The largest ever leak of US classified documents gave the world an insight into what world leaders really think behind the scenes and led to WikiLeaks being hounded offline.


Apparently Abba s dressing room was the inspiration for Tom Baker s look in Dr Who.


Obama reviews an honour guard at Ghana s Presidential Castle in Accra.


This picture issued by the Michigan Technological University shows the last three wolves known to live at Isle Royale national park in Lake Superior Michigan US Some scientists are opposed to the idea of removing grey wolves in the Great Lakes region from the endangered species list.


Chinese people at a Beijing internet cafe They re not watching porn.


Hamburg s defence hold their line as the ball swings into the penalty area and Werder Bremen s Naldo and Hamburg s Mladen Petric go up for a header.


A faraway world of heightened feeling French composer Henri Dutilleux in 2004.


People watch as Pope Francis is shown on television.


John Howell architect of the planning reforms The old system had become confrontational and expensive he says.


Between rock and a hard place We7 s Steve Purdham expects his digital music business to start making a profit soon.


Workers in a garment factory in Beijing.


A mouse embryo formed with specially treated cells from a newborn mouse that had been transformed into stem cells.


Scene in Hula House where a sex worker played by show creator Sarah Xanthe is tied up on a bed.


It is entirely unacceptable that Ched Evans should be allowed to play for his club or country again.


Polar bears enjoy a harmless scrap in the snow in Hudson bay Canada.


Residents of care homes may have only a narrow range of social interactions.


The Nintendo Wii U was unveiled at the E3 exhibition in Los Angeles in the summer.


Leverkusen s Karim Bellarabi left and Christoph Kramer vie with Bayern s David Alaba.


No 5 Industrial and municipal rubbish dumps Dumps can contain batteries scrap metal and agricultural products and waste from hospitals households and chemical industries In many developing countries all waste often goes into the same site In this photo cattle drink polluted water at a dump in Denpasar Indonesia.


A charcoal vendor inspects a sack of charcoal she bought.


Shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt on a visit to a furnituremaking and upholstery class at Chichester college earlier this month.


Jordan Henderson made his first appearance for Jurgen Klopp in the win over Swansea last weekend.


A vaccine bill heads to Governor Jerry Brown s desk.


Sri Lanka s president Maithripala Sirisena presents an award to Kumar Sangakkara after the second Test defeat by India the batsman s final Test appearance.


Microsoft s chief executive Steve Ballmer unveils the new tablet computer to compete with Apple s iPad.


Snow patrol Yana Rusakevich centre in Minsk 2011 A Reply To Kathy Acker.


George Osborne told The Andrew Marr Show on Sunday that he would need to go back to parliament if he was to breach the welfare cap.


Gino Pooley I bought my roses locally And I had to have the balloon obviously.


The timeless Fumoir bar at Claridge s hotel scene of a very 21stcentury legal spat that the Barclay brothers now look certain to win.


German bobsledder Werner Zahn presents the Olympic trophy to Fiske while the rest of the fourman winning American bobsled team looks on.


Joe Hart is set to miss Manchester City s Champions League match against CSKA Moscow.


The first legal copies of Lady Chatterley s Lover in 1960.


However they were up against a team which included Diego Maradona who had singlehandedly put England to the sword in the quarterfinals and been a talisman for the team throughout the tournament.


Chancellor George Osborne recently noted that the UK had the largest expansion of private debt in the last decade.


Leicester City s striker Leonardo Ulloa is tackled by Southampton s Ryan Bertrand at the King Power Stadium in Leicester Riyad Mahrez hit the back of the net twice as Leicester took another step towards Premier League safety.


Children love measuring themselves to see how much they ve grown and how big they are In this story Lola wants to be small so she doesn t have to go to school I did it as a height chart with graph paper behind to make the page more interesting trying to show things in different ways that might capture the imagination.


Unterweser nuclear power plant in Esenshamm Germany which will be shut down along with 16 other nuclear plants by 2022.


Amilcar PerezLopez con sus manos alzados en un mural que tambien incluye a Eric Garner y Michael Brown.


But before the half is out Suarez loses his footing and tumbles into the Chelsea captain whose legs bear the full force.


David Bowie s The Next Day does it make your top ten.


Green light Mia Wasikowska in Tim Burton s Alice in Wonderland which will now be seen in Odeon cinemas.


Under the arches Artworks at Deptford s Arch Gallery which has a sideline as an art materials shop.


A Portsmouth supporter rattles the bucket before their game against Leeds United.


Arsene Wenger s Arsenal have taken five Premier League points of a possible 15 since they were drawn against Wigan in the FA Cup.


Men wave flags and cheer at the Republic of South Sudan s first national football match in the capital of Juba 2011.


Northern Ireland players take part in a training session at Windsor Park on Friday as they prepare for Saturday s Euro 2016 qualifier against Romania.


Two young beer promoters sit at the entrance of a beer garden waiting for customers to arrive in Siem Reap.


Police surrounded the ground but were unable to stop fans entering the pitch.


Former Pakistani president General Pervez Musharraf said that neither he nor senior officials had colluded in providing refuge for Osama bin Laden.


You cut the frozen vomit Ben Affleck in Gone Girl.


The police operation in Avon Gorge below the Clifton suspension bridge where Charlotte Bevan s body was found.


Amazon s founder and chief executive comes out swinging over New York Times expose into company s working practices that push employees to the limit.


Middlesbrough s Aitor Karanka says of his compatriot Everton s Roberto Martinez We speak the same language and that same language is football.


But gets quickly back on her feet and says later on Instagram that Nothing can stop me.


Conrad Murray who has been charged in relation to Michael Jackson s death.


In a children s novel a lot of sexual awakening is implied You can be just as subtle on screen in intent especially if it s captured in the manchild gaze of a consummate performer like George Mackay wise beyond his years When I wrote the scene where Tommo spies Molly getting dressed framed by her cottage bedroom window I knew it risked looking too seedy furtive too erotic However it s shot beautifully by Director of Photography Jerzy Zielinski performed simply by George and has a delicate sensuality where the actor shows us that he is falling deeply in love with Molly.


A Bosnian Muslim prays at the Stadion cemetery in Sarajevo which serves as a burial ground for victims of the 199295 Bosnian war.


The public perception of the green belt differs greatly from the reality.


Construction of Sheldon Adelson s Eurovegas in Spain would create tens of thousands of jobs in a country where unemployment is expected to hit 28 by the end of 2013.


Thirty eight police forces in the UK revealed there were missing registered sex offenders in their areas in February or early March.


November 2005 A masked man meant to represent EU trade commissioner Peter Mandelson is held on a neck chain by a member of Friends of the Earth during a demonstration in front of EU headquarters in Brussels They wanted to ensure Mandelson made no excessively generous offers on cuts in farm subsidies at trade talks.


Rain grey town from left Roger McGuinn Chris Hillman Mike Clarke Gene Clark and David Crosby on the London trip in 1965 that inspired the song Eight Miles High.


Will Cornick was told he will serve at least 20 years in prison.


Vevo described by its chief executive Rio Caraeff as an integrated MTV.


The shadow chancellor Ed Balls compared the government s fiscal policy to the 1930s depression era.


The ContactPoint child database was set up in the wake of Victoria Climbie s death in an effort to improve child protection.


What is the neurobiology of compulsive sexual behaviour.


Shiny black leather 395 Robert Clergerie 0207935 3601.


LGA predicts that 140000 council jobs will go.


Dame May Whitty Margaret Lockwood Michael Redgrave in the The Lady Vanishes.


Obama signs two Presidential Memoranda associated with his Executive Actions on immigration from his office on Air Force One upon his arrival in Las Vegas.


Entertaining Emily Barber Innogen and Jonjo O Neill as Posthumus in Cymbeline.


Labour leader Ed Miliband speaking in London in February this year.


Rebecca Adlington won gold at the World Championships in Shanghai earlier this year yet has been excluded from the BBC s Sports Personality of the Year shortlist.


Helen Mirren as Phedre The role is limited by the terrible misogyny of the play itself in both its Greek and French incarnations and the Racine version is too talky But there are few juicier challenges than a woman driven mad by sexual desire for her stepson.


A volunteer doctor travelling to west Africa to help care for Ebola patients takes off an isolation suit during during training offered by the German Red Cross.


Trained killer whales put on a display at SeaWorld in San Diego.


Zoe Wanamaker How do I relax Rollups and martinis.


Miguel Angel Jimenez during his second round at Turnberry today.


Andrew George We have had enough of it The Tories would not want it and I am sure my party would not go for it.


Domaine d Esperbasque near Biarritz France offers daily organised activities in July and August.


Breastfeeding mothers in the Philippines take part in a government training programme to support mothers to exclusively breastfeed their children.


Demonstrators call on Pope Francis to allow female priests.


Officials can require access to student Facebook passwords under a new Illinois law.


The problem is likely to increase as the social media friendly younger generation favour mailorder pups.


Men participate in the bellyflop competition.


People cross Bloor Street in the heavy rain.


Grand Theft Auto 3 set in Liberty City based on New York.


The late Tony Benn at the Levellers parade in Burford Oxfordshire Steeped in the history of 17thcentury radicalism Benn knew that democracy was about the power of the people.


Aleyna Cecile chose designed their own WBD costumes Aleyna went as Mr Munroe from Chris Riddell s Ottoline We took some velour fabric folded it in half and cut a neck hole We then cut a T shape and stitched up the sides creating arm holes The surplus fabric was stitched into a hood extra panels added to the neckline These were then cut into stripes to emulate hair Cecile went as the rainbow crayon from The Day the Crayons Quit She painted an old plastic backed mat with fabric paint We made a paper cone hat which she painted and we used ribbon to keep it on her head.


The plans of Andrew Lansley the health secretary for the NHS have been attacked in a highly critical report by MPs.


Players such as Lael Kassem are the backbone of the Giants.


I told you Muscle Beach was a terrible place for the photoshoot.


Sinitta When I was young and starting out as a singer and dancer I was told to change everything about me to fit in According to them I didn t eat right speak right dance right my skin was the wrong shade I was too tall too black for pop to pop for soul the message I got was that being me wasn t quite good enough Wrong They didn t get me but Simon Cowell understood my vision and suddenly Radio 1 Capital and all of the others were playing my music So never give up Success is when opportunity and preparation meet Be ready.


Tony Abbott has reached a new low says Jenny Macklin.


A Congolese mineral trader holds a piece of paper containing nuggets of gold Conflict minerals are one of the many sustainability issues that Tim Mohin has addressed as chairman of the electronics industry citizenship coalition.


Leaping off the wagon Catherine Cawood and Neil drunk and making an exhibition of himself.


Labour leader Ed Miliband spoke about immigration on the Rochester and Strood byelection campaign.


Unemployed people demonstrating in Trafalgar Square London 1932.


Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi was ousted in mid2013 amid mass protests against his rule.


The men were charged on Friday night over the alleged Australia Day attack.


Danny Baker has written a hymn to bygone times that is as affectionate as it is brutally unsentimental.


Sun on Sunday pulled back ahead of the Mail on Sunday in June.


September 26 2009 Filipinos use a ladder to help a girl to safety in Quezon City.


As my water taxi enters the Grand Canal the scent of salt and diesel with its bottom note of sewage is delicious on the majestic Grand Canal.


Renae Lawrence during her trial in 2005.


Jesse Childress was an US air force cybersystems operator based at Buckley air force base in Aurora.


Trevor Bailey who has died aged 87 batting against Australia at the Oval in 1953.


A Verreaux s sifaka lemur clings onehanded to a tree vine.


Sanders s campaign looks a lot more like Obama s in 2008 than Clinton s does said Angus Johnston a historian of student activism.


The enemy of the 70s was sexual repression and teaching children that the body was beautiful no matter what its age was a noble goal for parents.


He is such a bizarre choice because he s actually the deadweight holding back what appears to be a monarchist revival.


Plymouth 1998 volcanic ash engulfs the capital.


Johnston Press reported a rise of 293 in daily browsers on its titles websites in the first half of 2012.


A festivalgoer applies sun lotion to a friend s head.


The beach at Woolacombe north Devon Where a 41 magnitude earthquake may or may not have hit.


Business secretary Sajid Javid outlined the proposals just before parliament s Easter recess.


SweePee Rambo a chihuahuaChinese crested mix is held by owner Jason Wurtz.


California congressman Mike Thompson led a press conference Wednesday to call on Congress to act on Obama s plan to reduce gun violence.


The Cuban leader Fidel Castro with the original hourglassshaped CocaCola bottle.


Great pitch Rupert Murdoch tweeted Goal when News International won the football rights.


The government has a big gap between what it has coming in in taxes and what goes out in spending.


Turkish protesters hurl missiles and run from teargas canisters fired by police.


Phil Hughes has become accustomed to the feeling of being dropped.


The outcast dead RIP plaque at the Cross Bones graveyard.


Barcelona s Neymar scored a wonderful goal sprinting into space before curling a shot into the corner from 25 yards.


Beyonce references the Black Panthers during her performance at the Superbowl last February.


Eddie Redmayne in a Gucci velvet tuxedo with his wife Hannah Bagshawe.


Eric J Heller Transport VI ca 2000 Digital print Courtesy of the artist.


Documentary series David Pressland Toads on Roads North York Moors national park North Yorkshire England.


A doubledecker bus passes the crater of one of the bomb blasts that rocked Mumbai killing 257 in 1993.


Hillary Clinton is expected to officially launch her US presidential campaign on Sunday while en route to Iowa.


The Harrier saw service in Sierra Leone Iraq and Afghanistan.


Morrison began writing The Bluest Eye when she realised that the novel she wanted to read didn t exist Published in 1970 this hardhitting story of a black girl who longs for blonde hair and blue eyes has regularly appeared on the ALA s top ten Objections this year included that the novel was sexually explicit unsuited for age group and contains controversial issues.


Jared Fogle became famous after losing 235lbs by what he said was a steady diet of Subway sandwiches paired with exercise.


The stone baboons have gone on display at Cliveden House for the first time since the National Trust took over the seat in the 1960s.


Dark horse Ben Howard performs at the Hammersmith Apollo London.


The Australian Electoral Commission s website on Monday.


Glam s chief executive Samir Arora said the internet offers advertisers something better than TV intelligent targeting.


Aaron Sidwell as Johnny walking a lonely road on the boulevard of broken dreams.


A difficult story to tell Near Gone starring Katherina Radeva and Alister Lownie.


Swampy was Disney s first character to debut in a mobile game.


Lee Westwood plays a shot out of the rough and onto the green under the watchful eyes of the crowd.


First Group s profits will be hit if the fuel subsidy goes.


Junior Seau made his name with the San Diego Chargers before finishing his career with the New England Patriots.


All over Italy thousands of deconsecrated churches are now cinemas banks nightclubs hotels store rooms concert halls and wine shops In estateagent speak they are soughtafter properties high ceilings good central locations period detail and historical interest One is a pizzeria La Chiesina its formerly sacred walls now a mustard yellow a woodfired oven in place of an altar waiters instead of choirboys In a country where pizza is worshipped as much as God it s a fitting tribute to this former church in Viareggio deconsecrated in 1977.


Rebekah Brooks and Charlie Brooks arrive for the wedding at St Bride s church.


By contrast the globular cluster NGC 6362 in the southern constellation of Ara is a brilliant ball of ancient stars It was photographed by the MPGESO 22metre telescope at ESO s La Silla Observatory in Chile.


Muslim Stem students working on a project at MIT.


Matthew Dellavedova celebrates with LeBron James after their overtime victory over Golden State.


Hundreds of fires continued to burn in northwest India on 28 October Most of the fires are located in the agricultural Punjab region but a few are also located in Pakistan to the west and a few more spot the agricultural land east of the Punjab region Smoke from these fires contributes to the heavy haze hanging over the land This cluster of fires is a common sight from space each year in October and November They appear in an agricultural region where October brings the end of the Kharif crop and the beginning of the Rabi crop As the season changes farmers often use fire to clear the fields after harvest in order to ready the land for new planting.


A light bulb moment Discovery Museum and the Science Museum are swapping ideas as well as objects.


Luke Harding the Guardian s Moscow correspondent has been expelled from Russia.


King John surrounded by English barons ratifying the Magna Carta at Runnymede.


Lauren Mayberry There is a difference between criticism and hatred.


Spot the difference the logo used between 2007 and 2009 and in specials This was a cleaner version of the previous logo apparently.


Pomegranates have been the subject of numerous claims about their health benefits.


The running track at the Olympic Museum in Lausanne where interactive exhibits predominate.


Huseyin Toprak left injured in an explosion at an HDP rally on 5 June casts his vote at a polling station in Diyarbakir.


On the crest of a wave Surf Snowdonia is a a brandnew facility at Dolgarrog in the Conwy valley north Wales.


A man gives his parrots some air during break from a road trip at Fengqiu service area.


New figures from the Office for National Statistics showed that the economy rebounded from recession more strongly than initially thought in the first quarter.


Streets were empty during the threeday lockdown to prevent the spread of Ebola in Freetown.


The Beach Boys will play two London gigs this week and then Mike Love will tour with a backing band instead.


While international opinion seems to be converging on the theory of a bomb on board Russian and Egyptian expert opinion remains cautious.


A screengrab of Anthony Albanese s Facebook page.


Global peace index mapped get the interactive.


A marine biologist inspects oil pooled on the shore of the east bank of the south pass of the Mississippi river in Louisiana.


Pluto s icy surfaces and hostile environment could prove a big hit with floating voters.


Fellow fashion icons Lady Gaga and Roisin Murphy.


A sign on the U8 line uses the deeply idiosyncratic Octopuss font.


One of the few safe places to talk about menopausal women is in humour and not always of the gentle type.


Armed police in front of the French embassy in London where people have been leaving tributes to those killed in the Paris terror attacks.


Arsene Wenger can not bear to look as Arsenal s title hopes fade at Bolton.


Residents cling to a rope while crossing a road flooded by rains in Rosales Pangasinan.


The hard copy of Lars Ulrich s speech for Michael Eavis.


Nasa recreated the view of the moon s surface from the orbiting Apollo 8 capsule in 1968 as its crew became the first humans ever to witness Earthrise An animator drew upon the detailed modern maps of the moon s surface from Nasa s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Watch the animation here.


Gus UngerHamilton Joe Newman and Gwil Sainsbury of AltJ on stage for MTV Woodies awards event.


Smart a Mysterious Crime a Different Detective by Kim Slater A compelling new crime novel in which Kieran Woods a boy who just doesn t fit in is determined to solve the mystery of a murder of a homeless man at the same time as coping with the problems within his own homeRead a review here.


The Bank of England will hold rates for the foreseeable future a group of experts says.


Texas USA Gravestones at the Fort Sam Houston national cemetery in Houston.


Michael Fassbender with his best actor award for his role in the film Shame.


Young people should be encouraged to form new political groups.


Recep Tayyip Erdogan We do not have the word idiot written on our foreheads.


Investigators work in the area where two NYPD officers were shot.


Jenson Button and his Japanese girlfriend Jessica Michibata at the Japanese F1 Grand Prix at Suzuka.


Demonstrators take part in an antiausterity protest in Madrid on Saturday.


John Maynard Keynes at home in London 1940.


Bora Aksu presents his springsummer 2016 collection at London fashion week.


Writing on the wall does Derek Mahon s poetry long to escape from the Troubles.


Glencore CEO Ivan Glasenberg is no longer a paper billionaire on his stake alone.


Rows of luggage stacked in Heathrow airport s Terminal 3 Heavy snowfall on Saturday led to flight cancellations and disruption throughout the week piling on the misery for hundreds of stranded people who were forced to spend the night in terminals Later in the week BAA chief executive Colin Matthews sanctioned a 10m investment in snowclearing equipment at Heathrow as he waived his annual bonus in the wake of the debacle that crippled Britain s largest airport.


Willy Wonka and his entourage enter the chocolate factory.


A house for sale in Nottingham More than twothirds of Help to Buy properties are newbuild homes giving housebuilding a boost Photo Lewis StickleyPA.


Stormont s health minister expressed concern about the number of new substances appearing on the streets.


Peter Williams sets off in his ramshackle aluminium skiff.


A pumpkin planter for Halloween by Garden Therapy.


At least 74 people with albinism have reportedly been murdered in the east African country since 2000.


Bullet holes riddle the walls inside of the military courthouse in Minova where local women are sceptical that the impunity will end.


Preparing a stretcher up on the mountain.


Martina Navratilova described herself as the steel ball with the marshmallow inside.


Rohingya children play on fishing boats in western Burma on Thursday More than 8000 Rohingyas and Bangladeshis have been stranded at sea since Thailand closed a trafficking route.


A new fruit is to go on sale at Marks Spencer next week but you may not be able to keep a straight face when asking for it The fruit currently dubbed a papple looks and tastes like an apple but has the skin and texture of a pear.


Bill Clinton joins Hillary and their daughter Chelsea at the Foundry United Methodist church s Bicentennial Homecoming Celebration in Washington on Sunday.


Think of all the people in Pakistan who wish they had the freedom to go on stage dressed like a sexy bitch you re doing this for them the drag queen Asifa Lahore.


Representatives of the NHS third sector and local government discussing changes to public health policy.


The total solar eclipse seen from Svalbard Norway Friday March 20 2015.


One of the spectacular dragon kites at the festival.


