Thumbs up Stephen Moss gets the hitchhiking bug on the way to the Guardian Hay Festival.


Diva Hollywood performing at DaDaLesque in a haze of glitter and feathers.


Andy Carroll s time at Liverpool summed up in a single photo.


HandMade was behind The Long Good Friday starring Helen Mirren and Bob Hoskins.


Destination Menorca but the usual twohour flight turned into 10.


Shirts at the Victoria police academy Recruits will be trained to overcome unconscious bias.


Willow Heather Bog Myrtle Moss Grass Peat by Lizzie Farey from The Suitcase of the Dying Village.


What s the best makeup brush on the market Sali Hughes puts them to the test.


The France team advance on the All Blacks as they perform the haka before the World Cup final.


Dream home Leicestershire You can be the lord or lady of your very own Manor House in this Grade IIlisted pad near the market town of Melbourne At the end of the sweeping driveway is a stately looking property in 35 acres Inside has been done up to the nines with a study music room and gym offering respite from the huge family you could fit in the seven bedrooms The cellar provides ample wine space at one end of the house while a sizeable attic provides room at the top Beware there is a right of way through the grounds to the next door church but the agent says this is only occasionally used Cost 15m Chesterton Humberts 01159 505444.


Large swathes of housing were cleared around Liverpool s Edge Lane corridor which is being widened to cut congestion between the M62 and the city centre Part of the scheme was delayed several years by legal challenges by homeowners who felt they were getting a raw deal Residents living on adjacent streets which fell into the later phases of the Wavertree regeneration project currently on hold are now unsure where they stand unwilling to invest in their homes and uncertain if or when they may be forced to move Many of these streets are blighted by empty properties vacated by social landlords and now in council ownership tinned up while the city s NewHeartlands pathfinder was still running.


Ambergate sports college winner of the Henry Winkler award for special needs Three pupils take a break from wheelchair basketball.


Nancie Atwell with Bill Clinton former US president left and Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum prime minister of the UAE after being awarded her prize.


A stuffed animal is fixed to the pilar of a gazebo at Cudell Commons Park in Cleveland Ohio.


New chair of the British Film Commission advisory board Iain Smith s producing credits include Alexander.


The only racing on Thursday is at Wolverhampton where Beneath looks the best bet in the opening event.


One of many antiZuma displays at the EFF s Tshela Thupa rally Photo Koketso Moeti.


Adam Cuthbertson of Leeds here playing against Huddersfield has been a breath of fresh air in Super League since arriving from the NRL.


Jeremy Hammond wrote that hackers are condemned as criminals without consciences dismissed as antisocial teens without a cause or hyped as cyberterrorists to justify the expanding surveillance state.


The most common tool of the shadowhunter in my books and the source of their ability to fight the demonic Incursion are the Marks of Raziel a complex runic language In this gallery I m going to guide you through some of the most important runes The Fearless rune was created by Clary It has the power to temporarily remove fear from the bearer Alec volunteered to test the rune in City of Ashes and almost immediately began to tell his parents about his sofar secret romantic relationship with Magnus.


There were no photos because the Amish tend to shun modern technology but the family agreed to the release of a sketch of the Fannie Miller child.


Birds Eye have stepped up to the challenge of the tweetridden teatime and created Mashtags.


Lord McAlpine s libel action against Sally Bercow for alleged defamatory tweets will be split into two stages a judge has ruled.


Julian Edelman then puts the Pats 2824 up An extraordinary turnaround But there s still time for the Hawks.


The burntout inside of Michelle Smith s shed on Sunny Ridge Road Winmalee.


Mill Creek flows pink with a piscicide called rotenone as the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources works on a restoration project in Salt Lake City to clear the creek of nonnative fish species.


What makes you cry on film When you see the hero years later and a lifetime has passed and they re really old Like in The Unbearable Lightness of Being Or the mother in The World According to Garp.


The US supreme court is to issue its keenlyawaited ruling on the constitutionality of Obamacare before the end of June.


Camp Virginia Kuwait US army soldiers watch a concert by the band Filter who performed for troops waiting to go home after their deployment in Iraq.


Paul Wilcox pictured with his wife Victoria died after he was bitten on the leg while in the water at Clarkes beach in the popular coastal town of Byron Bay.


Liberal candidate for Canning Andrew Hastie says his views on creationism are not relevant because he is only interested in the people of Canning.


Heston Blumenthal tries local food in Australia in November 2013.


A house engulfed in flames in Sittwe the unrest threatens recent democratic reforms as Burma emerges from half a century of military rule.


Morning Mist Rock Island Bend Franklin River southwest Tasmania Australia This iconic photograph by Peter Dombrovskis played an instrumental role in the campaign to prevent the damming of the Franklin river The photograph was reproduced by the Wilderness Society and widely distributed during the 1983 federal election In July of the same year the high court declared the GordonbelowFranklin dam illegal.


Yotam Ottolenghi s lentil and pickled shallot salad with berbere croutons The dish has got enough substance and kick to be a standalone light lunch.


He s on the phone Peter Sellers in Dr Strangelove.


Notebook 1995 by Lanvin from harrodscom.


David Allinson and his cat Percy who went missing 11 years ago The pair were reunited after the cat s microchip was scanned.


Impostor Most American cheater pints have thicker bottoms that don t have enough room for a full 16oz pour.


Too many men have terrible taste in shoes Lou Dalton.


Infiniti Red Bull s Daniil Kvyat looks on from the team garage during practice.


The Hungarian gas pipeline operator FGSZ s distribution facility in Kiskundorozsma.


Jimmy Carr s reputation and popularity are at risk from his involvement in a tax avoidance scheme.


Syrian refugees wait for food near a refugee camp in Bab alSalama city northern Syria.


My kingdom for a Norse Chris Hemsworth Anthony Hopkins and Tom Hiddleston.


Clay Yeager was in the UK to give evidence to the Commons early intervention review.


Cara Delevingne models a Chanel backpack.


Acidedged Pina Bausch s Auf dem Gebirge at Sadler s Wells.


Taken in Ryoan Pass in the Cairngorms National Park Just before the clouds rolled in writes Rupert Shanks.


Carlos Carvalho with a map of the area around the Olympic Park in Rio.


The Ghosts of Heaven by Marcus Sedgwick.


The Blackpool manager Ian Holloway is thought to be on the shortlist of candidates to replace Brendan Rodgers at Swansea.


The iPhone and match sheet confiscated from Gaioz Nigalidze at the Dubai chess tournament.


Dozens protested what they say is San Francisco mayor Ed Lee s plan to push homeless people out of where Super Bowl festivities are being held.


Whistleblower of the year Closer to home Seth Freedman a gas price reporter blew the lid on alleged price fixing of the wholesale gas market And in the US GlaxoSmithkline workers Blair Hamrick and Gregory Thorpe brought their employer s marketing practices to the attention of the US authorities.


Area where the dolphin carcasses were found Guardian graphic.


England s Ben Stokes walks after he was judged out for obstructing the field during the ODI against Australia at Lord s.


Tilda Swinton and John C Reilly in a scene from Lynne Ramsay s hardhitting drama We Need to Talk About Kevin.


The quarter circles go from corner to adjacent corner of each square.


Girls Aloud perform at the Brit Awards 2009 held at Earls Court in London.


Julie Bishop no good purpose will be served by executing two Australian citizens who have been rehabilitated.


Koji Yamamoto at the Kiyotsu Canyon Tunnel MuseumObjects created from trees and shrubs shaped by the snows of EchigoTsumari that have been carbonised This year s collection includes contributions from local residents.


1933 a Leys train leaving the factory sidings with a consignment of castings.


The Syncrude Oil Sands site near to Fort McMurray in Northern Alberta Canada.


A hen harrier with its chick at its nest in Bowland moor in Lancashire June 2008 Last year just four pairs nested successfully in England and several of the fledged young immediately vanished.


A Chilean flamingo chases a brownhooded gull in Barra de Maldonado Uruguay.


Empusa Pennata by Patrick Goujon winner of the Wildlife in the Garden category.


Brendon McCullum acknowledges the crowd after his stunning innings of 195 for New Zealand against Sri Lanka.


West Bromwich Albion s Billy Jones grounded and Stoke City s Andy Wilkinson in the Premier League at the Britannia Stadium.


The Bank of England has left interest rates unchanged.


Sunderland have won 10 out of a possible 18 points in their six games since the arrival of Dick Advocaat.


Into the knockout stage Brazil edged out Chile after a penalty shootout to the rapturous delight of the home crowd.


Alastair Cook will captain England s oneday side during this month s tour of India.


Odessa Ukraine They can t be defined as European or Asian They are neither exotic nor familiar for the western traveller They are somewhat reminiscent of eastern Europe before the second world war mixed with a bit of Arab and Jewish souk and a touch of Turkish bazaar.


The beach near Simos Camping Elafonisos.


The magic of Hogwarts library in JK Rowling s Harry Potter series.


Indigenous Australians make up more than a quarter of Australia s prisoner population.


A silkworm on a branch of an Arjuna tree in Bihar India.


Bidston Observatory on Bidston Hill in Wirral.


A satellite called Gaia will be launched by the European Space Agency in 2013 with the mission of surveying a billion stars to create a 3D map of the Milky Way This is the satellite s radar antenna panel which is being tested at a facility in Madrid The foam pyramids on the walls of the chamber absorb radio waves to simulate the boundless nature of space.


Opposition leader Vitali Klitschko arrives to address antigovernment protesters in Independence square.


Kate Barry centre was a successful photographer Her father the composer John Barry died in 2011.


15 August 2014 Mousa Sweidan 50 walks in one of the rooms of his father s damaged home in the Shejaia neighbourhood of Gaza City The family of 15 people fled from their home and took shelter in a UN school when Israeli tanks entered the area Mousa used to work in Israel as a painter until 2005 and is now unemployed.


Boston marathon runners Where were they from and who were they.


Some Tory rightwingers think David Cameron is a dangerous lefty.


Jade Keil with Waffles the dog at the grave of her fiance Kwementyaye Ryder who was found dead near a dry river bed in Alice Springs.


Marilyn Mosby Baltimore state s attorney announces criminal charges against six officers after Freddie Gray suffered a fatal spinal injury while in police custody.


Chicken Ruby Murray at Dishoom Chowpatty Beach Restaurant.


Y is for yellow We love the yellow accents on this bag by material futures MA student Sabrina Kraus Her work uses traditional Peruvian handcrafting techniques as well as new methods and was produced in collaboration with a local charity in Patacancha.


The giant Greenpeace banner displayed across Essar headquarters building in Mumbai.


The world leaders gather at the head of the march.


Not a solo project Dan Auerbach and the Arcs.


Saeed Ajmal has been sidelined since last August but has been cleared to resume playing international cricket.


Pen y Fan from Illtyd Common in the Brecon Beacons Pen y Fan was the setting for the exercise in July 2013 as temperatures soared.


