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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.
  • A large portion of the bridge fell

    Washington Bridge collapses

    Vehicles thrown into river as main interstate road gives way
  • Drummer Lee Rigby

    Woolwich attack: latest pictures

    Soldier killed by terrorists is named as a father of one from Manchester
  • The two attackers rammed a soldier in their car

    Woolwich attack: how it happened

    The incident happened in the early afternoon on a busy street in Woolwich

  • News, sports, animals and people from around the world

    Week in pictures 24 May

    A selection of the most striking images from around the world in the last seven days. News, sports, animals and people.
  • A bumble bee

    UK nature under threat: in pictures

    Almost two-thirds of UK species have been found to have declined over the last 50 years.
  • A family walks along a road strewn with downed utility poles

    Oklahoma tornado: latest photos

    Rescue workers neared the end of the search for survivors and the dead in the Oklahoma City suburb where a mammoth tornado destroyed countless homes, cleared areas down to bare earth and claimed 24 lives, including nine children
  • Helen Mirren poses by an exhibit recreating the early years of the show

    Chelsea Flower Show opening day

    Thousands of visitors are expected to attend the event over the next few days.
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  • 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
  • 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
  • NASA photos show terrifying scale of Oklahoma tornado

    NASA photos show terrifying scale of Oklahoma tornado

    ITN

    0:42 3 days ago
  • EDL demo ends without major trouble

    EDL demo ends without major trouble

    Press Association

    1:09 7 hours ago

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