In the country Suffolk This fourbedder is a walk from the shore at Bawdsey near Woodbridge and a brief drive from a sandy beach Built in the 1990s it combines quaint looks with a modern layout while outside is a small paved garden It is seven miles to the nearest town On the market for 359950 JacksonStops Staff 01473 218218.


A massive solar power site in California where Native American tribes have filed six lawsuits against companies.


One of the 18 works from Heartlands and Headwaters.


Hugh Jackman aka Wolverine sports some particularly lupine facial hair and his wife DeborraLee Furness.


Top Gear s Jeremy Clarkson has been suspended by the BBC following a fracas with a producer.


Jose Salvador Alvarenga is helped into a press conference in the Marshall Islands capital of Majuro.


The research is good news for the Yes Scotland campaign but it still trails in the polls.


The Sheldon tapestry being installed by National Trust and Bodleian conservators in the new Western Library at the Bodleian.


73rd over Australia 2277 Siddle hoicks three more back over Tremlett s head with an ugly swish Ahh humbug It has started to rain The umpires are calling the players off.


Trading up Isle of Bute This threefourbedder safely hugs the fringes of town yet looks out over rustic wilds threequarters of an acre of garden and a long driveway buffer it from the outside world Inside it has been handsomely upgraded with wooden floors and rustic wooden mantelpieces in the study the openplan sittingdining room and the kitchen There s also a separate lounge It is just over half a mile to Rothesay harbour where regular ferries leave for Wemyss Bay with direct rail links to Glasgow Cost 320000 Strutt and Parker 0141 225 3880.


Two nuns hold images of Kateri Tekakwitha in St Peter s Square.


Nick Clegg Voters look set to deal him a crushing blow by rejecting AV a GuardianICM poll indicates.


Strasbourg with the city s Gothic cathedral once the world s tallest building in the background.


US Russian British and Kazakhstani flags fly next to the rocket.


Prince Charles makes a speech about the late Wangari Maathai at Kew Gardens.


An unemployed man having a onetoone session at a new government work programme session for longterm unemployed people.


Brokdorf Germany An aerial view shows Brokdorf nuclear power plant.


Harry stank of a jilted lover as he walked the streets of New York this week Joe Mackenzie gets marked down for his Photoshop skills but we appreciate the sentiment Photomontage Picture.


Paris street view In the beginning I found it amazing that if one looked enough one could find almost anything accidents heart attacks people giving you the finger says Wolf It was just an incredible crosssection of events But then I just realised it s a matter of odds you will have everything from a woman birthing a child to a guy dying on the street.


Leaving it a little late should you book a flight as early as possible or risk leaving it until the last minute.


A model presents a design during the 12th Chanel Metiers d Art show ParisRome an annual event to honour the craftsmanship that artisan partners bring to the fashion houses collections at the Cinecitta studios in Rome Rome s Cinecitta a film set the size of Vatican City is where Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton fell in love on the set of Cleopatra the movie that almost bankrupted 20th Century Fox Federico Fellini who filmed La Dolce Vita there called it the temple of dreams.


What will the secret documents of 2015 reveal about the Tottenham riots of 1985.


Besler celebrates reaching the 2013 MLS Cup final Photo Denny MedleyUSA Today Sports.


Nicola Sturgeon Scotland s first minister.


Rachel Weisz in the banned LOreal advert.


A drying Castaic Lake reservoir reveals shells that now lie exposed after water receded in Castaic California The state faces its fourth year of severe drought Cities and towns are required to cut their water usage by up to 35 or face steep fines under proposed new rules the state s firstever mandatory cuts in urban water use Burning more fossil fuels is harming the climate causing extreme weather conditions such as droughts.


Towering ambition the Stranglers JeanJacques Burnel.


I shoot Kodak Portra 160VC through a 1975 Mamiya M645 mediumformat camera As a photographer I always have something in the Jeep for those Kodak moments This was certainly one of them.


The great dictator Immortan Joe leads the charge.


Fortescue Metals Group chairman Andrew Forrest had argued that the mining tax was an unconstitutional interference by the commonwealth with state functions.


Workers in London s Canary Wharf Data published this year showed that on average FTSE 100 chief executives earn 150 times more than their workforce.


Newcastle United s owner Mike Ashley covers the club s debt with an interestfree loan of 129m.


Right wing David Silva The diminutive maestro who powered Manchester City s premiership winning season could easily be lost among figurative giants like Xavi and Iniesta But during the demolition of Ireland he proved his mastery of manipulating the ball the pitch and everything else on it Rated at 86 in Fifa 12 he ll play on the wing but also in that mythical hole behind an outandout striker perfect for managers who prefer more exotic formations You ll need deep pockets mind.


Christina Marriott chief executive at Revolving Doors Agency says there s a long way to go.


Jim Mallinder Northampton s director of rugby admitted the 201314 Heineken Cup draw was very tough on his side.


Aachen GermanyAn image created using multiple exposures shows Mikala Muenter Gundersen of Denmark competing on her horse My Lady in the Dressage Grand Prix team final of the FEI European Equestrian Championship.


A man holds his kayak with a favela in the background during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games doubles kayaking test event at the Deodoro Radical Park.


Silent hero the Oscars 2012 celebrated cinema s past by awarding The Artist five Oscars including best picture.


Geologist and coexpedition leader Greg Mortimer has visited Antarctica more than 100 times In 1984 he was the first Australian to ascend the North face of Mount Everest without the use of supplementary oxygen.


Dick Advocaat said he did not regret signing his new contract because it was a great experience.


Standing up for yourself may not seem as complicated as advanced physics or organic chemistry but human relations are more unpredictable than the movement of molecules.


JK Simmons in the auditorium before he won the best supportng actor award for Whiplash.


President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf speaks to villagers about Ebola precautions outside Ganta Liberia on Tuesday.


Protest attendees in the park hold banners with slogans such as Mum Dad children What about the rights of the child and Repent and be baptised.


A Filipino mother carries her newborn baby on the eve of World Population Day in Fabella government maternity hospital in Manila World Population Day takes place on Friday and raises awareness of family planning gender equality poverty maternal health and human rights.


Konstadinos Douvalidis of Greece Petr Svoboda of the Czech Republic and Lawrence Clarke of Great Britain compete in the men s 60m hurdles semifinal.


Western Australia has had more than 1000 reported bushfire incidents since 1 January 2015.


Barry Humphries as Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson.


An armed commando stands guard at the Chhatrapati Shivaji train station in Mumbai India.


Blur in 1991 from left Dave Rowntree Graham Coxon Damon Albarn and Alex James.


John Ray Africa correspondent for ITV News interviews Jean Kambanda in a Mali prison.


Julian Cole was left in a vegetative state after being arrested by six Bedfordshire police officers in 2013.


Dami Makinde has been offered a place to read criminology and psychology at Royal Holloway College but is unable to afford the fees to take up her place.


Pavel Dmitrichenko is accused of masterminding the acid attack on Sergei Filin.


Roger Federer aiming for a seventh title in this seasonending event makes his entrance.


Many women have been lured to Australia by the promise of a happy marriage only to be exploited by their partners research shows.


The unintentionally birdlike Church by the Sea in Tampa Bay Florida has become a minor tourist attraction Expect to see a crucifixhatchicken church spring up in a declining resort town near you any day now.


Roseringed parakeets flying over a London cemetery.


Publishing in a spin Young scientists caught in no man s land.


Teenage pregnancy contributes to and is a cause of social disadvantage.


Bortles is sacked by Geno Atkins of the Cincinnati Bengals.


Diamond Harry looks just the right type for punters to follow this jumps season.


The chief constable of Cumbria said he hoped that negative publicity about celebrities such as Blue Peter presenter Helen Skelton quitting Twitter would prompt the company to take action.


1994 Bill Clinton throws the ceremonial first pitch at Jacobs Field in Cleveland.


A robin in Aberfoyles Scotland The town watns to become the fairy capital of Scotland According to folklore the Rev William Kirk claimed to have spotted fairies in the woods in the 1600s at Doon Hill by Aberfoyle in the Trossachs.


Source Office for National Statistics Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency National Records of Scotland.


Japanese anemones are pretty undefeatable even in dry shady soil.


Pregnant singer Beyonce arrives at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards in August.


A loom band dress is being advertised on eBay with bidding currently over 300000.


The world No1 Neil Robertson is in upbeat mood after winning the UK Championship in York.


Meg Hillier MP is expected to say that bold steps are needed to revive the organisation.


A plane comes in to land at Heathrow airport west London.


Research in Motion s quarterly financial report was largely bad news but the success of the PlayBook gave some encouragement.


Travellers arrive to take the Thello train at the Gare de Lyon station in Paris.


Stuart McQuarrie as Mr Snow and Ethan Hammer as Emil in the National Theatre production of Emil and the Detectives.


Traders at the Chicago Board Options Exchange The global food crisis was strongly related to financial activity in commodity markets.


Blue Murder starred Ian Kelsey and Caroline Quentin.


Fernando was a strong personality in the Porto dressing room and will be expected to behave similarly at Carrington.


The pair will eventually grow to about 45cm long and will sport the eyecatching crests and spikes the species is known for.


Ivory Coast hope Gervinho s revival at Roma will be carried over to the Africa Cup of Nations.


Children in Harare where one clinic says it is seeing an average of 20 child abuse victims a day.


Brent crude has tumbled over the past 12 months.


David Cameron and the education secretary Nicky Morgan take part in a science experiment at Kingsmead school in Enfield.


Jeb Bush in Chicago Bush described surveillance as a necessary part of a longterm commitment to fight this battle against terrorism.


Some impressive balancing skills were on display.


Looking down from space on an erupting volcano in Kamchatka Russia on 8 December Clouds fringe the snowcovered mountain but an opening at the summit reveals a ribbon of lava flowing down the northwestern flank A white plume trailing to the east is probably steam mixed with ash.


Selling Shakespeare English teacher Mr Bispham from Educating the East End.


Liverpool in happier times Kenny Dalglish with Ronnie Moran and Roy Evans after winning the league in 1990.


Cameron Diaz one of the celebrities who participated in the telethon.


Keith and Viv Nicholson with their winning cheque in 1961.


Anthony Davis and the New Orleans Pelicans win over the Golden State Warriors last night increased the odds that the two teams would meet again in the first round of the NBA playoffs.


Ramblers in the Lincolnshire Wolds Women now aged 65 can expect to live another 21 years and men 19 years a report says.


David Cameron s dispiriting rhetoric on immigration is far removed from Obama s compassionate action.


Prick up your ears the cast of the children s show Stone.


Steve Carell nominated for best supporting actor as the mood builds backstage.


The plans aim to match customers with the cheapest tariffs available to them and reduce energy bills.


True blood Clint Eastwood with his daughters Morgan and Francesca at the premiere of Blood Work 2002.


Guests enjoying some free food drink and mingling at John Moore s 24 opening Walker Art Gallery during the Liverpool Biennal.