His wife called it the worst campaign I ve ever seen in my life but George Bush Sr is planning to endorse Mitt Romney s campaign.


Staff at Olympia in London prepare to count the votes.


Former British prime minister Tony Blair.


Serve sprinkled with fresh coriander a squeeze of lime and plain yoghurt.


In July 2005 Van Gaal took charge of AZ and the team finished second and third in the Dutch league in his first two seasons Van Gaal initially announced he would leave at the end of the 200708 season due to disappointing results with the club finishing 11th in the Eredivisie However when several players of the AZ squad pointed out that they would like Van Gaal to stay with AZ Van Gaal said he would give the players a chance to prove themselves They did so in spades as after two early defeats they topped the table for the rest of the season and won their first title for 28 years.


Margaret Hodge public accounts committee was always going to take the divisions of BBC governance to the cleaners.


Leading light Olga Chernysheva s photographic lightbox installation The Cactus Seller.


Islamic State fighters order people back to the Syrian city of Tal Abyad after they tried to enter Turkey through the border crossing at Akcakale on Sunday 14 June 2015 Thousands of refugees are fleeing fighting between Isis and Kurdish forces in northern Syria.


France s Francois Hollande had called on the country s wealthy to show economic patriotism when proposing the 75 tax band.


Sunshine plate cornmeal crusted chicken fat fried chicken served with bacon fat cornbread and cheddar cheese sofkee at Fodder and Shine in Tampa.


The horsedrawn carriage carrying the coffin of Malcolm McLaren.


You ve graduated but now what A career in local government can be varied and rewarding.


Danny Welbeck will face his former employers when Arsenal host Manchester United at the Emirates Stadium.


Alistair Darling the leader of the no campaign and Scotland s first minister Alex Salmond beg to differ about Scottish independence in their second televised debate.


The Turbine Hall a refurbished 1920s power station in Newtown Johannesburg.


Michael Dugher leaves Millbank Studios in London after he became the first casualty of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn s shadow cabinet reshuffle.


Lavrov seems to draw a comparison between Putin and Peter the Great who relied on tough domestic measures and resolute successful foreign policy to make Russia a key European player.


A child stands outside a tent used as a replacement school.


The GLR launch team in 1988 Nick Abbot Tommy Vance Johnnie Walker and Emma Freud Abbot presented the breakfast show with Fiona Foster Vance drivetime Walker lunchtimes and Freud mornings.


The resort is particularly popular with British teenagers celebrating the completion of their GCSE or ALevel exams.


Gemma Arterton as the duchess with Brendan OHea as Pescara To play the part Arterton has returned to Shakespeare s Globe where she had made her professional stage debut in 2007 in Love s Labour s Lost.


AL Kennedy s ForPeopleWithBadBacks Writing Chair glowing with smugness in her writing room.


Chris Kelly says he will not be be joining UK Independence Party defector Douglas Carswell pictured above right with Ukip leader Nigel Farage.


Wayne Rooney enjoys a stretch before Saturday s appearance from the bench for 19 minutes against West Brom.


Brandi Chastain celebrates her winning penalty in 1999.


Sean Smith 2003 Baghdad Iraq One morning during the 2003 invasion of Iraq I got my driver to take me to an affluent suburb of central Baghdad The rumour was that there had been a meeting of senior Iraqi military in one of the houses and so it had been hit the night before When I arrived I tried to hang back hoping someone would appear Then suddenly a kid who I had seen around before came back This time he was carrying a rabbit.


Students attend a graduation ceremony On average British undergraduates paid just under 6000 in annual tuition fees in the 201314.


Australia s captain Michael Clarke will miss Saturday s match against England due to a back injury.


Brad Pitt posthorse shampoo hair therapy.


Steve Coogan left and Rob Brydon compered the ceremony.


Simon Russell Beale centre is in compelling form in Nicholas Hytner s production of Timon Of Athens.


Philip Pullman is opposed to literary festivals that do not pay their speakers.


Viv Richards said the dominance of his West Indies side helped to overcome administrative issues behind the scenes.


A farmer uses a tractor to clear a road of snow in Oakenshaw County Durham.


2002 Bill Gates launches the Microsoft Tablet PC in New York.


Huge waves engulf Whitehaven harbour in Cumbria on Thursday morning as galeforce winds cause havoc throughout the country.


Turbines at Dun Law windfarm south of Edinburgh.


A model with a roadtrip fringe walks in the Christopher Kane springsummer 2016 show.


Road signs were uprooted to clear the way for the 75tonne shuttle.


Kit Harington as Jon Snow in a scene from Game of Thrones.


Dead Space 2 Immensely terrifying and actionpacked.


Roberto Martinez says Leighton Baines is staying at Everton because he understands the Champions League is a very real possibility.


Child s play KidZania in Tokyo The company has just opened a branch in west London.


A Vanguardclass nuclear submarine one of the four carrying Trident nuclear missiles that comprise the Trident nuclear weapons system.


Chelsea s Diego Costa rattled in a hattrick as the home side came from behind to dispense with Swansea Costa s celebrations are always enthusiastic affairs Chelsea ran out 42 winners.


Unhinged Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Steerpike in the BBC s 2000 adaptation of Gormenghast.


Stormtroopers in the process of being created through needlefelting Each figure has an armature of stiff wire inside to allow the figures to be posed and reposed easily.


Barclays headquarters in New York The bank has been fined a total of 635m by the state regulator.


Huddersfield Giants David Faalogo celebrates his try with Leroy Cudjoe Will they be celebrating against Wigan.


Beauty on the phone talking to her family.


I crammed a Raspberry Pi Model A into an old Holga film camera along with the Raspberry Pi camera module a wifi adapter and battery backed up clock The resulting camera can take normal still pictures but also has an ASCII art mode that generates pages of images using text.


Figure 1 A sandwich Note the ingredients placed between two pieces of bread.


Chas Dave in 1983 at the height of their fame.


3 September 2010 Rain and high winds from Hurricane Earl hit Nags Head North Carolina.


The HMIC report found the problem was worst in Avon and Somerset DyfedPowys Northumbria and West Yorkshire.


A model walks down the runway at the Tommy Hilfiger fall 2007 show during MercedesBenz fashion week at the Roseland Ballroom in New York.


Fireworks burst in the sky during the international ceremony on the beach of Ouistreham Normandy.


John McCririck has been one of the most recognisable faces of TV racing for decades.


Philosopher and writer Roger Scruton interviewed in the New Review was photographed near Malmesbury Wiltshire.


Martin Kaymer He is a big hitter a terrific ballstriker putts brilliantly under pressure and is on form having won a major championship two weeks ago Many people have made the case that Kaymer is the reincarnation of Bernhard Langer The truth is he could be even better than that A major asset who can be expected to play in all five matches Previous appearances 0.


Crystal Palace v Manchester United probable starters in bold contenders in light.


Tiger Woods after his practice round for the Honda Classic where he was asked about the Navy Seal claim in Hank Haney s book.


West Ham United play Chelsea in the Premier League fixture at Upton Park last season For this season s fixture West Ham is charging under16s 46 for a ticket Set against the 85bn that the 20 clubs will receive for TV rights over the next three seasons such prices are pure greed.


A member of a Palestinian family is rescued from the wreckage of his house destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis Gaza.


Sir David Nicholson said he regrets not making making more progress in increasing the number of BME senior NHS leaders.


Dr Raj Mattu I m not alone there are hundreds of whistleblowers crying out for help In fact I m almost unique in that I ve come out the other end.


Michael Carrick celebrates scoring Manchester United s second goal during the 30 win over Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford.


Anne Kirkbride starred in the show for 44 years.


Labour MPs Andy Burnham Yvette Cooper Mary Creagh Tristram Hunt and Liz Kendall address delegates at the Progress annual conference in central London.


Nicola Sturgeon holds a Scottish flag while campaigning in Aberdeen.


Ladbrokes is in merger talks with Gala Coral.


A Greek national flag and a European Union flag flutter under storm clouds in Athens.


That s the second time in my life I ve ordered room service Tennessee Williams.


Students at Exeter University which is to charge the maximum 9000 tuition fees for a degree course from next year.


Michael Grade says Channel 4 to be freed up from stateownership really to move ahead.


Fuckface x Supreme Skateboard Deck 2012 yours for 150.


Polio vaccine bottles The light blue square tells medics that the vaccine is fresh.


With the array of talent in their team you d think that the Chelsea players would be able to keep the ball on the ground.


Burberry showed at Milan fashion week last year but will return to London in September.


Eddie Johnson missed the plane to Brazil but finally hit the target for DC United on Saturday he scored his first goal since joining.


Malcolm Turnbull with New Zealand prime minister John Key in Auckland on Saturday Turnbull responded to questions about the transfer of the woman back to Nauru.


Right turn don t be afraid to deviate from your original career path.


Sony Xperia Z and Tablet Z Sony s first waterproof Android smartphone and tablet the Xperia Z series showed Sony could produce really great mobile products again.


Pupils at a faith class at Manchester Islamic hIgh school for girls.


Protesters mark on the map of the US where marches are springing up.


Albania fans during their run to Euro 2016.


Rebecca Todd the first stabs at it feel a little haphazard.


Wests Tigers star Martin Taupau is rumoured to be moving to Manly after being caught in the middle of an email mixup in which alleged details of the deal were sent to a Canadian theatre critic.


Some of Sydney s radio broadcasters inflamed the volatile atmosphere by likening the surf lifesavers who had been attacked on 4 December to heroes and Anzacs while branding men of Middle Eastern appearance as vicious and cowardly mongrels who hunt in packs the police report said.


Nigel Middleton of Head Support expects 1000 heads to have taken his performance management course by the end of the academic year.


Star trails circling the south celestial pole over the Atacama Desert in Chile The trails show the apparent path of the stars in the sky as the Earth slowly rotates Just rising above the horizon is the southern Milky Way showing the pinkish glow of the Carina Nebula.


Despite getting in touch to offer my time I ve barely been acknowledged by charities even though their websites say they want help.


After Ed or David Miliband It may well be that the next leader but one is not even yet an MP.


Insurer Prudential boosted by new business figures Photo ReutersLuke MacGregor.


A man appears to be the seventh shark attack victim on the North Carolina coast in three weeks.


This spotted dolphin pod was found far south of Taiji Japan and was driven for miles Exhausted and panicked the dolphins clung together and adults were seen protecting their young calves But all got killed in the killing cove In Japan the killing is not limited to just one species of dolphin Bottlenose and striped dolphin pods are similarly herded before being brutally slaughtered.


The Norway national broadcaster NRK released letters the FBI sent northern European countries requesting extradition of Edward Snowden if he claimed asylum after 2013 leak.


A white donkey in the national park of Asinara island northwest of Sardinia It is an albino variant of the more common Sardinian donkey.


Swiss passport embossed crosses and psychedelic security patterns Image Passburo.


