Flooding in UK.Steve Lambert (left) cleans the debris from his house in Cockermouth after the flood water receded. Picture date: Sunday November 22, 2009. See PA story WEATHER Storm. Photo credit should read: Anna Gowthorpe/PA Wire URN:8056356 (Press Association via AP Images)
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]Quote Pars.Undated file photos (left to right) of Martin Freeman, Juliette Lewis and Michael McIntyre. Issue date: Sunday November 22, 2009. See PA story QUOTE Pars. Photo credit should read: PA Wire URN:8055872 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]Investitures at Buckingham Palace.Rower Thomas James of Wrexham after he received his Member of the British Empire medals (MBE) from the Prince of Wales at an investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace. Picture date: Friday November 20, 2009. See PA story ROYAL Investiture. Photo credit should read: Katie Collins/PA Wire URN:8051716 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]Repatriation of dead soldiers.A child is lifted to place a rose on a hearse as the coffins of Corporal Loren Christopher Marlton-Thomas, 28, from 33 Engineer Regiment and Rifleman Andrew Ian Fentiman, 23, of 7th Battalion The Rifles pass through the Wiltshire town of Wootton Bassett following their repatriation at RAF Lyneham, Wiltshire. Picture date: Friday November 20, 2009. See PA story DEFENCE Repatriation. Photo credit should read: Barry Batchelor/PA Wire URN:8051460 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]Swine flu.File photo dated 21/10/09 of a patient being given a swine flu vaccination. Healthy children aged under five are to be given the swine flu jab, it was confirmed today. Issue date: Thursday November 19, 2009. Currently people in priority groups - including young children with asthma or diabetes - are being vaccinated. But the programme will now be rolled out to children with no underlying health issues, aged over six months and under five. See PA story HEALTH Flu. Photo credit should read: Lewis Whyld/PA Wire URN:8047465 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]State Opening of Parliament.The ceremonial procession through the Royal Gallery as Queen Elizabeth II during the State Opening of Parliament. Picture date: Wednesday November 18, 2009. See PA story POLITICS Speech. Photo credit should read: Mark Richards/Daily Mail/PA URN:8044053 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]Glasgow North East by-election.Newly elected Glasgow North East MP Willie Bain (centre left) is signed in as he takes his seat at the Houses of Parliament. Issue date: Wednesday November 18, 2009. See PA story POLITICS Glasgow. Photo credit should read: PA Wire URN:8043242 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]Troops in Afghanistan.Undated handout picture issued by the Ministry of Defence of Corporal Loren Christopher Marlton-Thomas, 28, from 33 Engineer Regiment, who was killed by an explosion in Afghanistan on Sunday. Issue date: Tuesday July 22, 2008. See PA story. Photo credit should read: Ministry of Defence/PA Wire URN:8041302 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]Cabinet meeting.Jim Murphy, Secretary of State for Scotland, arrives at Downing Street for the weekly Cabinet meeting, London. Picture date: Tuesday November 17 2009. Photo credit should read: Anthony Devlin/PA Wire URN:8039460 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]Investiture at Buckingham Palace.File photo dated 20/05/09 of Courtney Pine who will collect his CBE from the Prince of Wales today at Buckingham Palace. Issue date: Tuesday November 17, 2009. See PA story ROYAL Investiture. Photo credit should read: Carl Court/PA Wire URN:8037531 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall visit Canada.The Prince of Wales (centre) and the Duchess of Cornwall (right) attend an inspection of the Royal Canadian Dragoons at a farewell ceremony held in their honour at the Canada Reception Centre in Ottawa, during their visit to Canada. Picture date: Thursday November 12, 2009. See PA story ROYAL Canada. Photo credit should read: Steve Parsons/PA Wire URN:8025381 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]Armistice Day events.The London Eye and the Shell Building, by the River Thames, are lit to mark Armistice, Day by the Royal British Legion. Picture date: Wednesday November 11, 2009. See PA story MEMORIAL War. Photo credit should read:Fiona Hanson/ PA Wire URN:8021423 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]Prime Minister's Questions.Conservative leader David Cameron speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons, London. Picture date: Wednesday November 11, 2009. See PA POLITICS Stories. Photo credit should read: PA Wire URN:8020892 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]Manchester Airport stock.General view of Manchester Airport, a piece of luggage with the check in labels attached. Picture date: Tuesday November 10, 2009. Photo credit should read: Dave Thompson/PA URN:8017525 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]Remembrance Sunday.