Auditors exposed drug theft expired HIV testing kits and the sale of condoms that were supposed to be free.


Karen MacGregor denies all charges against her at Sheffield crown court.


Jay Z Hoping it won t be Big Cheque Writin time after court case.


Pope Francis a former archbishop of Buenos Aires previously described the Falkland Islands as Argentinian soil.


Paddy Lowe Mercedes technical director Lewis Hamilton Nico Rosberg and Toto Wolff their head of motorsport.


A romance you could even say schmaltzy the head of the French censor board has defended his decision to award Fifty Shades of Grey a 12 certificate.


A semitruck and trailer drives through floodwater and ice slabs as the flooding Red River Grand Forks North Dakota.


Xolile Mngeni pictured during his trial in 2012 did not implicate Shrien Dewani in the murder of Anni though two other men convicted over the killing did.


A Chinese billionaire was allegedly murdered by putting toxic herbs in cat stew a popular dish in Guangdong province.


France s former first family are sweating over bad publicity surrounding their supposed luxurious lifestyle since leaving the Elysee Palace.


Jose Ojeda steps out of the Fenix capsule after becoming the seventh miner to be rescued from the underground chamber.


Pakistani Christians beat a burning effigy of Terry Jones during a protest in Lahore against his plans to burn the Quran.


The grapevine Boskoop Glory grows across the veranda.


The Philips ebook which pioneered the use of E Ink s electronic paper technology.


A girl does a handstand under a yellowing tree in Hyde Park central London.


The bridge Access to the Olympic site is through the Westfield shopping centre.


A fresh impact crater on Mars The image was taken by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment camera on Nasa s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Credits University of ArizonaJPLCaltechNasa.


Perfectly constructed matsutake mushroom dish at Tempura Matsu Kyoto.


End of the road amusement parks are frequently the scene of all too genuine terror when moviemakers are involved.


Secretary Andrew Clark enjoys a spot of birdwatching.


Olga Kuzenkova is set to lose her 2005 world championship title after being banned for doping.


Durham s Ben Stokes is hitting form at the right time.


North Korean soldiers An official paid 35m to two Pakistani generals in exchange for nuclear information according to a letter.


Hull City s Sam Clucas celebrates after scoring the second goal against Brentford at Griffin Park.


Jacqui Smith will interview porn stars and filmmakers for the Radio 5 Live show Porn Again.


Protesters against proposed changes to the national history curriculum march outside the Jefferson County school board meeting.


A 53 defeat to Arsenal at Stamford Bridge was one of the most painful results In a game which swung both ways Chelsea twice threw away the lead before conceding two late goals to Robin Van Perise.


A shot of the Monte Rosa massif in Switzerland from just in front of the Hornli Hut on the Matterhorn Great to be able to get this shot as was sitting in a helicoptor at the time peering nervously through the front windscreen.


Debenhams bosses have lost out on cash and share bonuses after profits fell.


Keswick Cumbria The River Gare bursts over a retaining wall.


Physicists at the Large Hadron Collider came tantalisingly close to discovering the Higgs boson described by science correspondent Ian Sample as the most glittering prize in particle physics but conceded that the bumps in their data may have been the result of random quantum fluctuations.


Peruvian interior minister Daniel Urresti denies charges that he was involved in the killing of Hugo Bustios.


Hungry for a more fulfilling read A road in Ebocha Nigeria.


Google is giving all 23300 of its employees 10 percent raises next years according to a leaked internal memo.


A scene from Noted by Yorke Dance Project at the Lilian Baylis.


This kind of commitment is old school I recognise that.


Activists protest in March against benefit cuts which are hitting women hardest.


A Eurostar train is delayed by the disruption at the CalaisFrethun train station.


Further south come pineapples and tomatoes further still grapes citrus and stonefruit until cold climate crops appear such as leeks and cabbages Rafferty is interested in a regional vernacular whether an area s boxes and their design say something about that place.


The model Linda Lusardi in an ad for the Churchill insurance company The European commission wants RBS to sell the subsidiary.


John Mason the SNP winner of the Glasgow East byelection celebrates at the Tollcross Park leisure centre.


Ruby Thomas arriving for her Old Bailey trial last year where she was convicted of the manslaughter of Ian Baynham Today she was detained for seven years.


Tim and Andy exchange numbers best mates for ever.


I think the elderly people we care for deserve good meals every day of the week and that means I work weekends.


GCSE results row the alliance of schools and pupils claim Ofqual s decisions prejudiced the life chances of thousands of children.


Alan considering the link between sheep and celebrity.


The Pi has been widely adopted among educators who see it as a cheap and open way of getting computers into classrooms.


Yotam Ottolenghi s onion chickpea and goat s cheese salad.


Carly Rae Jepsen It didn t really feel like I was in the centre of it.


A 2014 Winter Olympics mascot waves at the audience.


The new England coach Eddie Jones will brighten up northern hemisphere rugby but may need to start cautiously in the Six Nations.


Rousingly romantic Charlize Theron in Mad Max Fury Road.


Sam Burgess represented England at the 2013 Rugby League World Cup and is eager to secure ap place in the union version in 2015.


Kieren Fallon claims that jockeys need to stand up for themselves We re being bullied all the time he says.


Tourists walk past a portrait of Mao Zedong in Tiananmen Square in July.


Dara Llorens has been charged with aggravated kidnapping and being held on a 300000 bond.


Inside the book transcripts from interviews sit opposite examples in which typography combines with image in new and unusual ways.


Mark Wahlberg signs autographs before the premiere of Ted the talkingtoy comedy from Seth Macfarlane in Hollywood.


Unison says it is a disgrace that 70 of nurses will receive no pay rise this year.


Ukrainian soldiers stand guard at a checkpoint Kiev said six of its soldiers had been killed and a further eight wounded in the ambush.


Dmitri Tarasov wearing a Tshirt that reads most polite president.


Rightwing opposition leader Ariel Sharon flanked by security guards as he visits the AlAqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem s Old City on 28 September 2000.


An injured Iranian asylum seeker arrives at Momote airport after being treated in hospital in Port Moresby.


Guests wear 3D glasses as they watch a presentation during the keynote speech of President and CEO of Intel Corporation Paul S Otellini.


Le Patin Libre the first ice dancers to be nominated in the awards history.


The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in August 2013 the draft says reactors meeting new safety standards set after the 2011 crisis should be restarted.


A mother and child seek respite from the sun at the Kuala Langsa refugee camp where hundreds of migrants are now gathered.


An Airbus A350900 at the Singapore Air Show.


A traveller at Gallipoli commemorations in 2005 Beaumont s Broken Nation carefully steers away from myth making about the Anzacs.


Politicians actors and sportspeople have worked together with photographer Adrian Houston to create the show in aid of Guide Dogs Britt Ekland with her dog Tequila a Chihuahua.


Steven Gerrard fairly average idea of fun.


Francois Delecour gets all four wheels of his Ford Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4 off the ground during the 1991 Lombard RAC Rally of Great Britain.


There s openplan living and then there s openplan living.


Dogg days are here again Snoop enjoys a nice gin and juice.


Storm Thorgerson s cover for Pink Floyd s Animals.


Mina Fayek an Egyptian Coptic Christian says the discrimination against his religion makes him feel disengaged from his country.


The House of Representatives has again voted in favour of the Keystone XL pipeline.


Selfpitying John Lennon with Yoko Ono in 1969.


Gas and electricity companies can cut off your supply if you don t pay them no court is involved in this decision so the bills should be treated as a priority.


Young British tourists walk down the Punta Ballena strip Magaluf.


New York s rooftop farms improve the view and the environment This is the Eagle Street farm.


Justin King chief executive of Sainsbury s is one of the departures from the government s business advisory panel.


Cows in a landscape Caldey Island by David Jones.


Inside Whitelock s a GradeII listed pub that dates back to 1715.


This was a merger motivated by scientific strategy rather than by of financial necessity but uniting allows us to use our supporters money more efficiently.


Perry Smith is led by police officers into the courthouse in 1960.


Petr Cech won his fourth league title with Chelsea last season but now makes the move across London to Arsenal.


Barcelona fans display a huge tribute to Xavi Hernandez before his last match at his home stadium.


Wang s work Ningbo History Museum in China designed by Wang Shu.


James Wilson scored twice on his debut as Manchester United beat Hull City 31 on Tuesday.


Jose Mourinho celebrates Chelsea s 20 victory over Liverpool in the Premier League.


Jockey Chantal Sutherland rides The Factor trained by Bob Baffert during morning gallops in preparation for Saturday s Dubai World Cup meeting at Meydan.


Big green gathering The school garden at Overthorpe School in Dewhurst.


Plankton collected in Shimoda bay in autumn with a 02mm mesh net Organisms measure a maximum of 5 to 7mm.


Going on a budget flight Make sure you check in your luggage before you get to the airport a 20kg bag on a flight to the Canaries will cost 140 otherwise.


Naps Williams gets to grips with a pony at Butts Farm during a work experience day with the Young City Farmer programme.


I believe that I have been a better scrutiniser of legislation and designer and developer of public policy because I have kept my legal practice going.


My Dad was born in a town in the North East called Birtley and this Sunday will be my first Father s Day without him as he died on 31st May Despite being born into a family of simple means he was accepted into the Royal Academy of Art He was still riding his motorbike until recently and I went to see Jake Bug with him at the Brixton Academy last winter He was an adventurer young at heart a beautiful artist and my best friend I love you Dad.


In Tommy Bowe above and George North the Lions have two wings who defend really cleverly says the former coach Sir Ian McGeechan.


The central alley on Dunboyne Road estate.


Quillin s father Papi who defected from Cuba in 1980 passed the time on Saturday playing dominos on his smartphone between the occasional cigarette.


Jeremy Kyle Ofcom said the 17yearoldwas visibly distressed shouting crying and breathing heavily during the show.


Shine on Selena Gomez in a sequinned shift dress.


The words global community fill me with dread I was their prisoner chained to the radiator of my own conscience.


Germany s Sebastian Schweinsteiger second from right is one of the more experienced players in the youngest squad at Euro 2012.


Fredy Montero practices his game faces for Saturday s nationally televised Cascadia Cup game between Portland Timbers and Seattle Sounders Photo George HollandZUMA PressCorbis.


The Generation of Z sold out seasons in Christchurch and Auckland.


Reading in prep time after dinner According to a 2006 Sudan Household Study the literacy rate among women in southern Sudan aged 1524 was just 25 compared to 564 for women in the north.


Built for the 1989 World Festival of Youth and Students the Chongnyon Youth Hotel features a grand toplit rotunda once again painted a minty green with peach accents and mirrorpolished steel columns It has an outdoor pool with a slide that s popular with local families from which you can look up and admire how the 30storey hotel tower is seemingly modelled on the shape of a missile.


