of religious intolerance towards them.


Larry Summers worked for DE Shaw after heading the Treasury under the Clinton administration.


Street artist Solus commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising.


Baking soda almost the same as washing soda one of just three ingredients for your homemade detergent.


Ryan Gosling Christina Hendricks Iain De Caestecker Matt Smith and Reda Kateb during a photo call for Lost River.


Greenpeace had appealed against a redacted report on the impacts of fracking released in July 2014 Above a protester outside chancellor George Osborne s constituency office in Knutsford Cheshire.


Elderly woman in a care home We have not figured out how to outsource at scale the caring that used to be done by families in a way that doesn t undermine the fundamentally human endeavour of protecting quality of life.


Luis Suarez in the aftermath of the bite of Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini s shoulder.


Down the tube Back in London the West End is facing its own problems as it tries to come to terms with the assorted threats and opportunities presented by the 2012 Olympics This week the West End s trade body the Society of London Theatre published a travel guide for getting in out and about the area during the Olympic period Meanwhile it has also been in talks with the Metropolitan police about cracking down on ticket touts during the games so that tourists don t get fleeced.


One of the letters written by Turing to a friend in the 1950s.


Victory for the Astros Matt Dominguez and Jose Altuve celebrate after defeating the Texas Rangers 82 for the franchise s 4000th win and their first victory as part of the American League.


Mark Thompson was hired by the New York Times to work some digital magic.


Fukushima Daiichi workers stand near the nuclear power plant during a press tour in February 2012.


Pain in Spain most credit cards charge holidaymakers 25 3 on every foreign exchange transaction.


James Howson as Heathcliff in the new film version of Wuthering Heights.


Chile s mining minister Laurence Golborne is seen speaking on the telephone with one of the 33 miners trapped underground.


Quito Ecuador Demonstrators clash with police during a march Dozens of workers union leaders and indigenous Ecuadorians on Thursday blocked roads to the capital with branches and rocks to protest against President Rafael Correa s plans to raise taxes and amend the constitution to allow indefinite presidential reelection.


Jimmy Bullard has never read a book but has a keen interest in special interest magazines No not that kind.


The Sony hack led directly to the ousterdeparture of Sony Pictures chairman Amy Pascal after she was criticized over the content of her emails.


Spartak Moscow pot three Manager Leonid Fedun Ground Luzhniki Stadium Capacity 78360 Last season 2nd Russian Premier LeagueChampions League best Quarterfinals Key player Kim Kallstrom The Swedish midfielder has won over 90 caps for his country and his experience will be a great asset to the Russian club if they are to progress from the group stage for the first time in 16 years Meanwhile the identical twins Kirill and Dmitri Kombarov have both provided goals from midfield in recent years.


Book 2 The Nameless City Second Doctor Patrick Troughton by Michael Scott There are elements of Patrick Troughton in every Doctor who followed that s how influential and important he is.


Mike Myers has said he hopes Scotland remains a part of Britain but will still love them if they vote yes.


The current execution chamber at the Oklahoma state penitentiary may in future need to accommodate gassing of condemned inmates walks past the gurney in the execution chambe.


Actually going camping dispels any notion that life under canvas engenders selfless comradeship.


Celebrating our first day at school 45 years ago We ve stayed in contact ever since We still feel like 16 year olds.


Emmeline Pankhurst is arrested and escorted away by police officers circa 1910.


Jamie Redknapp Justin Rose Kevin Pietersen and Glenn Hoddle join the afternoon four balls.


Fighting back Rocket Raccoon and Groot from Guardians of the Galaxy whose producer rejects criticism of Marvel over Edgar Wright AntMan exit.


Kitty Kraus SouthendonSeaIt might initially seem small and unassuming but there s a palpable element of danger to Kitty Kraus s work The German artist s sculptures resemble minimalism s reduced forms but lack its industrial hardiness conjoined panes of glass are held together with tape and lightbulbs are buried in inky blocks of ice treading a fine line between destruction and fleeting beauty The spidery stains and broken glass left by the iceencased bulbs resemble abstract paintings while beams of light are also projected through mirrored cubes to form intricate skewed patterns Focal Point Gallery to 22 SepSSUntitled 2007 by Kitty Kraus.


We won t agree on a replacement anthem but we can agree that there is no urgency and no good reason to try.


Celebrity publicist Max Clifford leaves Southwark crown court after he was found guilty of a string of sexual assaults.


Despite their lowly position DC United have a few reasons to be optimistic the goalscoring form of Luis Silva among them.


Virgin Trains services were already expected to be disrupted by engineering work on Monday.


The opportunity of 24 hours of Cracker was pretty tempting Robbie Coltrane as criminal psychologist Fitz in Cracker 1994.


Crolla is joined in the ring by his amateur trainer Jimmy Lewis who looked after him all those years ago.


Firefighters put out spot fires near the One Tree Hill area as fires burn through the Adelaide Hills.


Mario Balotelli and Brendan Rodgers at Liverpool training on Thursday.


A flooded caravan park at Abbots Salford on the banks of the river Avon Warwickshire.


Apple was criticized for excessive overtime and harsh labor conditions in its Foxconn Technology Group facilities in 2011 but that did nt stop it from making the EPA s list of greenest tech companies that year.


Members of the media gather for the start of the trial.