Just four minutes after equalising Arsenal take the lead when Ozil cuts inside commits a defender or two and then nudges the ball to Sanit Cazorla whose firsttime effort drifts away from the keeper and in at the lefthand post.


A man holds his baby up to the light reflected by the mirrors.


Quitting for a new job may mean longer hours and make you less happy at home economists have found.


Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades has outlined a 12point plan to rescue his country s troubled economy.


California s SB350 would have mandated a 50 reduction in gasoline use in the state by 2030 in addition other to climate change initiatives.


Amy in stripy sweatshirt at home as a youngster.


A policeman patrols Trocadero Square in front of the Eiffel Tower.


Longitude Challenge Prize image for the Paralysis Challenge Copyright Nesta Used with permission.


Children at a kindergarten in Stockholm The Swedish state subsidises daycare to help women return to the workforce.


Ailar wears trousers 5999 zaracom Men s shirt 5 hmcom Belt and bracelets stylist s own Sandals 110 by Nine West from kurtgeigercom.


Grayson Perry prepares to take a hammer to the Huhne vase.


Can Mark Sanchez lead the New York Jets to victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers in the NFL s AFC Championship game.


Abbott has recorded his best net satisfaction rating since taking Labor leadership.


Where did my threeminute ravioli and Jersey Shore days go.


Rock on a roll Dwayne Johnson hopes to continue his box office success with Rampage.


Campaigners against the HS2 rail line Pat Mather and John Keleher in Pickmere Cheshire.


A martial eagle flies away with a mourning dove The subsaharan bird of prey is shot and poisoned by farmers and numbers have plummeted leaving the species vulnerable.


Barack Obama plays a game of pool at a local pub in Denver Colorado.


A woman is taken away after fainting during the clashes.


The Million Women Rise march is organised solely by volunteers and over the past seven years we have had the full cooperation of the Metropolitan police.


A hungry seagull chases a duck at Gyeongpo Lake in Gangneung South Korea.


Erdogan stands next to his wife Emine as she casts her vote at a polling station in Istanbul.


The Bank of England has cut UK growth forecasts in its inflation report.


If you do a great job at managing your credit card debt and don t carry a balance from month to month then you re just fine.


Slim Pickens rides a nuclear missile in Dr Strangelove.


An estimated 641000 people immigrated to Britain in 2014 the highest ever annual figure.


Sophie Deane s photograph of Julia Gillard.


The final TV debate of the 2015 general election campaign From left to right Ed Miiband Leanne Wood Natalie Bennett Nicola Sturgeon and Nigel Farage.


Pakistani Christian youth beat their chests in mourning for Shahbaz Bhatti in his native village of Khushpur near Faisalabad Pakistan.


Alan Cumming faces some difficult truths.


Joyce Maynard author of the novel Labor Day in 1998.


Draw some guide lines The head is made up of a rectangle which tapers towards the top for the head and another rectangle for the shoulders Simple Keep these lines light you ll be erasing them later Feel free to change the dimensions This is your Easter Island head it can look how you want it to.


Subtle daring Robin Ticciati conducts the Scottish Chamber Orchestra.


People gather in Caracas to protest at rising violence that claimed lives of Monica Spear and Thomas Henry Berry.


People dressed in traditional Bavarian clothes sit inside a beer tent after the Oktoberfest parade in Munich.


Charlize Theron could play war reporter Marie Colvin in forthcoming biopic.


BT Sport will show all Champions League and Europa League matches from the beginning of the 201516 season.


The education minister Christopher Pyne will seek approval from his state and territory counterparts for the changes to the website.


What lurks beneath the pleasantlooking Baltimore skyline and inner harbour.


The funeral of a soldier one of four killed when a Turkish helicopter crashed on Sunday on duty in Hakkari province.


Vividly chilling David Birrell in Sweeney Todd at Dundee Rep.


Valerie Trierweiler I found myself the only woman in France who no longer had the right to work to speak or to not be married.


Helen Clayton with placement manager Loise Smith in the cancer information centre at Ipswich hospital.


Female Japanese quail are experts in camouflage new research shows with mothers choosing areas on the ground that best match their eggs patterns.


Edward Leigh MP said redefining consummation would have profound effects on the ability of individuals to have a marriage annulled.


A lone Vancouver Canucks fan contemplates his team s playoff defeat against the LA Kings Vancouver won the Presidents Trophy but went out 41 in the first round.


Benjamin Fellows is charged with perverting the course of public justice by making an allegation of sexual assault against Ken Clarke.


Which is the best selfie stick from 10 bargains to 100 serious pieces of equipment.


Turkana Kenya the moon blocks the sun seconds before a total solar eclipse at the remote Sibiloi national park.


Charlton Athletic are looking forward to a new chapter in their history after being taken over by the Belgian businessman Roland Duchatelet.


Ronda Rousey and Holly Holm faceoff at the weighin for their UFC bantamweight title fight at Etihad Stadium on Saturday.


Matt du Gay predicts a future for Yannick as a vibes man with the Welsh warblers.


President Obama has used Warren Buffett as an emblem in the fight to clamp higher taxes on the wealthy.


A complex and unique pattern instantly recognisable to the cognoscenti It s Burberry.


Arsenal s Armand Traore looks on dejectedly after Manchester United score in the 40 win at Old Trafford in 2008.


The suggestion of an ocean beneath the strange icy crust of another of Jupiter s moons Europa This has since become a prime candidate among astrobiologists for possibly harbouring extraterrestrial life.


England s Jason Roy does not think a cricketer has to be good at all formats but if you are then you re a genius.


A couple pose for a photographer at a folk park on the outskirts of Pyongyang North Korea s capital.


Courtney Lawes makes his comeback for Northampton Saints and is tackled by Luke Wallace and Karl Dickson of Harlequins during the Premiership clash.


SIberian tigers are the biggest cats in the wild The last census in 2005 found 450.


Pushing for closer trade ties the Indonesian finance minister Chatib Basri and Tony Abbott talk at breakfast in Jakarta on Tuesday.


The ONS left growth unchanged at 07 in the third quarter of 2014 but revised down its estimates for the five previous quarters.


Lidl s Ronny Gottschlich We are working really hard to find the heart of the British customer.


Traditional owner Yvonne Margarula at Ranger mine on Mirarr country in Kakadu national park.


Ipso has cleared the Sunday Mirror over a complaint from the Tory MP Nadine Dorries.


David Cameron said in May My understanding is that they will be able to publish before the end of the year.


Luis Suarez and Giorgio Chiellini come together in the penalty box during the second half of the Uruguay v Italy World Cup clash There s seemingly little provocation or reason for them to clash but Suarez leans his head in towards Chiellini.


Sir Michael Wilshaw head of Mossbourne community academy in Hackney east London says pupils did not want to be patronised.


We drive each other nuts sometimes Rick Smith and Karl Hyde at the Royal Albert Hall.


Angelina Jolie s aunt Debbie Martin has died of breast cancer.


This was taken at a place called La Raya in Peru 4033m above sea level the highest point of crossing the Andes on the route between Cuzco and Puno.


Insurers believe it will soon be the norm for people to reach 100.


Pieter Naude at the Doppies Bar Williston Mall.


Data on 40000 people from the UK Wealth and Assets Survey were used to compare landlords with other homeowners private tenants and the general population.


Spanish idyll kick back in a cottage in Mallorca.


This panoramic snapshot from Mars was taken by the Navigation Camera high on the mast of Nasa s Curiosity rover The image is centered southward toward the Kimberley a future stopping point for the rover where four types of terrain intersect In the foreground is an outcrop of eroded sandstone and on the horizon is Mount Sharp the rover s ultimate destination Credit NasaJPLCaltech.


The Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley Scotland.


A Ukrainian soldier stands inside a Ukrainian military base in Crimea as unidentified soldiers assumed to be Russian encircle the base.


Tim Key on the Cabaret Stage at Latitude in 2013.


French president Nicolas Sarkozy arrives for the state funeral.


Micah Richards lies on the pitch after suffering the injury during Manchester City s win over Swansea.


Margaret Thatcher Cecil Parkinson Francis Pym and Michael Heseltine in 1983.


The basketball World Cup trophy and the official ball at the draw in Barcelona on Monday The tournament starts in Spain on August 30.


A reveller pummelled into submission during the battle of Enfarinats a flour fight in celebration of the Els Enfarinats festival in Ibi Spain.


Maggie the pig and Julian nine are inseparable.


Wernher von Braun the technical driving force behind the US space programme in the 1950s and 60s.


Just desserts a selection of ice creams.


A highresolution image of Pluto taken by New Horizons shows small features from craters to faulted mountain blocks to the texted surface of the vast basin informally called Sputnik Planum.


Various characters The Magic RoundaboutAs suggested by teaandchocolate Lockhurst and Steve MitchellRoll up roll up and enjoy this surreal mix of psychedelic landscapes improbable plotlines and odd political undercurrents The characters include floppyeared dog Dougal a pink cow and a guitarplaying hippie rabbit called Dylan Lockhurst requested all the Magic Roundabout characters especially Dougal The omission made Steve Mitchell suspect we had an antiFrench agenda.


Despite requests to the Vatican from the bishop of Ballarat in 2006 the process of defrocking has not been concluded.


Tsipras with supporters in Thessaloniki.


Sir Patrick Moore recording the 650th edition of The Sky at Night for the BBC at his home in Selsey West Sussex in 2006.


Courtyard of the Saint James Albany Hotel.


Mohammad Amir received a 4000 cheque for being Pakistan s player of the series.


Imani Green from Balham south London was shot dead in a cafe in Duncans Jamaica.


Many photographers have chosen to focus on the architectural splendour of the metro.


Here is Michelle McGill Ciara Cooney and Irene OBrien outside the Leftfield after the thunder and lightning storm It was their first time at Glastonbury and had travelled from Dublin http thephotoprojectie.


Orange juice and lemons the truth about shopping lists.


Vince Cable the business secretary has said he will not support new recommended carbon emissions targets.


Chris Evans took over the Radio 2 Breakfast Show slot after Terry Wogan had built up a loyal following of 8 million listeners.


David Cameron may not be as popular a campaign boost for his MPs as his PMQs comments suggested.


Flooding near Lingfield Surrey last week.


For 1000 you can get a lot of laptop these days.


Hoffmann and Amy Landecker as Sarah Pfefferman.


A deer is released during a reintroduction operation near the Corsican village of Letia near Ajaccio.


Refugees sit in tents on the compound of a reception centre in Chemnitz east Germany.


The Premier League has reached halfway providing a chance to reflect an activity associated with Auguste Rodin s sculpture.


Tar Sands Blockade occupy the corporate offices of TransCanada in January 2013.


Argentina rugby players practice a lineout at Broughton Park in Manchester Argentina will play England at Old Trafford on 6 June.


Girl with a Pearl Earring at the Mauritshuis in The Hague now the permanent home of Vermeer s masterpiece.


Sent in error at least the Bank of England will ensure such simple errors will not happen again.