4 April 2010 The eruption enters its thrid week with several distinct fissures joining up into a single big vent The vent is hidden under a volcanic plume of mostly steam Lava flows reach several miles north from the vents.


A BT adviser suggested we start again from scratch but I m still paying for the nonexistent number.


Khandalyce Kiara Pearce left and her mother Karlie Jade PearceStevenson.


Stoke City s Charlie Adam celebrates scoring against Sunderland in the Premier League at the Britannia Stadium.


Obamacare supporters react to the US supreme court decision to uphold President Obama s healthcare law on 28 June 2012 in Washington.


The New York Knicks forward Carmelo Anthony.


Kate Hoey speaks at the launch of the Labour Leave campaign alongside from left Graham Stringer MP John Mills and Kelvin Hopkins MP.


The Republic of Ireland striker Stephanie Roche has also played in France for ASPTT Albi.


Farmers work in a poppy field about 500 km north of Kabul but opium production is down in Afghanistan.


HTC One M8 review the One M8 is both longer and heavier than the Google Nexus 5.


PacMan on an iCade Users can play video games on their iPads using the device More than 250 games are available and software developers can make their games work with the iCade for free.


Morrisons launched a loyalty card scheme last year.


Roberto Martinez s Everton beat Manchester United twice last season including David Moyes s final game in charge.


An Egyptian woman votes inside a polling station in Assuit.


Equatorial Guinea s president Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasago.


Feeling blue the future of planet Earth is in our hands.


How excited are Jarryd Roughead and Luke Hodge about Geelong this weekend Very excited.


After a little scare in game six Murray steps it up and he wins the final set with relative ease 63 A relieved Murray said afterwards It was tricky The court is playing very very slow for a grass court there were quite a lot of rallies In relation to his injury he said The ankle was alright a little bit sore at times I ve just got to get used to the new surface It s getting better every day.


The stars of the Guardian s second set of Shakespeare Solos Clockwise from top left David Threlfall Camille O Sullivan Samuel West Daniel Mays Joanna Lumley and Sacha Dhawan.


Visitors at the current Elizabeth Price exhibition at the Baltic For this video work Price has constructed her own fictional museum.


Angel Siyavuya Swartbooi from South Africa Born 845pm 2 June 2005 Place of birth Michael Mapongwana clinic Khayelitsha Birth weight 3kg Mother Nonzuzo Swartbooi 18 Father Benson Ntsimango 22.


Filming trader Richard Regan or ReganPTX for Twittamentary.


Cover star Bardot on the set of the film Babette s en vaten guerre in 1959 It was a big year for her.


Gordon Park arriving at Manchester crown court with his wife Jenny in 2004.


Gerd Muller heads goalwards as Bayern Munich take on Atletico Madrid in the final of the European Cup in 1974.


Dheeya at the camp she shares with her family.


Australia s Got Talent Judges Dawn French Kyle Sandilands Geri Halliwell and Timomatic.


A poll by Age Concern showed that 21 of those interviewed said they would face difficulties if they had to stop using cheques Photograph GuardianGraham Turner.


Riot police detain a Bangladeshi Nationalist party activist during a nationwide strike in Dhaka on 10 April 2013.


Tajikistan s president Emomali Rahmon who has sought to tighten his grip on power and stamp out all signs of radical Islam.


The Lady Granville Beetle Parure in its original box consisting of tiara necklace and earrings made from beetles and gold Phillips London 188485.


Clockwise from top left let them get their own breakfast John Terry s not such a good role model be careful with video game age ratings and PE is compulsory.


Joanna Lumley with the character of Mrs Tiggywinkle from the Tales of Beatrix Potter at the Royal Opera House in London.


Disgraced former NSW detective Roger Rogerson is taken into custody by police at his home on Tuesday.


Tragedy underlined Ermonela Jaho in Suor Angelica.


High winds blowing off the North Sea force rainwater from fields back over the cliff edge at Huntcliff in SaltburnbytheSea England.


Chris Coleman is keen to avoid facing England among the top seeds and all the hype that a battle of Britain would involve.


The IPCC faces its greatest challenge yet in its investigation of the Hillsborough disaster.


A sculpture outside Bootham Park Jo Sarah s sister and carer said It says the trees come together to create a sculpture that represents hope and optimism It promotes a sense of life recovery and a positive future It s exactly what I think Bootham was.


4 Architect A fanlike composition of the old tools of the trade Nowadays of course I sit in front of the computer.


Branislav Ivanovic has said a siege mentality can help Chelsea win more matches.


A girl sits in the boot of a car being searched at a Christian antibalaka checkpoint in the PK12 area of Bangui.


The myth that women are always the big winners in divorce settlements adds horrible insult to an untreatable injury.


Woods as a child in the Leichhardt Juniors Under 6 s team He is centre front row and his mother Rebecca is on the left.


The Velvet Underground and Nico in 1965 The band has launched a lawsuit to protect the design of the Banana Album.


Europe has flown the flag for emissions reductions but 20 cuts are no longer enough.


0841 am Thursday Binday though its no longer bins but bags Ca nt remember if its a Black Bag Week or a Blue Bag Week I go and look what others have put out A neighbour appears and complains people have been putting their bags in front of her garage Seeing no bags in front of my door she gives me an accusing look I pretend I have nt heard her and ask if she thinks Greece will pull out of the Euro zone She looked at me as if I had gone mad Why raise such an inconsequential subject while she wanted to discuss a life changing event of domestic rubbish.


Martina Hingis left pumps fists with Flavia Pennetta during their semifinal against Cara Black and Sania Mirza.


Vassiliki Thanou alongside Alexis Tsipras during her swearingin ceremony as the country s caretaker prime minister.


Homegrown talent Tim Rushton choreographer of Danish Dance Theatre teaches at the Rambert Dance Company in London.


Buses are being decimated Since 2010 over 100 million has been cut from Government and local Government funding for buses meaning over 2000 bus routes or services have been cut Many communities and people have been cut off completely.


Jeremy Hunt defended 200m cut to public health budgets in England as being part of NHSwide drive to meet 22bn target by 2020.


Containers at the docks in Shanghai Developing countries need external demand said Chinese finance minister Lou Jiwei.


The Philae lander shortly after its separation from the mothership.


England s Abigail Brown crashes through the Italy defence in the Six Nations game at The Stoop.


Palestinians walk past the rubble of houses destroyed in Israeli air strikes on Gaza City during the fiveweek long conflict.


Abbott and education minister Christopher Pyne join school children on Yirrkala s walking bus.


The values and core of scouting are still important and relevant but the organisation has had to adapt to modern lives.


David Threlfall as Frank Gallagher in Shameless.


Manchester city centre Manchester Building Society was forced to restate its 2011 accounts to reflect a 235m reduction in the fair value of its interest rate swaps and 54m of swap interest costs.


The Barred Sculptor Galaxy known as a starburst galaxy because of the prolific star formation in its nucleus This activity warms the surrounding dust clouds causing the brilliant yellowred glow in the centre of this infrared image from Nasa s Spitzer Space Telescope.


He s back Freddy Krueger in the new A Nightmare On Elm Street.


Tom Astley student at the University of Warwick Astley has won the engineering student of the year award.


Go Compare founder Hayley Parsons after being awarded her OBE She has sold her remaining 23 stake in the company to car insurance firm esure.


My acting has given me the platform to speak out Laverne Cox.


Exquisite detailing the Limbourg brothers illustration for February.


A dispenser of Bertie Bott s EveryFlavour Beans.


Harriette Thompson finishes the San Diego Marathon on May 31 2015 in California.


Cinema at it s most refined Colin Farrell and Qorianka Kilcher in The New World.


WaleyCohen drives Rajdhani Express down the home straight to win the Topham Chase from Fairy Rath.


The Heptones featuring Leroy Sibbles Earl Morgan and Barry Llewellyn Barry Llewellyn who has died of pneumonia aged 63 was a longstanding member of the band one of Jamaica s bestloved harmony groups The Heptones had a series of influential hits during the 1960s and 70s and although Llewellyn was chiefly employed as a harmony singer he also cowrote and sang lead on some landmark recordings both for the group and as a solo artistRead the full obituary here.


Ashleigh Barty has been on a tennis sabbatical since September last year but will return to the spotlight playing Big Bash cricket for Brisbane Heat.


Stone carvings on the Temple of Ba alThe art and architecture of Palmyra was a spectacular combination of GrecoRoman techniques local traditions and Persian influences.


Tough ride The Killer Inside Me directed by Michael Winterbottom.


Celebrate It s going to be the Year of the Arts.


This year s Booker prize shortlist clockwise from left NoViolet Bulawayo Jim Crace Eleanor Catton Colm Toibin Jhumpa Lahiri and Ruth Ozeki.


Andy BellA surreal moment from the Erasure frontman s 20s has always stuck with him It was one of my first Gay Prides in the UK and I remember seeing Divine singing on a barge on the River Thames and Sinead O Connor asking me to look after her little boy That memory elicits the same bittersweet rush that has defined Erasure tracks like A Little Respect and Always In September Erasure released their 16th studio album The Violet Flame a month after Bell wrapped his oneman Edinburgh Festival Fringe show Torsten the Bareback Saint the story of an agedefying polysexual.


Taking a stand Doug Stanhope on tour in Manchester on 6 March.


It is tricky being all things to all people which is why M S has developed subbrands.


There s nothing worse than coming off the stage to silence Lauren Cuthbertson.


US share prices fell more than 3 on Friday.


A Bow Beasties club run by the Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park.


Medical staff tend to victims of the bus explosion near Colombo Sri Lanka.


Maryse put Georges s notes back up on her walls after she moved.


Bernie Ecclestone left chats with Vicky Chandhok president of the Motor Sports Clubs of India ahead of the Indian Grand Prix.


The folly of continuity Christopher Reeve as Superman in 1978.


The bodies of beached false killer whales on Longbeach in Cape Town South Africa Marine scientists euthanased 34 whales following their beaching on 30 May 2009 Of the group of 55 20 whales were helped back out to sea by members of the public but 34 returned to the beach and the decision was taken to put them down.


Suzanne Bryant left and Sarah Goodfriend celebrate after being granted a marriage license in Austin Texas on Thursday.


Kitchen Cabinet Annabel Crabb returns to the ABC with a new series of Kitchen Cabinet.


The backwaters are perfect for those seeking peace and quiet.


A Russian officer puts his cap on shadow immigration minister Chris Bryant during the Love Russia Hate Homophobia protest.


A scene from the video for Kate Bush s Misty.


2004 Tim Robbins and Susan Sarandon at the The Kodak Theater in Hollywood.


Lily Allen on a backstage walkabout with the media in tow.


Chapman Pincher the Daily Express defence correspondent was accused of ignoring Dnotices by Harold Wilson s government.