(front row, left to right) SNP Westminster leader Angus Robertson, DUP Leader Peter Robinson, Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg, Conservative party Leader David Cameron, and Prime Minster Gordon Brown wait to lay wreaths at the Cenotaph, on Whitehall, Westminster, London, during the annual Remembrance Sunday service, to commemorate Britain's war dead. Picture Date: Sunday November 8, 2009. See PA story MEMORIAL Remembrance. Photo credit should read: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire URN:8010888 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]Labour Party Annual Conference.File photo dated 28/09/09 of Ed Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, speaking during the Labour Party Conference at The Brighton Centre, Brighton, East Sussex. Plans to fast-track a new generation of nuclear power stations are set to be unveiled by the Government, it was reported today. Issue date: Sunday November 8, 2009. Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband will tomorrow announce a series of national policy statements analysing 11 sites for power stations and raising many more potential locations, the Sunday Telegraph reports. See PA story CITY Nuclear. Photo credit should read: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire URN:8009268 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]G20 Finance ministers and central Bank Governors meeting.Protestors march from Church Square to the Fairmont Hotel as Finance ministers from around the world gather in St Andrews for the G20 Finance ministers and central Bank Governors meeting. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo: Picture date: Saturday November 07,2009. See PA story POLITICS G20. Photo credit should read Alan Simpson/PA URN:8006679 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]Autumn weather.Deck chairs lie stacked and chained in London's Green Park, as rain starts to fall, heralding the end of the "Indian Summer". Picture date: Friday November 6, 2009. Photo credit should read: Tim Ireland/PA Wire URN:8004326 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]Postal strike.File photo dated 08/10/09 of a Royal Mail employee emptying a post box in central London. Details of an agreement which paved the way for a fresh wave of postal strikes to be halted hours before the latest walkouts were due to start will be released today. Issue date: Friday November 6, 2009. See PA story INDUSTRY Post. Photo credit should read: Ian Nicholson/PA Wire URN:8002346 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]President of India State Visit to the UK.Britain's Queen Elizabeth II with Indian President Pratibha Patil and her husband Dr Devisingh Ramsingh Shekhawat, at Buckingham Palace, before she ends her state visit. Picture date: Thursday October 29, 2009. See PA story ROYAL India. Photo credit should read: Oli Scarff/PA Wire URN:7975934 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]Nick Griffin on Question Time.Nick Griffin, (third right) the leader of the British Nationalist Party walks past a family eating lunch, during a walk about in Grays town centre, Essex, following his appearance on BBC Question Time last night. Picture date: Friday October 23, 2009. BNP leader Nick Griffin complained today that he had been the victim of a "lynch mob" following his controversial appearance on the BBC's Question Time. See PA story. Photo credit should read: Nick Ansell/PA URN:7955434 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]Tory Party Annual Conference.File photo dated 08/10/09 of Conservative Party leader David Cameron, and his wife Samantha during the Tory party conference. Issue date: Friday October 23, 2009. She was praised for her decision to wear the £65 grey and cream polka-dot dress during the conference, which actually had to be specially made for her as a one-off at a cost of around £150. See PA story POLITICS Dress. Photo credit should read: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire URN:7954560 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]Stephen Gately funeral.Boyzone members Ronan Keating (front left), Mikey Graham (front right) and Shane Lynch (back right) carry the coffin of Stephen Gately outside St Laurence O'Toole Church in Dublin where his funeral has been taking place. Picture date: Saturday October 17, 2009. See PA story FUNERAL Gately. Photo credit should read: Julien Behal/PA Wire URN:7935272 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]Stephen Gately dies.File photo dated 8/4/2009 of Stephen Gately, whose funeral will take place today at St Laurence O'Toole's Church in Dublin. Issue date: Saturday October 17, 2009. See PA story FUNERAL Gately. Photo credit should read: Ian West/PA Wire URN:7932488 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]Hillary Clinton Europe tour.Crowds gather to get a glimpse of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after she unveiled a plaque at the official reopening of Belfast City Hall. Picture date: Monday October 12, 2009. She was in Northern Ireland to speak with political leaders in Belfast as they broker a historic deal on sharing responsibility for the region's justice system. See PA story ULSTER Clinton. Photo credit should read: Niall Carson/PA Wire URN:7916264 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]Lisbon Treaty referendum.Graffiti by renowned French artist Jef Aerosol pictured in Francis Street, Dublin, the day after Ireland voted Yes to the Lisbon treaty. Picture date:Sunday October 4, 2009. Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Micheal Martin today denied Ireland had begrudgingly voted Yes to the Lisbon Treaty because of fears over the economy. No campaigners claimed the massive swing behind the EU reform deal was down to a threat of further isolation from the union that would plunge the country deeper into crisis. See PA story IRISH Lisbon. Photo credit should read: Niall Carson/PA Wire URN:7888687 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]One and Other project.Mairead Rodden during her hour long spot on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square, central London as part of Antony Gormley's One and Other exhibition. Picture date: Sunday September 27, 2009. Miss Rodden was refused permission for her original plan to draw attention to Blackpool's 'Showzam', the city's annual festival of magic, circus and variety, by leading a mass hula hoop event. Photo credit should read: Fiona Hanson/ PA Wire URN:7862281 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]Liberal Democrats Autumn Conference.Liberal Democrat Party leader Nick Clegg delivers his key-note speech to conclude the party's annual conference in Bournemouth, Dorset. Picture date: Wednesday September 23, 2009. See PA LIBDEMS stories. Photo credit should read: Chris Ison/PA Wire URN:7846293 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]Sir Bobby Robson thanksgiving service.Mourners at St James Park, Newcastle, watch a live feed of the the Sir Bobby Robson Thanksgiving Service at Durham Cathedral on large screens. Picture date: Monday September 21, 2009. Fans will join the elite of European football at the ceremony to give thanks for the life of Sir Bobby Robson, one of the gentlemen of British sport. See PA story MEMORIAL Robson. Photo credit should read: Alistair Keely/PA Wire URN:7837836 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]TUC Congress - Liverpool.Ed Milliband delivers his speech to delegates during the annual TUC Congress at the BT Convention Centre in Liverpool. Picture date: Wednesday September 16, 2009. See PA story INDUSTRY TUC. Photo credit should read: Dave Thompson/PA Wire URN:7816254 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]Lockerbie bomber case.File photo dated 20/08/2009 of Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, whose health was under question today following reports it had deteriorated markedly. Issue date: Sunday September 13, 2009. Megrahi, who is suffering from terminal prostate cancer, was yesterday in a special unit at the Tripoli Medical Centre in Libya, the reports said. See PA story POLITICS Lockerbie. Photo credit should read: Danny Lawson/PA Wire URN:7802490 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]G20 Finance meeting.US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner during the G20 Finance Minister's summit at the Treasury in Westminster, London. Picture Date: Saturday September 5, 2009. See PA POLITICS stories. Photo credit should read: Peter Macdiarmid/PA Wire URN:7775561 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]Woolworths Closures.A general view of the front of a TK Max store which has replaced Woolworths, 41 High St Worcester, WR1 2QD. Picture date: Thursday September 3, 2009. Photo credit should read: David Davies/PA URN:7768645 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]Climate camp.Climate change activists begin to pack up and leave the climate camp in Blackheath, south-east London. Picture date: Wednesday September 2, 2009. The activists settled there last Wednesday which has seen thousands of people taking part in the event intended to highlight the threat of climate change. See PA story ENVIRONMENT Camp. Photo credit should read: Johnny Green/PA Wire URN:7765577 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]Summer weather.STANDALONE PHOTO. One visitor relaxes with newspaper during a brass band concert at Burnby Hall Gardens, East Yorkshire. Picture date: Sunday August 30, 2009. Photo credit should read: Anna Gowthorpe/PA Wire URN:7757222 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]Edinburgh Fringe Festival.Edinburgh Fringe Festival act Zeitgeist perform on the Royal Mile, Edinburgh ahead of their last show. Picture date: Saturday August 29, 2009. Photo credit should read David Cheskin/PA Wire URN:7754481 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]British steam car record attempt.Don Wales, the fastest man on earth in a steam vehicle stands in front of the British Steam Car 'Inspiration' which he raced across Rogers Dry Lake on Edwards Air Force Base, Mojave Desert, California, USA at 148mph. Picture date: Thursday August 27, 2009. Wales is the grandson of Sir Malcolm Campbell and nephew of Donald Campbell of Bluebird. He also holds eight UK land speed records in an electric car. Photo credit should read: Chris Ison/PA Wire URN:7749188 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]A-level results.Handout photo issued by Havering College of Further and Higher Education of (left to right) Sahaar Siddiqui, Kunjian Song, Xi Xi Robson, Farrah Khokhar, Rahul Jethwa and Anum Naveed, after receiving their A level results at Havering College of Further and Higher Education today. Picture date: Thursday August 20, 2009. See PA story EDUCATION Alevels Clearing. Photo credit should read: Havering College of Further and Higher Education/PA Wire URN:7725611 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]Harry Patch funeral.Standard bearers lower their standards as the coffin of Harry Patch, the last man to fight in the First World War trenches, is carried from Wells Cathedral following his funeral service. Picture date: Thursday August 6, 2009. Thousands of people lined the streets today to watch the funeral procession of the last veteran of the First World War trenches. Harry Patch, 