Katmandu Nepal foreign tourists dance as they celebrate Holi the Hindu festival of colours.


Children play in the inky pools of runoff from leaking oil pumps in Balaxani Azerbaijan 1993.


A soldier at the scene of a suspected Boko Haram bomb attack in Abuja in 2014.


Vicki Manderson in Edinburgh theatre company Grid Iron s new show Light Boxes at Summerhall The play is an adaptation of Shane Jones s book in which perpetual February takes over a community.


Canary Wharf in London Lord Oakeshott resigned as Lib Dem Treasury spokesman after saying the deal should never have been signed.


Demonstrators support samesex marriage at the US supreme court.


The key to the new technology is its fidelity to the actor s performance the Imaginarium s Jonathan Cavendish and Andy Serkis.


Chelsea s Samuel Eto o celebrates his hattrick goal during the 31 Premier League win against Manchester United.


Harley Bennell celebrates as the Suns head towards another comfortable win.


A slowdown in the rise of shop prices has brought some relief to the high street.


An Encyclopaedia of Myself by Jonathan Meades Much of the book is focused on the 1950s an era when people were called Reg and Beryl and the taxonomies of class were encoded in every action word and owned object Meades evocatively captures the social unease of the time Andrew Anthony Read the full review here.


Dust rising as a result of the 2011 earthquake Canterbury s health system acted quickly in repsonse to the quake.


Alex Bilmes A woman recently asked me if I worried about worklife balance The question hadn t occurred to me I never wanted it all.


The Earl of Derby s great auk egg at the National Museums Liverpool.


Taking a punt Abbott blends in south of the border showing off his handball skills at the Essendon Football Club during his illfated 2010 election campaign.


The Reserve Bank is increasingly unlikely to cut interest rates economists say.


Rabbit meets Robin Rare encounter of our rabbit with a not shy and curious robin.


The Manchester City manager Joe Mercer and his players display the league trophy at Maine Road in 1968.


Flooding in Norco near the Bonnet Carre Spillway.


Radamel Falcao of Manchester United brought his side level against Aston Villa with his second goal for the club.


I thought this looked familiar It s MY OWN 30TH BIRTHDAY CAKE My mother made it It s a generic science themed one she didn t think it would end up in the Guardian one day Why would she.


Losing their edge LCD Soundsystem haven t ruled out more gigs.


Housing in Ebbw Vale in Blaenau Gwent south Wales The bedroom tax has proved the most significant of the recent welfare changes in Wales.


Greg Inglis runs with the ball during Game II of the State of Origin series between the New South Wales Blues and the Queensland Maroons.


Lloyds Banking Group s chief executive Antonio HortaOsorio on his first day back at work.


The Millennium Cohort Study hopes to build a picture of children from birth and early childhood Illustration Jordan Reeder Reeder Studios Getty Images.


Damian Green is extremely disturbed by the parallels between the alleged breach of parliamentary privilege in Canberra and a police raid on his own office.


Cardinal Vincent Nichols and the bishop of London Richard Chartres arrive in the Chapel Royal.


Kerching The latest Mission Impossible movie helped Tom Cruise earn 75m in the last year.


Sunset over the Australian Antarctic base at Casey.


An asteroid on a collision course with the earth.


Various brands of Philip Morris cigarettes.


A girl and her dog get around by canoe in Datchet Berkshire.


Accurately cooked with a sultry puddle of brown butter and nutty brown shrimps lemon sole.


A schools project is using Itchy and Scratchy cartoons to spark discussions around the theme TV violence.


Paroxetine is sold as Seroxat in the UK and Paxil in the US.


UCL s research found there seemed to be many benefits for young children if both their parents worked though perhaps not in these circumstances.


Samsung Galaxy S Duos dualsim mobiles can be handy for roaming.


Target 090313 977 Karen Russo from the Deceitful Moon exhibition.


Getting it right scene from My Name Is Rachel Corrie.


Billie Piper nominated for her role in Great Britain and husband Laurence Fox.


Khalid Kal Nazir played by Jimi Mistry left will be joined by his family on Coronation Street.


Artist s view of Galileo 5 6 navigational satellites A fault in the final rocket meant they entered the wrong orbit Scientists will now use them for an unanticipated test of Einstein s relativity.


Convicted killer Janusz Walus is sworn in at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.


Robert La Mont 55 lawyer London I don t think a tan makes you look more beautiful It s about the pleasure of lying in the heat I always put sunblock on my face but the sun is pretty mild here The lower the latitude the more cautious I am.


Peter Paul Bill Wagoner and Simon Lane Orse Hoodening St NicholasatWade Kent.


Arthur SimpsonKent 48 and one of his sons Amon four.


Does juggling childcare and work make women susceptible to depression.


Phytoplankton blooming off the coast of South Australia Bright teal and turquoise swirls can be seen in Spencer Gulf the Gulf of St Vincent and off the Australian coast Further in the ocean duller green patches are also faintly visible These are all likely the result of rapidly growing phytoplankton microscopic plantlike organisms that thrive in watery environments When conditions are right phytoplankton can multiply explosively a phenomenon known as a bloom Because the organisms are pigmented colonies are often brightly coloured and create dramatic patterns when viewed from space While a bloom may last for several weeks each individual phytoplankton rarely lives more than a day.


Brick Lane in east London the setting for Monica Ali s novel of the same name.


The EU s new foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said she would urgently despatch an independent legal expert to oversee the Eulex inquiry.


Chelsea Ladies new signings Gilly Flaherty and Katie Chapman at Stamford Bridge.


Roberto Martinez believes Everton have the right blend of youth and experience to sustain their top four challenge.


When Jeremy Hunt said he would send out a senior oncologist to Ashya King he was saying a Toryrun NHS is a generous and caring organisation.


A 5000strong brigade is to hunt down Lord s Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony.


I thought he called out sick today Why is he posting pictures from his car.


When I started my PhD there were about 1520 women in tech now 22 years later there are still about 1520 women in tech.


George Bijampola of Masaka Beekeepers Group checks on one of the hives in the fence.


Free things to do in New York cool off in Red Hook pool in Brooklyn.


Sarah Chapman who cofounded the Wandsworth food bank and volunteers every week helps manager Dan Frith sort the donations.


With the recent news about Barclays and then HSBC former MPC member and economist David Blanchflower declared there are no longer any UK bankers who are credible candidates to become the next governor of the Bank of England as the interest rate fixing scandal was described by central bankers on both sides of the Atlantic as potentially fraudulent.


Frank Calabrese Jr displays his tattoos.


The Chandos portrait of William Shakespeare at the National Portrait gallery.


It might not be much good but as least it s new Ramin Karimloo as the Phantom in Love Never Dies.


Jo Brand in the offices of the TV channel Dave.


Alberto Vargas to Anna Mae Clift Peruvianborn Alberto Vargas was famous for his watercolour and airbrush pinups that appeared in Esquire magazine in the 1940s and later in Playboy His idealised nudes were wildly popular among GIs Vargas met his wife Anna Mae Clift in New York in 1920 A striking redhead she was a showgirl in the Greenwich Village Follies and Vargas asked her to pose for him They married 10 years later.


Ryan Gattis I hadn t felt that fluidity in my writing for years.


Hard to believe Michael Weston Rebecca Liddiard and Stephen Mangan in Houdini Doyle.


Damage at the Islamic University of Gaza after it was hit in an overnight Israeli strike Gaza City.


Still rocking the Robert Smith look Sean Penn in This Must Be the Place screening at the Cannes film festival 2011.


A volunteer at Salisbury food bank sorts through a muchneeded donation.


A chameleon grabs an insect with its tongue in Indonesia Chameleon s tongues can be around twice as long as the their body and have a sticky tip to catch their prey.


An American soldier photographs a man arrested outside the Dand district command centre by Afghan police The containers recovered from his vehicle were believed to contain explosives used for making IEDs.


Stewart Lee at home with a fraction of his books and CDs.


There has been a brisk trade in American and Kenyan flags and other knickknacks on the streets of Nairobi.


Mark Zuckerberg Facebook s chief executive Mobile is crucial to the social network s growth and for that it needs to get more people online.


Oliver has replaced Jack as the most popular name for newborn boys in England and Wales.


1934 Joseph and Rose Kennedy pose with eight of their children Front Row Patricia Rose and Joseph Kennedy with baby Edward Rosemary Eunice and Kathleen The rear row is John Jeanne and Robert.


Uncompromising Brigitte Bardot and Michel Piccoli in Le Mepris.


BBC iPlayer The Apprentice was the most popular show on the broadband TV catchup service in the first quarter.


Sir Peter Lampl chairman of the Sutton Trust has underscored the importance of spending pupil premium money wisely.


Women who have agreed to be photographed as part of the prochoice Irish Xile project.


New Zealand s Child Poverty Action Group has organised demonstrations and taken on government in the courts and got results.


The world s thinnest keyboard which has been unveiled by Cambridgebased CSR at the IFA consumer electronics event in Berlin.


The design stayed largely the same in 2007 2008 and 2009 The importance of user contributions now more visible as can be seen reflected in their location on the lefthand side under the interactive tag in addition to the your comments button on the prime real estate of the top right The white space in the centre would have been used for advertising.


Sunderland s Steven Fletcher scores the third goal against Newcastle.


President Back Obama walks by bar covered windows.


Dr Martin Deahl wrestled with powerful emotions during the course of his first shift at an Ebola treatment centre in Port Loko Sierra Leone.


The Prince of Wales in the Indonesian rainforest.


Ted Cruz tried out a few jokes during his speech.


A mock up of the New Bus for London is unveiled to the press in Acton west London The new bus design mimics some of the features of the old red London Routemaster bus and is scheduled to come into service in 2012 The original Routemaster was introduced in 1956 with some still in use on heritage routes in London after their withdrawal from general service in 2005.


Jabalya Gaza Palestinians sit beside a dead horse after an Israeli air strike.


Posters of Abdel Fatah alSisi in Cairo before his election victory last year In uncertain times the west is right to keep open its channels of communication with the Egyptian leader.


This is Ester with Izzy the dog Ester is a working paramedic as well as a qualified member of the search and rescue team Izzy is five years old and loves being outdoors search and rescue is a big game to her.


5 And Tango Makes Three by Peter Parnell and Justin RichardsonThe story of two male penguins who bring up a chick And Tango Makes Three was inspired by a couple of male penguins in New York Zoo who hatched and cared for a chickReasons Homosexuality unsuited for age group.


Waitrose s move to give customers newspapers will have affected ABCs particularly for quality titles.


Illegally logged hard wood in Nigeria Meeting the needs of all would require spectacular global cooperation to rebuild capitalism financial markets and trade regimes to make it possible says the Hard Rain Project This is hard to imagine when so many governments rich and poor are today so ineffectual shortsighted divided and in the control of business and markets.


Fan Bing Bing arrives on the red carpet for the premiere of Polisse.


You ca nt count it on both hands Twilight New Moon took 143m on its opening weekend back in 2009.