Michael Nadra Primrose Hill Nadra is not afraid of a big flavour.


Our pick of the top 20 apps for mobiles and tablets this month.


Mitch Larkin set a new Commonwealth record on his way into the 100m backstroke final.


Billy Twelvetrees staked his claim on an England place as he helped Gloucester to victory over Perpignan.


Two rival gangs the Juarez and Sinaloa drug cartels have been battling for control of its single highway a lucrative drug trafficking route along the Texas border.


A young reader gets stuck in to What Pet Should I Get.


Johnny Sexton is out of Ireland s semifinal against Argentina.


Maria Lassnig s Threefold SelfPortraitNew Self Her paintings seem more like the work of a 20yearold.


RollsRoyce commissioned its own investigation which found matters of concern in Indonesia China and other unspecified markets.


The decision to allow selfdetermination of gender comes two months after Ireland legalised gay marriage.


The Astro Cafe on Michigan Ave one of several hip cafes and restaurants that have opened in Detroit.


Under pressure to act like a little princess the fiveyearold Infanta Margarita Teresa in Velazquez s Las Meninas.


A statement published with Stephen Hawking s approval said his withdrawal was based on advice from academic contacts in Palestine.


John Terry and Luis Suarez tussle The Liverpool man is denied two penalty appeals first when it appears he s fouled by Terry.


Cottontop tamarins the planet s most endangered primate species A proposed new international body would monitor the destruction of the natural world.


TeAn Lien of Chinese Taipei tries to hold it together as the luge slips away from under him.


A palpable sense of stillness and silence The Aral Sea I Kazakhstan 2011 by Nadav Kander.


Just desserts Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with Douglas Hodge as Willy Wonka.


Secret Teacher I ve made up my mind I will never step foot in a classroom again.


Morning blossoms across Jefferson Memorial Washington DC at Thomas Jefferson Memorial during peak bloom on April 12.


Ronda Rousey defends her UFC world title this weekend.


Pope Francis We are not fearful of foreigners because most of us were once foreigners.


The Spice Girls perform at the closing ceremonies of the 2012 Olympics.


Politicians often talk of the middle class Do they mean you when they do.


Sydney Lebanese leader Keysar Trad has told the inquest into the deaths of those killed in the Lindt cafe siege he would have tried to negotiate with Man Haron Monis.


Nujood Ali the author of I am Nujood aged 10 and Divorced.


The overall bill for adaptation will depend on the severity of climatic changes and the range of measures chosen.


People sitting together on the sofa watching television late at night.


The judge said there was a risk that if the process of deciding on a man s contact with his son was not fair to one parent that unfairness might ultimately disadvantage the child Image posed by models.


Forman Son remains a family concern the last of the original London smokeries with Lance Forman flying the flag for the famous London Cure.


John Bercow the Speaker of the House of Commons is deciding whether to allow an emergency debate on the NHS reforms risk register.


Gavin Henson is tackled by Ireland s Brian ODrsicoll and Denis Leamy left during his last match for Wales in 2009.


Dzhungarian dwarf hamster Phodopus sungorus wondering where its Easter candy stash disappeared to.


Some of the portraits that make up the work of Japanese artist Tadanori Yokoo to mark the Fondation Cartier s 30th anniversary.


Angelopoulos international breakthrough The Travelling Players is an epic tableau of 20thcentury Greek history told through the experiences of a touring group of actors whose own stories are modelled on the Agamemnon myth Among other awards it won the BFI s Sutherland trophy.


Instagram s plan to change its terms and conditions has enraged users.


Zynga has filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against hookups app Bang With Friends.


A cell in Wandsworth prison London The Books for Prisoners campaign is backed by the poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy among others.


Tailor in Monsoon Porbandar from Magnum photographer Steve McCurry s book India.


Some workers in New York City fast food restaurants had been warned not to take part in the planned action.


Ben Stokes celebrates taking the wicket of Adam Voges for 31.


Nadine Dorries tweeted Welcome to my world.


A couple identified as only Donna and Tina get married as a protester waves a Bible in a park outside the Jefferson County courthouse in Birmingham Alabama on Monday.


Kurtley Beale will miss this weekend s game against Argentina after a heated argument with the Wallabies business manager Di Patston.


Shockingly rude Peaches Geldof photographed for the Observer in 2008.


Lord Mandelson who has made little secret of his belief that Labour made the wrong choice in electing Ed Miliband leader photographed in March 2015.


Is Colin Kaepernick the number one quarterback for coach Jim Harbaugh at the San Francisco 49ers.


Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell stars Alice Englert as Lady Pole and Charlotte Riley as Arabella.


Sometimes the climb feels insurmountable but reaching the top anchor is a triumph against selfdoubt.


A reader is keen to find a job where they can work mostly from home.


Close up detail of a snowflake filmed with unique macro technology developed especially for the shot.


David Cameron has claimed UK was on the same course as Greece.


Colour printer ink cartridges British households go through 50 million inkjet cartridges a year.


Prince George s christening will be a private ceremony at St James s Palace on Wednesday afternoon.


Paul Flynn said he was disappointed that the Kids Company report failed to highlight the key role he believes David Cameron played.


Immigrant songs You Won t Succeed on Broadway If You Don t Have Any Jews at St James theatre London.


Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis delivers a speech in central Athens during a massive rally against austerity cuts.


A model of Britishmade stairlift has been involved in deaths according to US authorities.


AstraZeneca s chief executive Pascal Soriot personally committed himself to fending off Pfizer s approach.


Oded Ku Klux Klansmen posed for this exclusive picture Sept 2 1962 as they burn a cross as part of a statewide demonstration against racial integration in Talluah Louisiana.


Naji El Maarfi Khaled El Azibi and Mohammed Abdalsalam were among 300 troops being trained in Britain to support the newly formed Libyan government.


Will Europe give Australia s Guy Sebastian the thumb s up at this year s Eurovision.


A more egalitarian tax system is needed if Britain s economy is to thrive.


A migrant woman holds a child after arriving at the port of Piraeus near Athens.


Newsnight s monkey waiter serving up material for Jeremy Paxman.


Craig Bellamy faces an uncertain future at Manchester City.


The outbreak of fires has left a trail of debris in Hollywood West Hollywood North Hollywood and the Fairfax district of Los Angeles.


Enda Kenny and Joan Burton head Ireland s coalition government now in caretaker mode.


Indian police escort Uber taxi driver and accused rapist Shiv Kumar Yadav following his court appearance in New Delhi.


I like characters that have secrets Eva Green as Morgan in Camelot.


Barack Obama with former US treasury secretary Timothy Geithner left and Larry Summers right whom Stiglitz blames for the president s failure to enact more farreaching reform.


Kenneth Branagh was given the Variety award for focusing the international spotlight on UK film a prize previously awarded to Liam Neeson JK Rowling and Michael Caine.


Eddie Jones think his team are capable of beating Scotland despite having only four days to recover from their victory against South Africa in their Rugby World Cup opener.


In some instances vets unable to stay sober have been asked to leave or departed on their own One young Iraq war vet with a drinking problem was found dead months later in his home You can make choices but you can fail as well says Westerbeck a former navy submariner and Butler s assistant.


Lee Jeonghyeop right hugs goalscorer Kim Young Gwon after South Korea went 20 up at Stadium Australia.


Sir John Vickers chairman of the Independent Commission on Banking set up by George Osborne.


Newcastle and Gateshead went through a successful local regeneration programme.


Capital 958 breakfast show presenters Johnny Vaughan and Lisa Snowdon.


Francis Maude has said the impartiality of the civil service is off limits.


The Bank of England watching and waiting for the right time to raise rates.


Eric Pickles said the public have a right to know who is bankrolling their councillors.


An Air Algerie plane prepares to land in Algiers Flight AH5017 vanished from radar screens around 50 minutes after taking off from Burkina Faso for Algiers.


Spirited Away became the first anime film to win an Academy Award the first nonEnglishlanguage animation to win the best animated feature Oscar The film chronicles a 10yearold girl s perilous efforts to free herself and her family from a fantasy world within an abandoned theme park.


Van Dyke Parks in the Intercontinental hotel on Friday.


A fine vintage Abelardo Barroso with Orquesta Sensacion.


Athenians visit the Green market in the city People in Greece have lived with the crisis for five years now and fear a future of declining living standards and runaway inflation.


Karne Hesketh of Japan scores the winning try against South Africa in the Rugby World Cup match at Brighton.


The power of individuals to support positive transformation within their organisations must not be overlooked.


Naomi Campbell said she was shocked by the Cadbury Dairy Milk Bliss ad.


Thai performers in Chiang Mai The throwing of water during the festival is a sign of respect and wellwishing.


David Rudisha has happy memories of England after breaking the 800m world record in the London 2012 final and is hoping to find similar form in Birmingham.


Soviet poster from 1948 The captions read Under capitalism and Under socialism.


Stephane Charbonnier finished the book only two days before he was killed in January.


A Buddist offers prayers for the missing Malaysian Airline plane MH370 in Bentong Pahang Malaysia on Sunday.


Winnie s Haunted House by Valerie Thomas and Korky Paulreviewed by Gaya and Maia This is a great Halloween read about the disaster that strikes Winnie s house when her cat accidentally smashes a vase Not being able to spot the culprit and under the impression that her house is haunted Winnie s magic spell to unhaunt a haunted house has the opposite effect Maia had mixed feelings about this book At three she is very intrigued and just a bit disturbed by all the magical goings on.


Protesters march through Manchester on a union protest against austerity cuts on the opening day of the Conservative party conference.


Shamim Syed and her son Yusef Syed Anad Syed Shamin s other son is in prison on murder charges and is the subject of Serial.


The Tasmanian government has rejected a report calling for the immediate decriminalisation of medicinal cannabis.


The FCA intends to run an advertising campaign to encourage any remaining customers to claim PPI.


British Airways was forced to seek help from the arbitration service Acas to settle the dispute with unions over job losses and a pay freeze Meanwhile Virgin Atlantic announced cuts to 600 jobs and a tenth of its services.


Jeremy Paxman appeared to dematerialise on Newsnight.


The study says longline fishing sometimes as lengthy as 100km is being used to catch blue sharks in the Atlantic.


Prime minister David Cameron speaks during the Commons debate on airstrikes against Islamic State in Syria.


Retired photographer Mike Sutton in Sevenoaks They can put their drilling rig in my front garden if they like.


Landon Donovan has enjoyed his second spell at Everton but will be back in California by Monday.


Asbo statistics mapped Click image for full graphic Illustration Paul Scruton for the Guardian.


It gives people permission to change direction Bronnie Ware.


The cover art for Four Five Seconds featuring Paul McCartney Rihanna and Kanye West.


A Wordle of Jodie Foster s acceptance speech Click the magnifying glass to view the image larger.