Guests arrive for last year s gala at La Scala in Milan Verdi s Joan of Arc is this year s opener on Monday night.


Queensland man Ashley Dyball has allegedly been fighting alongside Kurdish forces battling Isis in Syria.


Fabian Delph of Aston Villa left receives a red card from Martin Atkinson during the 00 draw with Sunderland.


Erik Lamela scores a superb rabona during Tottenham s 51 victory over Asteras Tripolis.


Matt Williams Brain tumours have been ignored for a long time and some of our work is about trying to push them up the agenda.


Smile Using positive recent memories can help cheer you up research has found.


Winter land Almond trees in cross lighting of the setting sun in the produce growing region of Murcia on 2 January 2015 Photo lewetaGuardianWitness.


David and Samantha Cameron enjoy a drink in Alvor Portugal.


Widdicombe and Elis James as housemates Josh and Owen.


Massive Attack are collaborating with master documentarian Adam Curtis at this year s festival.


Police block the entrance of the headquarters.


Britain may not have anything that compares to the Hua Shan plank walk but there are still some pretty hairy hikes to be had Striding Edge is a notorious scrambling route on top of Helvellyn in the Lake District The climax of the hike involves a walk along a narrow path 863m above sea level Traversing the ridge during winter is an even more dangerous undertaking you need an ice axe and crampons to make it across safely.


Last year s picnic at Hampton Court Palace had a Jubilee theme.


Democratic presidential candidate Martin O Malley urges supporters to hold strong during the Iowa caucuses.


Jack Wilshere has admitted he made a mistake by smoking but has vowed that it will not happen again.


With his daughters after his last Liverpool game.


France s interior minister said 120 extra police officers would be sent to Calais to secure the Eurotunnel site from migrants desperately trying to reach Britain.


Downhill RacerMichael Ritchie 1969Splendid semidocumentary study of winning and the mystique of sport in which American Olympic team manager has problems with top skier Redford a beautiful artist on the slopes and a boor off them.


Fruits Veggies Photographer Irina Wang FloridaThese are actually kind of sexy Or maybe I just have a dirty mind.


North Walsham Norfolk This corner of Norfolk is rich no more.


Untitled 1995 by Richard Billingham Photo courtesy the Anthony Reynolds Gallery.


Police officers search spectators outside the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore as they arrive to watch Sunday s Twenty20 match between Pakistan and Zimbabwe.


IMF chief Christine Lagarde warned that world s biggest banks remain a menace to financial stability.


Is that another scar on your forehead or are you just pleased to see me Daniel Radcliffe in Horns.


Abdelbaset alMegrahi at his home in Tripoli.


Husband and wife singer songwriting team Gerry Goffin and Carole King rehearse during a recording session in a New York New York studio circa 1959.


George Lamb joining a lineup including Richard Keys and Andy Gray at TalkSport.


Mick Jones and Paul Simonon backstage in London 1977.


Chris Render staged a hugely popular William Burroughs signing at Compendium in the early 80s.


Sheldon Adelson multibillionaire casino magnate and Republican party donor.


Among the cliches are roast beef Yorkshire pudding fish and chips and jellied eels.


The pedestrian was filmed on the ground after the alleged assault.


David Lowe carries his dog after it was rescued from rubble in Arlington.


Members of Afghan security forces transport a civilian victim injured in Kunduz Afghanistan on 3 October.


A composite picture of Anne and John Darwin.


The newly restored Watts Gallery in the Surrey village of Compton.


Prochoice supporters during a demonstration in Dublin in July 2013.


In town Nottingham For 170000 you can enjoy this glossily finished citycentre former convent with cloisters communal gardens and a shared reading room in the chapel It s a shame that both bedrooms are only around 8ft wide Chesterton Humberts.


Crosses set to remember the 43 missing students in Iguala.


Film director David Lynch inside one of his Installations at an exhibition of his work in the German city of Breuhl last year.


Doubleact Iggy Azalea and Britney Spears pose before performing their single Pretty Girls.


Kurt Zouma climbs higher than Mertesacker to send the ball into the area as Chelsea search for a late leveller.


Nicholas Winton with one of the children he rescued.


The stars above and the tiny tobaccostar of a cigarette A Work of Fiction.


BS Johnson with pages from his 1968 novelinabox The Unfortunates which could be shuffled and read in any order.


New York Knicks forward Kevin Seraphin shows solidarity with Parisians.


Patrick Macnee as Steed in The Avengers 1968.


The display in New Milton Hampshire where each year a group of residents on Byron Road switch on their lights to raise money for local charities.


Activists wearing masks of Myanmar s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.


Lisa Gerrard of Dead Can Dance one of the 4AD label s leading bands.


The report says older people are not being treated with dignity in hospitals.


Alan and wife Yvonne wanted a bondage theme for their vow renewal I decked the room out with all this bondage gear and erotic performers but Cynthia our registrar was not happy with conducting the official ceremony among it In the end we separated the performance and the vow renewal into two acts.


Greece s Alexis Tsipras and Russia s Vladimir Putin in St Petersburg.


Antoine Gooch Quillin s friend of more than 15 years handled the tickets ahead of Saturday s fight one of countless administrative tasks under his remit as camp manager.


Suspected Islamist sect member captured by Nigerian troops as he lies next to a tree in Maiduguri Nigeria.


J Crew wooltrimmed hooded parka jacket 135 Mr Porter.