Rubens and His Legacy tries to distort the rich and complex story of art to fit a simplistic big idea writes Jonathan Jones pictured a detail from Pan and Syrinx by Rubens.


When we grew up the Sami told us we should not point at the northern lights because they are the dancing souls of those who have passed away.


A logo with the emblems of the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox is displayed on the Yankee Stadium video board with the lyrics for the song Sweet Caroline.


Western Australian premier Colin Barnett has suggested the state s economic future rests more with Asia.


North Korean students at a pool at Kim Ilsung University in Pyongyang.


JiMin Park Duncan Rock and Barnaby Rea rehearse Act I Rehearsals should be focused but also fun For Boheme to work you have to believe in the closeness of the relationships on stage Here the boys get up close and personal round the fire.


The Gloaming Caoimhin O Raghallaigh Martin Hayes Thomas Bartlett Dennis Cahill Iarla O Lionaird.


13 April 2010 Gordon Brown with a student at Derby college.


Chumbawumba part of Folk Against Fascism.


Rihanna in front of Abu Dhabi s Grand Mosque in the United Arab Emirates before she was asked to leave.


Ramires and James Milner challenge for a header Both sides are quickly closing down their opponents.


Lance Franklin missed the Swans qualifying final defeat to Fremantle.


Scubadiving in the Thingvellir national park.


Having changed into red shirts each adorned with a golden star to signify their triumph the Spanish players make their way into the stand to claim their prize.


Michael Cheika the Australia head coach is a hard and smart operator.


Edward Watson as Leontes and Lauren Cuthbertson as Hermione ideally cast in the Royal Ballet s The Winter s Tale.


Will councils bring their ALMOs back in house or expand their use to other services.


Nearly 6 of college students reported using pot daily or neardaily in 2014.


Blondie owed a debt to both the New York Dolls and the girl groups of the 60s and were formed in 1974 their punkwithmelody style embodied by vocalist Debbie Harry.


5 The Umbrella Flashmob November 2014 Stockholm SwedenCities can also divest Head of 350org Bill McKibben travelled to Stockholm to support the actions of local campaigners calling on the council to divest The dance with the umbrellas is a metaphor for the vision of a clean and bright future and the threat posed by the strong and many fossil fuel supporters The dance of the white umbrellas is slowly suffocated by the black ones but in the end the energy created by the white ones make the black clog explode and scatter says choreographer Jonas Bane.


Firstclass research ca nt be done on a shoestring The same is true of scientists public engagement activities.


The Type 45 Destroyer HMS Duncan being prepared for launch.


Sex suvlaki and rock n roll Suvlaki restaurant.


A slaughtered elephant is seen in BambaraMaoude Mali 10 June 2015.


Elaine Stritch at the Carlyle hotel Manhattan.


Bryan Algar has been in his tactics truck and has decided that Mario is playing in the wrong hole.


South Korean President Park Geunhye at the site where the Sewol ferry sank.


Tom Bradby Wanting to beat your competition is one thing but wanting them out of business is another matter altogether.


Strictly Come Dancing newcomer Oti Mabuse.


A failsafe premarathon breakfast porridge with blueberries.


10 April 2010 Gordon Brown gives a TV interview while watched by his election agent and a local councillor.


George Osborne visits a Britvic factory in Leeds.


Rory McIlroy scored four bogeys during the first round in San Antonio for a levelpar 72 four shots behind the leaders.


A foraged dish gains a patina of virtue regardless of taste.


Toulon won this year s Heineken Cup but European rugby is being torn apart in a bitter squabble over the tournament s future.


A car carrying Prince Charles and Camilla Duchess of Cornwall to a Royal Variety performance comes under attack.


Let your song ideas flow like this river in New England.


Firefighters at the Hazelwood coal mine on March 5.


The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development four employees are at the centre of corruption investigations.


Icann received 1930 proposals for new web address suffixes.


An artist impression of Ryan Cleary appearing before magistrates in Westminster Illustration Elizabeth CookPA.


Liverpool manager Bill Shankly centre holds aloft the league championship trophy at Anfield in 1973 after his side clinched the title by drawing 00 with Leicester City.


Bottom to top my stack of Euro reads in progress.


Runyon Canyon Park Los Angeles the most magical place I ve ever been to.


Andy Roddick s match against David Ferrer was interrupted in the resumed first set because of bad conditions on court.


A B1B Lancer disengages from a KC135 Stratotanker after refueling after air strikes on Islamic State jihadists in Syria.


Toyota s driver Yazeed Alrajhi and codriver Timo Gottschalk take on the sand.


Queen Elizabeth II at the opening of Newton Grange station.


After the kidnapp and apparent killing of 43 students by mexican police forces a huge protest takes part in Mexico City.


Jose Bosingwa is expected to return in the new year.


Juliana wears jumpsuit 4999 and jacket 4999 both hmcom Shoes 355 zoeleecouk Tights stylist s own Earrings 108 by BenAmun from cadenzzacouk.


Nelson Bunker Hunt right with his brother Herbert.


Hannah Roberson at Soas We want to teach and we want to teach well and we want to be fairly compensated for it.


Uighur Autonomous Region China A herdsman riding a horse directs a large herd of cattle sheep and goats as they migrate to the summer pasturing areas at a mountainous region in Altay Prefecture Xinjiang.


Police initially suspected carbon monoxide may have been behind the tragedy.


Sakura by Hideyuki Katagiri meritCherry blossom is called sakura in Japanese and is a symbolic flower in Japan.


Heuchera Sugar Plum perfect for holding together a garden.


Geoengineering techniques include putting aerosols in the atmosphere to reduce the amount of solar energy reaching Earth.


Straight and narrow Contraband tells its story in a convenational narrative.


Egypt s historical dominance of the Nile waters dates back to colonial era agreements.


We can both laugh at her and feel affection for her Juliet Stevenson as Winnie in Happy Days at the Young Vic London.


The mayor of London Boris Johnson is in the US plugging his new book about Winston Churchill.


Vince Cable has rejected calls by Lord Oakeshott for the chancellor to be sacked.


North Korean soldiers in Hamhung taken during heightened tensions between North and South Korea last month.


Charlie Bean said the Bank of England forecast in 2010 that the economy would have grown 9 by now it has only managed 2.


Italian police clash with Feyenoord s fans at in downtown Rome.


9 May 1933 The England team line up at Victoria Station in London before departing for the first meeting with Italy in Rome The friendly ended in a 11 draw at the Stadio Nazionale del PNF with Cliff Bastin cancelling out Giovanni Ferrari s fourthminute opener 50000 spectators Mussolini in crowd cheering reported the Observer.


Neon nymphets On the transcontinental car journey that he reimagines in Lolita Vladimir Nabokov a serious lepidopterist records that he caught some very good moths at the neon lights of a gas station in Texas When he discovered a new species of butterfly in the Grand Canyon he named it Neonympha dorothea.


New Zealand paceman Neil Wagner celebrates dismissing England s Kevin Pietersen first ball on the second day of the first Test.


As fares have got cheaper bizarrely people s expectations seem to be on the up.


The association of blue with boys and pink with girls is a comparatively recent phenomenon.


Breakthrough research shows cardiac cells derived from human stem cells meshed with monkey heart cells.


Fossil from the Sima de los Huesos site in Spain Photograph by Javier TruebaMadrid Scientific FilmsWashington Post.


Leaving Tangier Enard s 18yearold narrator escapes from home.


In July researchers claimed that Neanderthals were outnumbered and outclassed technologically by Homo sapiens swarming out of Africa 40000 years ago The two species interbred but there was a downside of sex with Neanderthals The picture shows skeletons of a chimpanzee a modern human and a Neanderthal in the American Museum of Natural History in New York.


Cezanne s The Great Bathers at the National Gallery London.


The music industry seems to be putting its own spin on the digital economy bill.


Airport Passenger Duty will no longer be calculated according to shorthaul and longhaul journeys.


An Apple iPhone being used at the MacworldiWorld 2014 iFan event at the Moscone Center in San Francisco California.


Denton residents Michael Hennen and Susan Vaughan campaign to ban fracking.


Isabella Manfredi of the Preatures at Dark Mofo festival Tasmania.


Avon Somerset police issued this photograph of missing Ethan on Thursday.


Without the Independent Living Fund disabled people can become imprisoned in their homes says Linda Burnip.


Villa Carlos Paz ArgentinaA muddy moment during the second stage of the Dakar Rally.


Lewis Hamilton leads the pack at the start of the Australian Grand Prix at the Albert Park in Melbourne on March 15.


Students on the Manchester University campus.


A preview of Halo 4 is shown at the Microsoft E3 Xbox 360 media briefing in Los Angeles.


Pat Eddery passes the post minus his horse at Doncaster in 1971 Growing up in Newbridge County Kildare all Eddery ever wanted was to be a jockey and in every spare moment he would go with his father an assistant trainer to see the horses He was riding ponies when he was four and racehorses when he was eight At 14 he was crossing the Irish Sea.


A riot police officer helps an injured colleague in Athens.


When the New York Times owned up to the practice of quote approval it caused a media uproar.


Relaxing and reading at the Hay Festival.


The Notts County chief executive Peter Trembling claims ongoing due diligence is unearthing financial anomalies.


Jose Mourinho reflecting on Rafa Benitez taking over from him at Internazionale said In six months he destroyed the best team in Europe.


Andy Murray has been suffering with a back injury which ruled him out of the French Open.


If experience and veteran leadership are the determining factors in this year s Western Conference Finals then the San Antonio Spurs Manu Ginobili and head coach Gregg Popovich will have a huge advantage over the Memphis Grizzlies ReutersMike Stone.


RBS boss Stephen Hester is facing calls to relinquish any bonus he may be awarded this year Photograph PA.


Only about half of the 45m domestic tickets have been sold.


Basra hotel worker Baha Mousa died in British custody in 2003.


Andrew Porter whose In Between Days is eminently moving but never sentimental.


Demonstrators set a bus shelter alight in Whitehall.


New build Cheshire In its conventional past it was a telephone exchange near Runcorn now it s a futuristic 600000 fourbed palace devoted to pleasure A glass mezzanine with games area is suspended over the pool gym and bar the master bedroom up the glass staircase is served by an Egyptianstyle bathroom with Jacuzzi There s also an upstairs sauna Each room is wired for audio visuals and automated lighting Beresford Adams 01928 732841.


Children dance in a circle during break time at a primary school in Lagos The 33bn lost to tax breaks could have paid for an awful lot of teachers in Nigeria.


Alan Henning was captured last December while delivering food and supplies to Syrian refugees.


Bilateral relations are positive when Canberra and Jakarta collaborate around shared interests.


The workwear look Richard Nicoll Balenciaga Victoria Beckham Stella McCartney Dries Van Noten.


Broiler chickens which are reared specifically for their meat often suffer lameness due to overcrowding.


The genetic disorder antitrypsin deficiency can currently only be cured by a liver transplant.