While much of Pittsburgh was settling down to a Thanksgiving meal word was spreading through the Muslim community that one of their members had been shot in a suspected hate crime.


Pope Francis visits the Philippines in January 2015.


Participants sit on a Star Warsthemed mutant vehicle.


Owning more does nt bring happiness the material pursuit of selfesteem reduces selfesteem.


Left the injuries suffered by Ahmad as recorded by a Met photographer Right prosecutors removed any sign of injury when they brought their case in the US.


Judge Thokozile Masipa sits in the Pretoria high court in the trial of Oscar Pistorius.


And then there was gun Tara Fitzgerald in a 2005 stage adaptation of And Then There Were None.


Rick Stein the latest celebrity to explore their family history in the BBC series.


A member of the French Red Cross disinfects the area around a motionless person suspected of carrying Ebola in Forecariah Guinea.


Derek O Reilly Knowledge Point s training manager.


Kevin Andrews has said Australia s divorce rate is too high even though there was a 46 drop in the 20122013 financial year.


Arsenal s Wojciech Szczesny left says a hard season for Arsenal can still end positively in the FA Cup.


Hotel du Petit Moulin Paris French designer Christian Lacroix has transformed the interior of this former bakery The 17 rooms represent 17 ways to discover the area Le Marais from rustic history to zen spaces Doubles from 190 room only.


Another frequently banned author Judy Blume censorship grows out of fear.


Sarah Franklin and her sons Jonah and Lucas.


The Malmaison hotel in Oxford which has knocked through three cells to create each boutique bedroom.


Charlie Brown left and Linus in a scene from the film Charlie Brown s Christmas.


Josh Hodgson was dropped from the starting lineup as England lost their final Four Nations match to New Zealand.


The Newport Dragons fullback Tom Prydie shapes up for a kick at goal.


Courageous Wojciech Marczewski s Shivers which was banned for three years.


Adam Johnson faces between five and 10 years in jail after being found guilty of sexual activity with a child.


Sword fights and sackcloth from The Pillars of the Earth.


The teenager was last seen on 3 December at 427pm as she arrived at Didcot railway station.


He wrote To build a bridge is a feat of daring there is splendid bravado evident in the vault through space.


A fishing boat carries two dinghies of Syrian refugees to the Greek island of Lesbos The Daily Mail s story overlooked many such arrivals to Greece during the second part of the summer.


Will Lewis above the multimedia newsroom he set up for Telegraph Media Group in Victoria in 2006 before becoming editor.


The two teams line up ready for kickoff The England starting lineup is Hart Walker Jagielka Smalling Cole Gerrard Cleverley Townsend Rooney Lallana Sturridge England manager Roy Hodgson has restored Joe Hart in goal with the under fire No1 having not played for club or country since 27 October.


Nicole Kidman as Virginia Woolf in The Hours.


The 380m Mount Emerald farm in the Atherton Tablelands is expected to create about 150 jobs during the construction phase.


Supermarket giant Tesco rang up record annual profits yet again despite the economic downturn and declared there is little danger of a doubledip recession in Britain Britain s biggest retailer posted underlying pretax profits of 34bn for the 12 months to the end of February a 101 rise on the previous year Sir Terry Leahy Tesco s chief executive told the City that his company had weathered the storm.


A man tries to fix his car which broke down amid floodwater in September in Digri Pakistan.


Best was back in Majorca yet again in 1972 This time however his female companion was his landlady Mary Fullaway who was also holidaying in Palma.


A baby girl suffering burns from an oil heater at home lies in an observation room at Boost Hospital which is administered by Medecins Sans Frontieres in Lashkar Gah the capital of Helmand Province Afghanistan Winner NikonWalkley photo of the year.


Alleged Russian spy Anna Chapman pictured at a party.


Anna Safroncik arrives for the screening of Philomenia.


Victims of Bernard Madoff s fraud scheme are set to receive 312m this week as the trustee charged with recovering their cash sends out their first set of compensation cheques.


AlJazeera English newsroom in Doha Qatar.


The enduring gender imbalance is everywhere from the disproportionately harsh impact of austerity to chestthumping City culture.


Autumn Colour in the Peacock Garden by Carol Casselden winner of the Beautiful Gardens category.


Policy and communications departments of a charity can learn to work together.


Waiting in the Hotel Room 2010 pencil watercolour and charcoal on paper Spies spend long hours working waiting for contacts and waiting for calls There s a lot of hanging around says Hart Dyke You re in a completely ordinary place waiting for something quite extraordinary to happen and often waiting for a long time.


Mackrell praised the superbly naturalistic performances.


Wigan s Ben Flower right has made five appearances since returning from a sixmonth suspension for punching Lance Hohoia in last year s Grand Final.


Clayton the main campus of Monash university.


The anophelines subfamily includes a large number of species including the mosquitoes that transmit malaria.


Mohammed Abu Ghori 15 injured when a warning rocket hit his house is back at alShifa for a second operation.


Tabris Ho a salesperson on a main road in the occupied areas at Causeway Bay district and in 2015 near a subway station.


The tobacco industry has invoked trade agreements in Uruguay against graphic health warnings and in Australia against plain packs.


The most Americanwhitelady story I ve ever heard Evan Jonigkeit and Tina Fey in Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.


Susono Japan An Asian elephant take a swim at the Fuji safari park which was inspired by images of elephants swimming in the ocean.


Gordon Brown offered constitutional reform today if Labour win the general election.


Yellow Earth was one of several minority ethnic theatre organisations to lose funding in recent Arts Council cuts.


Jamie Acourt arriving to give evidence at the public inquiry into the murder of Stephen Lawrence.


Mike Ashley is already taking legal action against Dave King and Rangers.


Sergio Garcia speaks at the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles in August.


Afghan refugees and internally displaced Pakistani girls attend their classes at a makeshift school.


Michael Frayn with his father Tommy and his sister Jill in 1937.


A demonstration against the topless protest in Rabat by the Femen feminist group whom the authorities suspect of being copied by the two men.


France start at a rather pedestrian pace but almost score after eight minutes when Franck Ribery s shot from an acute angle forces an awkward save from Andreas Isaksson.


Modelling tips for Rodney David Beckham first acted alongside Nicholas Lyndhurst and David Jason for an Only Fools and Horses sketch for Sports Relief 2014.


The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear The Owl and the Pussycat went to sea In a beautiful peagreen boat They took some honey and plenty of money wrapped up in a fivepound note.


Lily the pink one of the biggest names on the Pyramid stage.


Blackberry maker RIM to face third writedown on unsold smartphones due to strong competition from Apple and Android phones.


A 16GB iPhone is something no one should buy and Apple should stop selling it.


The final live leaders election debate hosted by the BBC at Birmingham University during the 2010 election campaign.


Dean Potter often strapped his dog Whisper into a backpack to soar with him on wingsuited Base jumps.


Festival opener James Rolleston in The Dark Horse.


The US women s team begin their World Cup quest on 8 June against Australia.


France s game with Romania became the first Rugby World Cup match to be played at the Olympic Stadium in Stratford.


RCN general secretary Peter Carter says that despite government rhetoric trusts are cutting staff and services.


Rio Ferdinand returned to Old Trafford on Sunday for the first time since his exit from Manchester United in the summer.


Despite the very real discomfort experienced by EHS sufferers there is no evidence to support the idea that electromagnetic radiation is responsible.


A photo of the Lin family presented as evidence at the trial of Robert Xie.


Coldplay s last album was withheld from streaming for just over four months.


Who are reveling in the breakneck aerial feats.


Fabrice Muamba when he was a youth player at Arsenal in 2005.


A rainbow lorikeet at Katandra Treetops park in Puerto de la Cruz Tenerife The rainbow lorikeet is a species of Australasian parrot whose habitat is rainforest coastal bush and woodland areas.


Together The National Mall in Washington in DC on 5 November 2008 the day after President Obama was elected Taken by desba37.


Four Tet expect his rider to feature watermelon juice.


The Civil Service Retirement Fellowship offers two befriending schemes to civil service retirees.


Robbie Kruse cut a sad figure among the celebrations following his leg injury.


A man dressed as Batman delivers a suspected criminal to Trafalgar House police station in Bradford.


Andrea Hill who is on extended leave from Suffolk county council.


Hamid Mir speaks to the media outside his home in Islamabad after the scare.


Harlequins Ugo Monye celebrates scoring his side s seventh and his third try against Gloucester.


I order snails because not to do so in a place like this would be an act of bloody mindedness says Jay Rayner.


Although not unique to South Africa the problem is particularly acute there Since gold was first discovered in Johannesburg in 1886 about half of the gold mined on earth was extracted from beneath greater JohannesburgA researcher from Pretoria University holds a poisoned fish caught in Loskop Dam.


Clapton players celebrate with their supporters after the 30 win over Enfield 1893.


Elliot Daly excelled at 13 Tom Stephenson is due an England place at some stage and Henry Slade is at the heart of an impressive Exeter midfield.


Author Carys Bray photographed near her home in Southport Lancashire.


Miami Heat s Chris Birdman Andersen against Indiana Pacers Lance Stephenson during Game One of their NBA Eastern Conference final playoff in Miami Florida May 22 2013.


CoppositesFrom the director of I Now Pronounce You Black And White apparently one of South Africa s highestgrossing local comedies comes another farce of dubious racial profiling and belated cinematic bandwagonjumping A washedup white cop and a black crook trying to go straight are accidentally bodyswapped in a lab Redemptive hilarity follows.


The value of toxic assets that originated in the US was 31tn compared to 900bn in the whole of the Europe and Asia combined.


Catalan proindependence supporters following the closing of polling stations during Catalan regional elections.


Trading down Kent The village of Eccles sits between Rochester and the medieval village of Aylesford at the foot of the North Downs the perfect place to find a twobed newbuild It has a large living room and master bedroom as well as a southwesterlyfacing garden and its own driveway Yours for 139995 Blue Bell Estates 01622 534001.


An ambulance worker in Kennington London applies her lipstick 1940.


A Ukip spokesman said the party s national executive committee would look into the posts and decide what action to take.


Gordon Buchanan gets close really close to some of the world s biggest primates.


Alan Stott is full of praise for the quality of care he has received from Harrogate and district NHS foundation trust which is ranked number one for cancer care in England.


Lydia Bishop was found on a slide with her neck caught in a rope.


Tom Stoppard winner of the 2013 Pen Pinter prize The judges praised his courage and truthfulness determination to tell things as they are.


IPPR says a 450m levy on payday loan companies could support more than one and a half million loans of up to 250.


Heineken Cup final Millennium Stadium Cardiff 21 May 1400th f28 lens 70mm ISO 2500 This picture is an example of me trying to get a picture out of being in a terrible position for the trophy presentation Only a couple of agency photographers were allowed on the pitch to get near the trophy lift so I decided to see if I could make something out of the darkness that was created when the lights were turned down for dramatic effect I knew there would be loads of flashes from the cameras of spectators in the crowd The star was created when a flash went off directly opposite me and this combined with the laser show behind the players makes for a pleasing different image.


