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Week in pictures: 30 March – 5 April 2019
Our selection of some of the most striking news photographs taken around the world this week. Image copyright Hannah McKay/REUTERS Image caption A...
‘Base jumping’ Macallan whisky advert banned
Image copyright Edrington A whisky advert featuring a man leaping off a cliff has been banned for promoting “risky behaviour”. The Macallan...
Children’s mental health services ‘postcode lottery’
Spending on children’s mental health services – such as school counsellors and drop-in centres – has fallen in real terms in more...
‘Institutes of Technology’ to boost skills training
Image copyright Getty Images The government has announced the locations of 12 “Institutes of Technology” in England, intended to provide high-quality skills...
Brexit: Theresa May to make plea for 30 June delay at EU summit
Image copyright Reuters Image caption The PM wants to postpone Brexit until 30 June – but the EU is expected to want...
Shana Grice: Disciplinary action for Sussex Police officers
Image copyright Grice family Image caption Shana Grice was murdered by her ex-boyfriend who stalked her Three police officers are facing disciplinary...
The team that feels like a second family
The women of Sutton & Epsom’s Ladies RFC are on top of their game having just won the league and been promoted for...
World sport: 10 photos we liked this week: 1-7 April
A selection of the most striking sports photographs from around the world this week. Fukuoka, Japan, 06 April: Miku Tashiro (right) and Nami...
Airports and first journeys
A slow departure, shot by Andrea Constantinou in Grammiko Park in Nicosia, Cyprus. The next theme is “mirror mirror” and the deadline for...
‘Painting-by-numbers literally saved my life’
Image copyright Marilyn Bruce-Mitford Image caption Marilyn Bruce-Mitford has kept her original painting-by-numbers artwork for more than 50 years. She had the original...
The pressure to be beautiful in Bangladesh
Image copyright Habiba Nowrose “As women we are often compelled to portray our beautiful selves,” says Habiba Nowrose, a 29-year-old photographer documenting the...
Thornham Staithe: ‘Magical’ Norfolk coast captured in photographs
Image copyright Gary Pearson Image caption The Northern Lights can sometimes be seen from the Norfolk coast A landscape photographer has told how...
Brexit options ‘narrowing’, says health secretary
Image copyright UK Parliament/Mark Duffy The options for Brexit “are narrowing”, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said after MPs voted to seize control...
Jack Shepherd: Speedboat killer to return to UK
Speedboat killer Jack Shepherd is to be sent back to the UK after agreeing to his extradition from Georgia. The 31-year-old went on...
‘My life savings have been wiped out’
“Basically it will mean that my son will not have money for his future”. The depressing reality for Amanda Cunningham and thousands of...
Shamima Begum: IS teen’s return to UK ‘could be prevented’
A British woman who fled to Syria as a schoolgirl to join the Islamic State group could be prevented from returning to the...