A supporter of Alassane Ouattara protests in the city of Abidjan.


Alan Shearer left and Michael Owen are named by Houllier as among the best British players he has seen.


Gritty dark and satisfying Robert Plant and the Sensational Space Shifters.


Four women working in a London office during the power cuts of 197374 which were caused by the miners strike.


The Idou is displayed by head of portfolio planning Steve Walker and head of marketing Lennard Hoornik.


Measuring up installing a meter has dramatically cut water bills.


Backstage at Crufts dog show in 2014 The NEC in Birmingham has hosted the annual competition since 1991.


Douglas Carswell right announces his decision to leave the Tory party for Ukip.


Can Ryan Fitzpatrick and the Buffalo Bills get their first win of the NFL season in week nine.


Modernist Cuisine the sixvolume set costs nearly 400 and weighs in at 18kg.


Daily Telegraph a Thatcher cheerleader to the end.


140 high street retailers are on a critical watchlist The health of the sector is key to employment data and consumer confidence.


Stavros Malas supporters celebrating last night.


There is no defensible constitutional basis for this on the contrary as a barrister I believe the law to be unconstitutional as it clearly breaches article 442.


Getty photographer Andrew Burton has been documenting Israeli forces Here soldiers freshen up in the morning near Kafar Azza in Israel.


The report says Abdel Hakim Belhaj s organisation the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group moved towards alQaida after he was abducted in 2004.


Pulp friction Cineworld and Picturehouse cinemas will not be showing Quentin Tarantino s latest film.


At the National Cycling Centre in Manchester.


Philip Seymour Hoffman I drank too much so I stopped I had no interest in drinking in moderation I still don t.


Nervous Tissue 3 by David Marron drawing.


Lodger overspill Makes you wonder if they re really worth it.


Comedian and satirist Armando Iannucci has defended his decision to accept an OBE despite years of attacking the establishment that it represents.


Sediment from the wastewater collects along the shallows of the Animas River.


I wouldn t mind wearing a white poppy for the same reasons.


Despite tweets by Bobby Shillinde about his success at AFC Wimbledon the club have no record of the Botswana midfielder.


Across the Faroes you find very small settlements made up of these amazing little houses usually set against an epic backdrop of fjords or open ocean All photographs Conor MacNeill on Instagram.


The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco celebrates its 75th anniversary.


Leaders of the nuclear industry are concerned Chris Huhne will not provide the support needed for their 30bn investment in a new generation of reactors.


Adam Peaty salutes his victory in the final of the 50m breaststroke.


Albert Riera snubbed Everton in preference for their city rival Liverpool.


And home on Abel s first night in Munich a hostel dormroom.


Made with love an ingenuity From a bag of scraps my grandmother made this toy for me he is a Native American Brave who has seen better days He originally sported beads and guinea fowl feathers Many other other materials were incorporated including bits of gloves and stockings scraps of wool and old buttons He is 60 years old this year and has been a constant companion through thick and thin.


Banknotes at the Bank of England UK banks are increasing their stocks of highquality assets.


A deer walks through woodland at sunrise.


A traffic jam on a street in Beijing in September 2014.


Mark Carney is governor of the Bank of England and chair of the FPC.


Police troops outside FNB Stadium in Soweto where the official memorial for Nelson Mandela will be held.


Teacher Gabriella Pierre 35 and her daughters She left PortauPrince after the earthquake and now lives in Village Solidarite near Lascohabas on Haiti s central Plateau.


The president stands paying his respects to the troops killed.


The European commission s challenge against Google is a defining case for Europe in testing its regulatory muscle against one of the giants of the digital age.


Sam Warburton who will captain Wales for the Six Nations match against Ireland returns to bolster the pack.


Rory Stewart s account of his hike on the Scottish border is due out in October.


A performer getting ready backstage at a Chinese opera.


A protester wears a mask depicting a skull beneath the head of the Statue of Liberty beneath a model of a US drone aircraft.


Tianfu Square in the centre of Chengdu one of China s fastest growing cities.


Peter Haig trustee Grimethorpe Colliery Band.


Tactic Guatemala The mother of a man who was lynched after he allegedly killed two children leaves flowers at his grave.


Laura Asadauskaite of Lithuania celebrates winning gold.


Go Soeda of Japan shows a bit of Italianstyle emotion ahead of his Australian Open match against Andy Murray.


Mark Olson from the federation said patients who had undergone surgery should be tested for serious diseases.


Alexander Litvinenko died in November 2006 after two former KGB agents allegedly slipped radioactive polonium into his tea at London s Millennium hotel.


Facebook s Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan on their wedding day The pair bought a house next to their own this week.


The Nissan GTR LM Nismo of Harry Tincknell Michael Krumm and Alex Buncombe takes to the track during qualifying for the Le Mans 24hour race on Thursday.


Schizodactylus monstrosus the monstrous dune cricket.


A model walks the catwalk for designer Ivan Grundahl during Copenhagen Fashion Week.


Paulina Olowska s 2010 series Applied Fantastic featuring Woolmark is based on knitting pattern cards which keep a distinct flavour of the eastern bloc while looking towards western fashion trends.


Halving diesel fuel rebates was also a popular choice among readers.


Clive James author critic and television presenter.


Jobcentre officials have the power to cut off benefit payments.


Jordyn Wieber has been remarkably driven from an early age and is ready to star at London 2012.


A young girl looks on at a meeting in Minia Egypt outlining the dangers of female genital mutilation The practice affects 90 of Egyptian women.


Protesters gather to oppose the law that expands the rights of concealed handgun license holders to carry weapons on public college campuses in Texas.


David de Gea has been one of Manchester United s better performers in a disappointing season.


Ernests Gulbis stoops down to return a low ball back to Tsonga the game ends with Tsonga an early and unexpected casualty with Gulbis is through to the next round.


Hubert Zafke in his SS days He was allegedly stationed near the gas chambers.


Film director Roman Polanski walks to the podium to receive the award for his lifetime work at the Zurich film festival in Zurich Switzerland.


People working in call centres in Kolkata West Bengal.


Jones performing at the End of the Road Festival 2015.


The Ministry of Defence by far the biggestspending department for R D cut its budget by more than 13 or 239m.


While most katydids are herbivorous and feed on leaves this species uses its powerful sharp mandibles to prey upon insects and other invertebrates It is a member of the aptly named group of conehead katydids.


Whizzed up with coriander Madhur Jaffrey s chana masala.


Off The Wall by Stan Won t Dance designed by Michael Pavelka.


David James is set for talks with Celtic.


Into the Woods Three nominations best comedy or musical best comedy or musical actress best supporting actress.


Lakes and mountains Jonathan as a child boating on an alpine lake.


Trees reflected in the waters of Green Lakes state park Manlius New York.


I d skip Les Mis Colin Currie percussionist.


In 198182 tax revenues expressed as a percentage of GDP stood at 455 By 2011 they had declined to 378.


Care of the elderly wards are frequently understaffed with nurses unable to provide the care they would like to give.


High rollers in the CityBelgium 2002 TBWA.


John Worsfold has not coached in the AFL since he left West Coast at the end of 2013.


Theresa Villiers had lunch with the chief lobbyist for the developers Helioslough while transport minister in 2011.


Stephen Dwoskin never let the fact that he had to use crutches get in the way of his filmmaking.


A different angle detail from the cover of McSweeney s Quarterly Concern issue 40.


Tim Cahill won the Asian Cup with Australia on home soil last weekend.


David Brown above started his producing career late but more than made up for it with movies such as Jaws below.


A Muslim centre in Newark Since 911 the US government has given 135m to the NYPD and New Jersey through HIDTA.


Actress Meryl Streep poses in front of a poster for her new film The Iron Lady based on the life of Margaret Thatcher.


A Viennese waltz could you look this good on the dancefloor.


Seat has an image problem Photographs Simon StuartMiller for the Guardian.


Ito who is making his debut at Roland Garros is being pushed around the court Murray wins five straight games before his opponent finally registers The set is soon over.


Will the learned skills of the night bus be forgotten how to raise your feet to allow a rolling can and a wave of warm lager past as the bus hits a hill.


A girl sits on a log next to the roots of a tree near the village of Teaoraereke on South Tarawa in the central Pacific island nation of Kiribati The country consists of a chain of 33 atolls and islands that stand just metres above sea level.


A neuron in the hippocampus of the brain receiving excitatory inputs Dr Kieran Boyle University of Glasgow Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology Scotland UK.


An elderly dementia patient rests her hands in her lap The CQC said it found more good care than bad in its assessment overall.


Cowboys stand on the edge of the corral Women never compete in Catch the Bull and at this particular event there weren t any female spectators.


This is about developing communities says the Indigenous affairs minister Nigel Scullion.


John Ramm stars as Doc Golightly Holly s estranged husband.


Aaron Paul and Bryan Cranston in Breaking Bad.


The trade union bill goes way beyond anything Thatcher attempted in the 1980s.


PC Ian Terry who was accidentally shot dead during a firearms training exercise.


A poster put up on Manus Island warning detainees not to speak to a Guardian reporter.


Hannah Cockroft will be defending her T34 100m and 200m titles at the IPC world championships in Lyon this weekend.


Leicester City s Danish goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel makes a save against Everton.


Brightest Flashlight app on Android was deceptive in sending user data to advertisers says US FTC.


Protesters at an Amnesty International candlelit vigil for blogger Raif Badawi outside the Saudi Arabia embassy in London.


By amythyst_lake on 5 June 2012 in Balsam Lake US.


This season is about proper foundation with a veil of mattifying face powder.


Mountaineering is the most personal show to date for Non Zero One.


Armed paramilitary policemen stand guard at a crossing in front of Kunming railway station.


Robert Icke centre with Angus Wright and Lia Williams in rehearsal for Oresteia.


Paul Clement has been the assistant to Carlo Ancelotti at Real Madrid for the past two years.


Nairobi KenyaPrisoners attend an acrobatic workshop with the Sarakasi circus at Kamiti prison.


Walking away Tullett Prebon s offer strengthens the case of those warning that the City could see bankers leave to avoid the bonus tax.


Motorbike taxis in Kigali where the SafeMotos app gives drivers a safety score to reassure passengers.


The Notting Hill Carnival is still going strong but being out in the sun is now posed a health risk Everyone is provided with standard issue blue sunblock to protect exposed skin.


Gardeners in parts of the south and east will welcome the end to the hosepipe ban.


Jeremy Clarkson at Chelsea s Champions League game the day after he was suspended by the BBC.


Saudi blogger Raif Badawi will receive the first 50 of 1000 lashes after Friday prayers in Jeddah.


Portrait of Federico de Montefeltro Duke of Urbino and his son Guidobaldo.


Corbyn left with fellow candidates Yvette Cooper Andy Burnham and Liz Kendall with journalist Paul Waugh at a Labour hustings event in Warrington on 25 July.


Schools are developing their own leadership pathways by using homegrown talent to create headteachers.