Dave Lee Travis arrives at Southwark crown court on Tuesday 28 January.


Gordon Brown at the Southbank Centre last week where he gave a speech interpreted as a warning against Jeremy Corbyn He is now revealing that he picked Andy Burnham as his second preference and Liz Kendall as third.


Police officers arrest a suspect in a still from Ben Ferguson s video.


Lower Lake California US Garden Valley firefighter Chris Schwegler walks past a blaze along Morgan Valley Road Erratic winds fanned a wildfire burning through rugged hills in northern California on Wednesday pushing the flames across two counties and chasing at least 150 people from their homes.


People wait for a bus in a loose formation that is neither a queue nor a freeforall but a sort of passiveaggressive hiatus to see who ll break ranks first.


Stewart Downing underwent foot surgery after the end of the season.


An artist s impression of Tower Works development in Holbeck.


Buzz Aldrin looks out the window just after the Eagle has landed.


A Swedish marine aboard HMS Malmo aims his machine gun at suspected pirates in the Gulf of Aden.


The Instagram photo of Melissa Bachman and the lion she killed.


The Wynne winner Natasha Bieniek s Biophilia measuring just 9cm by 9cm.


Priced out Guatemalan farmer Victor Manuel Vasquez tends his land Industrial plantations are affecting livelihoods.


James Anderson of England celebrates dismissing the Pakistan captain MisbahulHaq during day one of the 3rd Test.


More people now play mobile games rather than read on their daily commute according to a games publisher.


Maverick British director Peter Greenaway examines Soviet master filmmaker Sergei Eistenstein s abortive trip to Mexico in the 1930s in Eisenstein in Guanajuato.


Fatima Hammdo in traditional dress and army uniform in the 1970s.


The fact BNP Paribas was heavily fined for sanctions violations involving Iran has made other banks nervous.


A mural of former President Mobutu outside the mayor s office in Gbadolite When Joseph Desire Mobutu took power he renamed himself Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu Waza Banga.


The big 10 rated on policies to address agricultural emissions in supply chains by Oxfam.


Wroclaw PolandColourful buildings surround the city s historic Market Square.


The same welfare cuts mean that Austeria also has a very lopsided geography It s the southeast that gets the Olympics Crossrail the bulk of the infrastructure projects and the property speculators cranes.


A cyclist negotiating London traffic at night.


The road protester known as Simon Sitting Bull in his tunnel.


Samsung s Galaxy 101 tablet computer the judge said Apple would be irreparably harmed if sales continued.


Jonathan Powell Tony Blair s former chief of staff gives evidence before Sir John Chilcot s panel.


Alex Wheatle At my age I m hardly down with the kids anymore and I feared that if I attempted to mimic a fasttalking smartass South London kid I m only putting myself up for failure In my head I could hear that kid yelling at me we don t say it like that.


The pentagram of NZ Designed by Sean Clifford from Bay of Plenty The pink colour represents the people of New Zealand The turquoise colour represents the water in and around New Zealand The green colour represents the land of New Zealand The pentagram represents the stars of New Zealand.


The band s ninth album in 1994 Monster was marked by a shift towards rockier sounds such as the squalling guitars on What s the Frequency Kenneth.


Protesters will march past the US embassy in Grosvenor Square before ending at Hyde Park with a rally.


A picture released by North Korea s official Korean Central News Agency appears to show the country s troops carrying out drills.


Emotively complex The Fever Chart at York Theatre Royal.


The shadows are falling on both retiring Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter and the YankeesRed Sox rivalry.


Nonnew species Pteroidichthys amboinensis an unusually coloured specimen of the Ambon scorpionfish.


Langtang village before the second Nepal earthquake hit.


A US soldier watches food parcels parachute to the ground over Iraq in an airdrop operation.


Lewis Hamilton inspects his Mercedes after spinning off the track in Jerez.


Mock the Week Nigel Farage tells us how popular Ukip is and simultaneously how jokes against it are easy populism Well which is it.


Steven Davies seen here with Gary Wilson celebrates scoring his century off only 59 balls.


For a less MargaretThatcher alternative to the skirt suit this Stella McCartney coord would be a win.


Starling murmuration at Gretna Springfield Scotland by Alan Mcfadyen.


A young Muslim pilgrim has his head shaved after throwing pebbles at a stone pillar representing the devil in Mina near Mecca today.


Christina Hopkinson author of The Pile of Stuff at the Bottom of the Stairs.


Defending champion Mark Selby grimaces after making hard work of his firstround match at the Crucible against Kurt Maflin.


Nacer Chadli is out of action until December after Tottenham confirmed he suffered ankle ligament damage against Liverpool.


David Willetts at last year s Conservative party conference in Manchester.


Rock formations in the Torcal de Antequera.


Doma Khatri Sherpa 21 looks at a memorial to her father Dorje Khatri Sherpa who was among the 16 guides who died in the April avalanche.


The sun sets over the Great Wall of China at Jinshanling Hebei province.


Andrea Catania Patrycja Kujawska and Aurora Lubos in Motherland by Vincent Dance Theatre at the Place London.


Scrapped tax breaks worse hit will be those in the early to mid60s who could have expected a higher allowance after 6 April 2013.


Lance Armstrong said in 2010 As long as I live I will deny taking performanceenhancing drugs.


French president Francois Hollande is keen to keep the UK in the EU but not at any cost.


Musician Nile Rodgers was photographed for Life on a Plate in Observer Food Monthly where he talked of cocaine caviar and Earl Grey.


R Apin photoillustration for It s Time to Get Up by F Folman and V Bonyuk 1932.


Jurgen Klopp felt his plans for the 201314 season at Borussia Dortmund were too far down the line for him to join Manchester United.


Ed Miliband who urged David Cameron to show a bit of humility following the Liam Fox row.


Ronda in Andalucia would be worth visiting even if it was nt stuck on the edge of a dramatic hole in the ground.


Bernardo Bertolucci met the press ahead of being granted his honorary Palme dOr.


Could Facebook be used to deliver elearning And will companies be willing to let employees use it in the workplace.


Rikuzentakata Owada Yuna carries her threeyearold sister as she searches for names of missing friends at a shelter.


Overseas home France This former presbytery in the Midi Pyrenees has been restored to a beautiful threebed home complete with pool set amid beautiful woodland and green fields It has seven rooms including two living rooms one of which could easily be turned into another bedroom and is on the market for 350000 Cotton Co 01284 700462.


Everton s James McCarthy is expected to sign a new fiveyear contract in the coming days.


Dmitry Kovtun is one of two accused of killing Alexander Litvinenko.


John E du Pont s mansion on the Foxcatcher estate where he holed up for two days after the shooting.


Whichbook and its unusual way of classifying Whichbook.


Ray Cole is greeted by his family at Gatwick airport.


Peter Capaldi with Jenna Coleman who plays Clara Oswald on set for his first full day of filming the new Doctor Who series.


Jimmy Anderson and Kevin Pietersen are in their early 30s they are prize assets and we need to look after them say England.


Roy Hodgson heads to his seat at the Emirates Stadium where he watched Arsenal defeat Stoke 30 last Sunday.


England captain Eoin Morgan says the Waca is one of those iconic grounds where you want to do well.


Andy Hayman believes the US demanded the arrest of a suspect in Pakistan.


That was a big moment for City a big moment that has gone begging.


The soundtrack to Raf Simons s show featured the voice of composer Angelo Badalamenti.


Labor has warned cuts to Indigenous legal aid will make it more likely Aboriginal defendants will end up in jail.


Pete Hobson at the tomb of Richard III in Leicester Cathedral.


Just pleased to see you Tom of Finland s phallic supermen.


Passengers leave Marseilles Provence airport on foot after protesting taxi drivers blocked access.


Stephen Fry launching the new Windows Phone 7 Microsoft s new smartphone operating system in London yesterday.


The England Under21s manager Gareth Southgate left is congratulated after his side s playoff success against Croatia.


Learning has shifted from an intellectual achievement to a commodity says our anonymous academic.


Maybe do nt take it as a sign east of Roswell town you ll find an abandoned train station and stores.


Lauren Mayberry of Chvrches performs at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Paris last October.


Sergeant Delroy Smellie has been charged with assault after a video emerged of a woman being hit with a baton during the G20 summit protests in London.


Reclaiming the river the Los Angeles River was encased in a concrete coffin in the 30s and has featured as a gritty backdrop in Hollywood movies such as Point Blank and Grease.


French lawyer Olivier Metzner s body was found floating near his private island in Brittany A suicide was reportedly found at his house.


He whips up great blizzards of words Dizzee Rascal in Brighton.


The Whitworth s slash and stitch brickwork pattern Photograph by Alan Williams.


Kichwas protesting in the northern Peruvian Amazon following more than 40 years of oil operations in their territories.


A man walks through falling snow in front of the US Capitol on Tuesday ahead of the new session of Congress.


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The Roma players Luca Toni left and Francesco Totti stayed on the pitch to celebrate the win over Inter long after the final whistle had been blown.


Raw strong scent Trevor Howard in Jack Cardiff s film of Sons And Lovers.


Rababe Arafi left lies on the track beside Shelayna OskanClarke centre and Renelle Lamote after the women s 800m final.


An aerial view of the UK s biggest sea defence scheme in Medmerry West Sussex.


Havana Cuba People use their mobile phones on el Malecon the seafront boulevard.


Prey It looks a little dated graphically but this offbeat shooter is still worth a look thanks to its amusing story and subversive level design Prey toys with aspects such as gravity physics and reality in ways that the likes of Doom and Halo would never dream of.


Nous sommes Charlie We are Charlie People gather in Place de la Republique to demonstrate for freedom of the press after the shooting at the satirical magazine s Paris offices.


While Margaret Hodge is pleased that the commission is reacting to recommendations she believes there is still much to do.


October 2008 The familiar happy Messi pose after scoring against FC Basel during the Champions League group stage.


Hidden story From Here To Eternity in its 1953 Hollywood incarnation starring Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr.


Absent of any motion the freeway has the barren eeriness of an abandoned building.


Barack Obama holds a puppy while posing for a photo with a family in Kotzebue Alaska on Wednesday.


Security engineers often take lower paying jobs because they are motivated by the quality of their work.


An MG TF sports car made by the new Chineseowned Rover leaves the production line in a hail of tickertape at Longbridge in 2007.


Apple CEO Tim Cook introduces Apple s new smartwatch in Cupertino California in September 2014.


Young says he has been abandoned by the staunchly conservative groups that typically bankroll campaigns like his.


Is Alex Song taking his short shorts to Manchester.


Same old tune Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr in The Soloist.