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  • Reinhard Kleindl walks between two towers in Frankfurt. Image: AP Photo, dpa, Nicolas Armer  Reinhard Kleindl walks between two towers in Frankfurt. Image: AP Photo, dpa, Nicolas Armer

    High wire-walker wows crowds in Frankfurt

  • Douglas Adams, pictured in 1992. Image: ITV, Rex Features  Douglas Adams, pictured in 1992. Image: ITV, Rex Features

    'Towel Day' celebrated on Twitter

  • Boris Johnson ran the gauntlet of public ridicule once more by rapping with Will Smith  Richard Chambury, AP, Press Association Images

    Boris Johnson 'gets jiggy' with Will Smith

  • Daredevil chasers in pursuit of cheese as it falls down Cooper's Hill  Barry Batchelor, PA Archive

    Hard cheese for chase's wheel maker

  • Queen on a bus

    Queen on Cambridge bus

  • EDL leader Tommy Robinson, left, with supporters in Woolwich  Neil Lancefield, PA Wire

    Um, we’re not the EDL! Energy giant takes Woolwich flak

  • A 'Help for Heroes' T-shirt and floral tributes in memory of the victim lay on the pavement outside the Royal Artillery Barracks  AP Photo, Sang Tan

    Woolwich attack: Help For Heroes supported

  • A branch of Tesco in Bury St Edmunds into which councillor Terry Buckle accidentally drove his car. Image: Archant Syndication  A branch of Tesco in Bury St Edmunds into which councillor Terry Buckle accidentally drove his car. Image: Archant Syndication

    Mayor drives car into Tesco shopfront

  • Lady, the 15-month-old shih tzu who fell ill after eating a four-and-a-half-inch lolly stick. Image: Julian Brown, PDSA, PA Wire  Lady, the 15-month-old shih tzu who fell ill after eating a four-and-a-half-inch lolly stick. Image: Julian Brown, PDSA, PA Wire

    Puppy survives swallowing four-and-a-half-inch lolly stick

  • Cyclist Toby Hockley. Image: Jason Bye, Rex Features  Cyclist Toby Hockley. Image: Jason Bye, Rex Features

    Driver 'admits' on Twitter to knocking down cyclist

  • A still from a video of Pope Francis meeting members of the public after celebrating mass in St Peter's Square on Sunday 19 May. Image: AP Photo, APTN  A still from a video of Pope Francis meeting members of the public after celebrating mass in St Peter's Square on Sunday 19 May. Image: AP Photo, APTN

    Does this photo show the pope performing an exorcism?

  • Plaza Towers elementary school

    Oklahoma tornado: before and after

  • Image PA

    Terrifying video footage shows path and power of destructive tornado

  • Sir Gerald Howarth

    Tory MP warns of ‘aggressive homosexuals’

  • Doris Long attempts her record-breaking abseil  Solent News, Rex Features

    Great-grandmother sets new abseil record

  • Royal potties at the Baby Show in Birmingham  David McHugh, Rex Features

    'Royal potty' unveiled at Baby Show

  • Bond Thunderball  PA

    James Bond watch found at car boot sale

    Breitling timepiece bought for £25 to be sold by Christie's in London for up to £60,000

  • UFO  Rex Features

    UFO sightings double in Canada

    Nearly 2,000 Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) in 2012, a 100% increase on the previous year.

  • Celebrity-painted gnomes at the Chelsea Flower Show by designer Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen, singer Sir Elton John and chef Antonio Carluccio. Image: Nick Ansell, PA Wire  Celebrity-painted gnomes at the Chelsea Flower Show by designer Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen, singer Sir Elton John and chef Antonio Carluccio. Image: Nick Ansell, PA Wire