Unicorn Grocery is a worker cooperative owned and run by its workforce and offers advice and support to others setting up similar ventures.


Silver X 24 rap artist and singer My album is a great hit Small kids sing it old mamas and papas I don t go into politics in my singing it s a bit risky I sang a song about how hard it is when you go for a job and they want to know what tribe you re from who your father is It brought me into conflict with the government My father died in the war He was shot by his wife s brother they were soldiers My mother took us to Uganda and I was educated in Kampala When we achieved independence I was shocked There was a fourday concert and I performed at the cultural centre When they raised the flag I was shedding tears for what had happened in the past but also for joy.


The victim was said to have walked into a fastfood restaurant for some water after the blaze was put out.


Philip Larkin and Monica Jones at the memorial service for John Betjeman at Westminster Abbey June 1984.


I find myself changing tack to keep things interesting.


The Burgess B clock trial revealed the truth of the claim by John Harrison that he could build a land timepiece to keep time to within a second over 100 days.


With a road sign warning of an expected blizzard morning commuters travel across the Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge into downtown Boston on Monday The Boston area is expected to get hit with about two feet of snow in the winter storm.


The car that crashed into a bus shelter in Birmingham during the launch by the Prime Minister of the Labour party s latest campaign posters.


Officials from Paralympics GB have said the team were not protesting against sponsor Atos by tucking their branded badges inside their clothes.


Champage flutes no longer the done thing for those in the know.


The Tiger of Venice Mark Blaschitz Austria The Austrians want us to retain something of the innocence of childhood with models of a city centre this one straddled by a centrepiece building in the guise of a tiger.


A man reading a book in the Jardin du Palais Royal.


Russell Brand joins G20 protesters outside the Bank of England in London in 2009.


New Delhi India A worker s child is tied to a pole by a road for safety with Shera the Commonwealth Games mascot seen in the background.


Labour says A E attendances in England rose by 595000 during the last four years.


Jonathan is now 14 he attends Oak Lodge Special school We knew that Jonathan was different from other children with Downs syndrome at about 4 years He had stopped making progress he didn t speak any more or make any sounds away from home We had no eye contact and he was happier just playing alone He enjoyed the company of other children but did not interact with them Jonathan was finally diagnosed when he was 10 Because of Jonathan s autism he lives in a different world He has great difficulty communicating he loves to go to the theatre to see shows like Joseph the Lion King and Thriller Live Jonathan is very very happy and is loved by everyone he meets He needs to be watched over all the time can not go out with his peers alone He needs someone assisting him at the after school clubs and activities he takes part in Our hopes are that Jonathan is happy well cared for and can learn the skills to attend to his personal care.


The New Zealand health system will be under huge pressure as the country s population ages.


Ched Evans was released from prison last year after serving half of a fiveyear sentence for the rape of a 19yearold woman in a hotel in Rhyl.


Kingsland primary school in StokeonTrent was given an aeroplane to use as a classroom was funded by Creative Partnerships.


Monique wears coat 135 cosstorescom Collar 165 by Shrimps from selfridgescom Chunkyheeled brogues 5999 zaracom.


An Indian student at a 2013 demonstration after four men were convicted of rape and murder of a student in New Delhi the previous year.


Law schools are adapting but graduates do nt have it easy.


Channel 4 s David Abraham is to deliver the MacTaggart lecture at this year s Edinburgh TV festival.


Marcus Trescothick playing a familiarly meaty pull shot while batting for Somerset in the 2014 County Championship.


Clockwise from top left Chelsea s Eden Hazard Manchester City s Raheem Sterling Arsenal s Petr Cech Liverpool s Adam Lallana Tottenham s Harry Kane and Manchester United s Wayne Rooney will be central to their teams hopes this season.


An onlooker holds the US and Chinese flags.


Paranoid hallucinations Susannah Cahalan was lucky to find a sensitive doctor who listened to her.


The Queen at the Christmas Day service at Sandringham She said the Tower of London s poppy installation served as a poignant reminder of sacrifice.


Ken Morcombe 75 from Croydon poses with his purchases Morning Phase by Beck and Mess by Liars.


Jeremy Hunt has revealed that the cost of the Leveson inquiry into press standards was expected to reach almost 6m.


Community nurse Veronica Peters visits 103yearold Alfred Mann in Croydon.


Enduring love always involves a modicum of pretence.


Item 5 Chinese jar sent in by Kaveri Aggarwal This Chinese porcelain famillerose enamelled ovoid boys jar with domed cover bears the marks of the Qianlong dynasty but this particular jar was made in the early 20th century Interestingly the marks were not added in an attempt to deceive the collector but out of respect These Chinese porcelain artefacts often depict people in traditional dress taking part in tea ceremonies or official functions thus giving the piece an added attractive feature We value it at 100200.


Samuel Lenherr and Stephanie Parker in Charlotte North Carolina.


Mother love Clare Higgins and Nicola Walker in Mrs Klein.


Stay tuned Trent Reznor promises new Nine Inch Nails material.


The safety car leads the field while the debris is cleared.


Police use a water cannon against protesters in Turkey in June 2013.


Diggers were brought in to sift through the debris in the search for survivors.


2005 US medical drama Grey s Anatomy is a ratings success but firstrun rights were later bought by Living.


Spread your wings a butterfly in tall grass.


James Rhodes in 2010 the year he became the first classical pianist to be signed to Warner Bros.


Move over Jodie Jennifer Lawrence in Winter s Bone.


Roger Federer volleys in the final set of his match against Julien Benneteau.


If you re around in London on Sunday 11 October you can meet Rob Biddulph and join in with his fun interactive workshop for 36 year olds It s all part of The Big Draw s Drawing the World Festival in Kings Cross and the details are here If you can t make that there are loads of other Big Draw events happening across the whole world Find out about them and what s going on through the whole of October Big Draw month We re happy to say Rob Biddulph s new book Grrrrr is available to buy from the Guardian bookshop.


A village health team member from Merok parish in Katine fills out a form during a meeting The VHTs have been revitalised under the Katine project.


Kim Jongun is said to be ill with suggestions that his sister Kim Yojong is signing off on decisions in his absence.


Ryse Son Of Rome the Xbox One game will now be resaleable.


Fans taking photos of the statue of Thierry Henry outside the Arsenal stadium.


Cherie Blair with members of the Nango Women s Association near Bondo in Kenya whom she works with via the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women.


Wannabe the novel is about a a pseudoLudwig Wittgenstein a despairing tormented philosopher in contemporary Cambridge.


Wikipedia joined other major sites in going dark on 18 January to protest Sopa but so far internet giants such as Wikipedia and Google have remained silent on Cispa.


Candidates in the forthcoming Mayor of London elections from left Conservative MP for Richmond Park Zac Goldsmith Liberal Democrat Caroline Pidgeon UKIP s Peter Whittle Green Party candidate Sian Berry and Labour MP for Tooting Sadiq Khan.


The journal Cortex is pioneering a new publication model that gives the peer review process a muchneeded overhaul.


Team GB s basketball captain Luol Deng photographed for the Observer last week in the newly refurbished court at his old school Lilian Baylis in Lambeth.


The Foreign Office will chart events following the death of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Twitter feed to mark 100th anniversary of murder.


Aerial view of what is believed to be a uranium enrichment facility near Qom in 2009.


Venice ItalyThe annual Regata Storica takes place on the Grand Canal.


Barbapapa house A model of the Taichung Metropolitan Opera House.


Mayor Joseph P Riley Jr speaks announces the distribution of 25m to victims families and survivors of the 17 June shootings at Emanuel AME church.


Love him or hate him Glasvegas s James Allen.


Kenyan students hold candles during a protest in Nairobi.


In 98 EPT events there have been just four female winners.


The headband light and fits well over the head without requiring a lot of padding to be comfortable.


Christian Bale is guarded by a state trooper as he leaves the Aurora shooting memorial Warner Brothers the studio behind The Dark Knight Rises said Bale s visit was a personal gesture.


All hands on deck will the DJ Hero console see an end to real turntables.


Rubble ahead a shot of Colorado climber Aron Ralston taken with the hand a falling boulder was to crush.


Chelsea fans at their FA Cup semifinal at Wembley display a banner appealing to Jose Mourinho to return.


Derek McInnes s Aberdeen lead the Scottish Premiership from Celtic after the champions had their game at Partick postponed.


Paul Rowlands son of Birmingham pub bombings victim John Rowlands arrives for the inquest review.


The desalination plant in Carlsbad will use the reverse osmosis process to produce fresh water.


Wycombe s Matt McClure right is dismissed just over a minute after coming on against Tranmere.


Chester UK A Cinnamon Frog Juvenile These rare frogs are only found in the forests of South East Asia but have bred for the first time at Chester Zoo.


The Coalition government is likely to reintroduce fuel indexation in line with inflation.


Levi Bellfield snatched Milly Dowler on her way home from school in March 2002.


All projection doubts dispelled Sufjan Stevens performs at End of the Road festival.


A foreign cameraman films on board a Vietnamese aircraft during a search flight.


Photographers and journalists are held back outside the royal courts of justice.


Big companies have pushed legislators to pass laws limiting the freedom to report on conditions at livestock facilities including slaughterhouses.


Ten passengers were treated at the scene and six were taken to a hospital with minor injuries after the 737 s crash landing.


IkhwanBook is one of many social networking sites for Muslims that have recently sprung up.


The artist Abraham Cruzvillegas stands in front of his creation.


Yvette Cooper and husband Ed Balls While their young children deter her from standing for the Labour leadership he has not shown similar qualms.


A more glamorous version of me Catherine Keener in Please Give.


Borrower are paying at least 700m a year to loan sharks says Tony Quigley pictured with some of the weapons and tally books confiscated on their raids.


The Band s Garth Hudson blasts off this week s playlist with some heavy duty finger work.


A Grimm tale a 2008 production at the Lyric Hammersmith returned to the stark fable written by the brothers Grimm in 1812 to create an unusually dark and gory show.


The rate of decline in poverty in Gujarat during Modi s rule has been similar to the national rate over the same period.


The head of the IMF Christine Lagarde described the programme as ambitious tough and not without risk.


Sir Jock Stirrup giving evidence to the Iraq inquiry on Friday.


Huddersfield s Nahki Wells gives the Brighton defence a fright during the Championship match at the John Smith s Stadium.


Stephen Green was executive chairman of the HSBC bank group from 2006 to 2010.


Reusable nappies involve a big outlay at first but can ensure large savings.


Villa Capra La Rotunda by Andrea Palladio.


The site of a bomb explosion in Mumbai 2011 India has been hit by a series of highprofile attacks by militants in recent years.


Maksyokov work echoes Jon Rafman s 9 eyes and The Camera in The Mirror projects but with a distinct Russian twist.


Suicide among US troops including those serving in Afghanistan has increased by 18 per cent in the last year.


Geum Blazing Sunset Its double brickred blooms are much bigger than more runofthemill geums and they keep on coming from June to September.


Work at a different speed Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker and Brian Eno.


Monty Panesar has thanked Essex for giving him the chance to earn a place on the Ashes tour.


Director Luca Guadagnino and actor Tilda Swinton.


Roger Alton a newspaper force of nature.


A human egg before nuclear extraction and fusion with a skin cell The resulting embryonic stem cells were genetically identical to the skin donor.


A Mexican Marine prepares to file a report as a resident refuses to leave his home as Hurricane Alex approaches near Bagdad beach in Matamoros Tamaulipas Mexico.


A group of asylum seekers arrive on Christmas Island in December Serious concerns have been raised about the medical standards on the island.


Amore Alato and Tony McCoy win the Toteplacepot EBF Stallions Novices Hurdle at Wincanton.


Whatever the rationale behind the album there s no denying that much of the singing is very fine Baritone Christian Gerhaher.


A phonecall from Tony Popovic proved too much as former Sydney United teammate Zeljko Kalac reunites as part of Western Sydney Wanderers rebuild.


A musher heads toward the Finger Lake checkpoint.


The custombuilt kitchen units were painted yellow with a laminate worktop edged with walnut the dining chairs are Hans Wegner Wishbone.


Delfine Bafort Vincent Gallo s supporting actress in Promises Written in Water at its Venice film festival premiere.


Ice beer anyone What was that craze all about.


Democratic design Assemble s Folly for a Flyover in Hackney Wick London.


John Snow right with his colleague Krishnan GuruMurthy.


A portrait of Havens who has died of a heart attack aged 72.


The events of October 1987 felt like the end of the world at the time but look back at the charts now the crash looks like a minor blip within bull market that can be said to be have run from the early 1980s to the dotcom excitement at the end of the century.


Victoria Park sports fields YA Many South Enders were soccer players or sportspeople Some even became Springboks in those days you were a white or black or coloured Springbok I played on this field in the junior teams they were such good days in Vee Pee as we called it On the day of a game everyone walked up together to watch But there was never contact with the white players even though our field was across from their tennis courts You might accidentally kick the ball to the white side of the field but we still couldn t play together.


Brisbane Broncos Josh Hoffman in agony with a leg injury in the match against South Sydney Rabbitohs in August 2014.


Durham University where KPMG s 75 students will study.


NIck Hardwick the first chair of the IPCC will take over from Anne Owers as chief inspector of prisons.


2 Post a pic of something Valentino You know the stuff with the rockstud detailing It s as simple as that in terms of gaining haute likes Remember feet up in the back of cab is the pose to strike.


The range of the Egyptian goose has expanded by 1172 and is now found in every 10km sq in Britain and Ireland A nonnative species originally from Africa its stronghold in north Norfolk has expanded to East Anglia and it is a common sight in ornamental parks and gardens in the southeast of England This is a species that will continue to spread according to the BTO.


She Ping shakes off bees after an attempt to cover his body with bees.


England s team director Andy Flower speaks to Kevin Pietersen in the Adelaide nets and before their defeat in the second Test.


Only 5 of commercial galleries in London represent an equal number of male and female artists Click on the graphic to see the full size version.


Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho shouts on the touchline during the Premier League defeat to Bournemouth.


Celebrations centred around an Edwardian tea party with china crockery cucumber sandwiches homemade scones and jam clotted cream and cake seen here being enjoyed by residents of the estate.


Mysterious couple Nancy with the Durrell family in Corfu.


Matt Prior retired from all forms of professional cricket last month due to a recurring Achilles tendon injury.


New York police deal with the aftermath of a shooting in 1976 when there were more than 1600 murders in the city Last year there were just 333.


Torres hits the deck after being elbowed by Luisao.


Google chief executive Eric Schmidt has resigned from the board of Apple.


The Queen s speech launchpad for universal credit the bedroom tax and other sweeping reforms.


Bei Bei Shuai is being held in jail in Indianapolis.


Lotfi Raissi the Algerian pilot wrongly accused of training some of the September 11 hijackers.


Morgan Uceny had a Mary Decker moment in the women s 1500m No doubt she too blamed Zola Budd for her fall.


I realised Benjamin Britten was a careful listener Chris Watson in the composer s footsteps.


Campaigners calling for a 100 switch to clean energy march in London last September.


Minimumwage campaigners take part in a Fight for 15 march and rally in New York City.


A damaged Scottish independence referendum advertising board is seen in Edinburgh Scotland.


George Osborne with Google s chief executive Eric Schmidt at the Conservative party conference in 2006 when Schmidt called Osborne the voice of a new generation.


A reader seeks advice on dealing with a domineering colleague.


The Viewfinder carrying President Barack Obama approaches Bear Glacier on Tuesday.


England head coach Stuart Lancaster is fully focused on the possible title decider against Ireland in Dublin.


A competitor at the Winter Gardens Blackpool.


Shades of Malcolm McDowell Jack O Connell in 71.


The men said that since moving into the house six months ago they had suffered constant racial abuse.


Artist Susie Hammer paints the outside of a Fanzara house.


A ceremonial bunggul performance at the 2014 Garma festival at Gulkula in northeast Arnhem Land.


Making a splash eel sculpture part of the Lake Wanakaset Festival of Colour.


Single mother of three Rebecca Daly with her Christmas hamper from local Liverpool charity Kind which helped 1600 families last year.


The England fullback Mike Brown preparing for Sunday s Six Nations battle with Wales at Twickenham is working hard at getting better and better.


Chancellor George Osborne presents his budget in the House of Commons.


Heurelho Gomes can not recover after allowing Cristiano Ronaldo s shot to slip out of his grasp and give Real Madrid the lead over Spurs.


Yummy treats for your kids or even your dog Onthemoon lollies sugary snacks the whole family can t wait to taste.


People should cut their alcohol intake as they reach 40 health guidance says.


A depiction of European explorers with rifles and other implements including water bottles and fishing nets.


Vittorio Colao CEO of Vodafone said the company would be prepared to put equity in a vehicle to bring fibreoptic to all firms.


Bilious BarrageNigel Farage faces his toughest opposition yet from Judge Dredd.


Frank Robinson of Leicester whose son John MooreRobinson died in Stafford hospital protests at the Francis inquiry in 2010 Photo Christopher FurlongGetty.


Members of Japan s military take part in the opening ceremony at the new base on Yonaguni island.


St Helens Luke Walsh number seven scores a drop goal to win the match against Huddersfield by just one point.


From April savers can cash in some of their pension to spend on whatever they want.


Courtney Barnett s Sometimes I Sit and Think and Sometimes I Just Sit ranked at No 7 in our best albums of 2015.


Rebecca Ann Wingo had started a job several months ago as a customer relations representative at a mobile medical imaging company.


Clinton joins a roundtable discussion in Monticello Iowa on Tuesday.


The Japanese lawmaker and antinuclear activist Taro Yamamoto hands Emperor Akihito a letter.


Vincent and Flavia are touring with their new show Dance til Dawn which opens in February.


Look familiar Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer unveils the Surface tablet in true Apple style.


A robot serves a customer with French fries.


Man In Shower In Beverly Hills 1964 David HockneyCollection Tate London.


This was taken at this year s Glastonbury festival celebrating its 40th anniversary The festival was attended by 180000 people and was officially the hottest ever.


Ben Bernanke once described quantitative easing as dropping money from helicopters.


Nobel peace prize winner and former MP John Hume praised the people of Derry for standing shoulder to shoulder with relatives of the Bloody Sunday victims.


Jazz group Polar Bear missed out on the prize with their last album Each and Every One.


The returns on buytolet properties have outstripped those from investment in shares bonds and cash.


Alun Wyn Jones Wales lock Long forgiven by Gatland for the trip which lost Wales the 2010 opener against England Indeed often tipped for Lions captaincy Martin Johnson is a fan even though the Osprey a qualified lawyer is currently centre stage demanding a say for the players in Welsh rugby politics.


A complete first Sylvia Plath s grave in Calderdale West Yorkshire.


Comedy jazz Alex Horne and his band the Horne Section.


Jazmine Hughes contributing editor at the Hairpin.


This picture showing Jonathan Trott being run out by Australia s Simon Katich at The Oval last summer won the Sports Action section of the World Press Photo competition Photograph by Gareth CopleyPA.


Boston police officers and detectives investigate the scene of a shooting on Tuesday in Roslindale.


Yes or no are your family split on how to vote in Scotland s independence referendum.


What do you mean you thought Jude Law was better as Alfie Julie Walters with Michael Caine in Willy Russell s Educating Rita in 1983 Among the film s numerous awards Walters won a Bafta and was nominated for an Oscar.


Inexperienced investor Rossmina Urien is looking for value for money rather than just worrying about price.


Hunters accidentally shoot more than 1000 people each year.


Man do nice thing Give man meat Man like meat make man do nice thing again.


Handout photo from Equatorial Guinea s staterun media of Simon Mann arriving for the start of his trial in Malabo over a failed coup plot.


Clive Rowe in Jack and the Beanstalk at the Hackney Empire London.


Social norms determine how far a beard should be allowed to grow and when it should be shaved off.


A Russian SU24M jet fighter takes off from an airbase in Hmeimim Syria on Tuesday.


A creature from another planet Sarah Butler in I Spit On Your Grave.


JR describes his style of work as pervasive art His previous projects have taken place in Paris the Middle East and Africa.


The wisdom of Alan Partridge is a guiding light for many on Twitter.


The fashion designer Alexander McQueen hanged himself at his London home an inquest has been told.


Big blue villa with pooks at Lluc dAlt San Miguel Ibiza.


What s Roy Hodgson doing at the final of the 10m air pistol.


Twisted fairytale the music is an integral part of RashDash s The Ugly Sisters.


Lukas Kamay 26 worked for the National Australia Bank in Melbourne on the foreign exchange desk.


Monty Panesar right celebrates taking a Pakistan wicket with Graeme Swann during England s last series against them in the UAE in 2012.


The New York Yankees Alex Rodriguez pictured against the Boston Red Sox in September 2013 is alleged to have paid almost 1m to Yuri Sucart.


I spent several months cruising through my fading memories summoning past loves and hates from the ether to speak to me.


Twirling like a dervish Warming up for the Russian dance in Act II.


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Florida Supreme Court Thursday threw out the conviction and sentencing of Paul Hildwin over new DNA evidence.


Business secretary Sajid Javid has said the appointment of John Whittingdale as culture secretary is an excellent choice.


Lung power Nicole Scherzinger as Grizabella in Cats at the London Palladium.


Ricky Ponting argues with umpire Aleem Dar after a referral against Kevin Pietersen ruled in the batsman s favour.


Blue heavenA cold but beautiful sky complete with disintegrating con trail over the fells of Borrowdale in the Lake District.


David Warner in action during day one of the unofficial Test match between South Africa A and Australia A in Pretoria.


Divorce judgments and payment orders handed down by courts may have been founded on faulty financial information.