    Gnomes allowed at Chelsea Flower Show for first time

    Change in rules introduced to mark centenary year

  • John Lennon  Michael Putland, Getty Images

    Beatles’ guitar sells for £269,000

    Instrument was used by George Harrison and John Lennon

  • Jeremy Clarkson  Beretta, Sims, Rex Features

    Clarkson tweet: babies 'belong' in hold on flights

    Top Gear presenter finds himself in the spotlight over message on Twitter

  • David Cameron  Eddie Mulholland, Rex Features

    Tory MPs tweet backlash over ‘loons’ row

    Anger within Conservative ranks after a member of David Cameron's inner circle reportedly describes Tory activists as 'loons'

  • Olive oil in a small jug  Food and Drink, Rex Features

    EU to 'ban' olive oil jugs in restaurants

    Olive oil dipping bowls will also be banished from restaurant tables across Europe, it has been reported

  • Thomas the tortoise. Image: M&Y Media, Rex Features  Thomas the tortoise. Image: M&Y Media, Rex Features

    Britain's oldest resident, Thomas the tortoise, dies aged 130

    Creature met its end after being bitten by a rat

  • Great Britain's Bonnie Tyler   Janerik Henriksson, SCANPIX, AFP, Getty Images

    Eurovision: ‘it’s all politics’

    Cynical Brits believe voting in Eurovision song contest is political, finds poll

  • Prince Harry at the Chelsea Flower Show  Lauren Turner, PA Wire

    Prince Harry makes surprise visit to Chelsea Flower Show

    Royal inspects garden designed by his charity Sentebale

  • A couple kiss during a march on International Day against Homophobia in Ecuador  AP Photo, Dolores Ochoa

    Idaho celebrated around the world

    Commemorations mark International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia

  • Electricity applied to the brain can assist maths learning  AP Photo

    Electrical currents improve maths ability

    Small amounts of electrical noise stimulation improve maths skill by up to five times, a study says.

  • Call centre nightmares could soon be alleviated by a new guide to help consumers skip through menus  PA Photos PA Archive Press Association Images

    New shortcut for lengthy call centre queues

    Call centre nightmares could soon be alleviated by a new guide to help consumers skip through menus

  • Nigel Farage in the Canon's Gait pub in Edinburgh. Image: Andrew Milligan, PA Wire

    Nigel Farage takes refuge inside pub to escape protesters

    Ukip leader flees scene in back of police van

  • Cygnets born at Abbotsbury Swannery  Cygnets born this morning at Abbotsbury Swannery. Image: Abbotsbury Swannery, PA Wire

    New-born cygnets signal 'start of summer'

    Legend suggests hatching of creatures means season is under way

in pictures

  • The Queen pats a thoroughbred yearling at Polhampton Stud

    The Queen and her horses

    A BBC documentary, to be shown on Bank Holiday Monday, reveals how the monarch has kept up her love for horses throughout her 60-year reign.

  • A British Airways plane had to return to Heathrow airport to make an emergency landing after black smoke was seen coming from an engine.

    Heathrow emergency - in pictures

    Passengers were evacuated down emergency shoots - click through to see the damaged engine

  • The public have been paying their respects to Drummer Lee Rigby. Click through to see the various tributes being left at the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich

    Woolwich attack: tributes to Drummer Lee Rigby - in pictures

    The 25-year-old father-of-two was identified by the Ministry of Defence as the victim of Wednesday's attack in Woolwich.

video
  • Giant spider terrorises M3 in Hampshire

    Giant spider terrorises M3 in Hampshire

    ITN

    0:21 4 days ago
  • Incredible footage: Is this the world's longest demolition?

    Incredible footage: Is this the world's longest demolition?

    ITN

    1:07 6 days ago
  • CCTV: Deer smashes through bus windscreen

    CCTV: Deer smashes through bus windscreen

    ITN

    0:43 16/05/2013
  • Lee Rigby's family pay tearful tribute to murdered soldier

    Lee Rigby's family pay tearful tribute to murdered soldier

    ITN

    3:21 1 day ago
  • A giant building implosion in Australia goes wrong

    A giant building implosion in Australia goes wrong

    ITN

    0:40 12/05/2013
  • CCTV shows speed of theft outside a London restaurant

    CCTV shows speed of theft outside a London restaurant

    ITN

    0:33 11/05/2013

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