111, the Last Tommy, who did not want a state funeral, was being honoured at a service at Wells Cathedral, in Somerset. See PA story FUNERAL Patch. Photo credit should read: Tom Palmer/PA URN:7678977 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]Bobby Robson dies.Lady Elsie Robson the widow of Sir Bobby Robson, along with her son Andrew, look at the thousands of tributes to her husband that have been left at St James Park, the home of Newcastle United, over the weekend. Picture date: Sunday August 2, 2009. See PA story DEATH Robson. Photo Credit should read John Giles/PA Wire URN:7661301 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]Henry Allingham funeral.Petty officer 3rd class Michael Gray (left) and his brother Petty officer 2nd class Brent Gray of the U.S. Navy, during the funeral of their great grandfather, WWI veteran Henry Allingham, at St. Nicholas' Church in Brighton, East Sussex. Picture date: Thursday July 30, 2009. Henry Allingham died peacefully in his sleep at 3.10am on July 18 aged 113. See PA story FUNERAL Allingham. Photo credit should read: Dylan Martinez/PA Wire URN:7650701 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]Royal International Air Tattoo.Westland Sea King ASaC7 helicopter of 849 Naval Air Squadron, RNAS Culdrose at the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire. Picture date: Sunday July 19, 2009. See PA story AIR Tattoo. Photo credit should read: Barry Batchelor/PA Wire URN:7627856 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]Norwich By-Election.Conservative Parliamentary Candidate Chloe Smith after her win in the Norwich North By-Election, Norwich. Picture date: Friday July 24, 2009. Tory David Cameron leader hailed his party's win in Norwich North as "historic" as he travelled to Norwich to meet new Conservative MP and Tory supporters following the vote. See PA story POLL Norwich. Photo credit should read: Chris Radburn/PA Wire URN:7625565 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]Steven Gerrard court case.Liverpool FC footballer Steven Gerrard leaves Liverpool Crown Court after he was cleared of unjustly attacking a man in a bar. Picture date: Friday July 24, 2009. The Liverpool captain admitted hitting Marcus McGee, 34, in a Southport bar last December and a jury at Liverpool Crown Court accepted his explanation that it was in self-defence. See PA story COURTS Gerrard. Photo credit should read: Anna Gowthorpe/PA Wire URN:7623828 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]Royal garden party.Captain Jim Berry, of the Royal Irish Regiment (left), meets actor Philip Glenister, during the Buckingham Palace garden party in central London. Picture date: Wednesday July 22, 2009. See PA story ROYAL Party. Photo credit should read: Johnny Green/PA Wire URN:7615465 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]T in the Park - Scotland.Damon Albarn of Blur performs at the T in the Park music festival in Balado, Perth and Kinross. Picture date: Sunday July 12, 2009. See PA story SCOTLAND Festival. Photo credit should read: David Cheskin/PA Wire URN:7562943 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]Details of politicians' expenses revealed.File photo dated 08/12/08 of Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, who has revealed she doubted she would ever be able to restore her reputation after she claimed on expenses for pornographic films watched by her husband. Issue date: Saturday July 11, 2009. In her first newspaper interview since resigning ahead of last month's Cabinet reshuffle, she also claimed Tony Blair would have handled the expenses scandal better than Gordon Brown. See PA story POLITICS Smith. Photo credit should read: Johnny Green/PA Wire URN:7558837 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]ROYAL Investitures.Captain Mark Cadman is made an Associate of the Royal Red Cross by the Prince of Wales at Buckingham Palace. Picture date: Friday July 10, 2009. Photo credit should read: Johnny Green/PA URN:7557630 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]Italy G8 Summit.Prime Minister Gordon Brown visits the ruined village of Onna near L'Aquila, Italy which was at the epicentre of the earthquake which struck the region on April 6, 2009. Picture date: Friday July 10, 2009. See PA story POLITICS G8. Photo credit should read: Oli Scarff/PA URN:7557292 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]Michael Jackson Memorial Service.Prince Michael Jackson II (AKA Blanket) attends the memorial service for his father Michael Jackson at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Picture date: Tuesday, July 7, 2009. See PA story MEMORIAL Jackson. Picture credit should read: Pool PA Wire URN:7541607 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]Gordon Brown's regional tour.Prime Minister Gordon Brown is accompanied by local MP Pat McFadden (left) to a meeting with local leaders and 'Youth of Today' youth movement members at the All Saints Centre, Wolverhampton. Picture date: Friday July 3, 2009. See PA story POLITICS Brown. Photo credit David Jones/PA Wire URN:7523949 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]UK hot weather.A baby elephant cools off in the hot temperatures by bathing in the pool at Chester Zoo. Picture date: Thursday July 2, 2009. See PA story WEATHER Hot. Photo credit should read: Peter Byrne/PA Wire URN:7520251 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]Michael Jackson dies.File photo dated 14/01/2009 of Former Oliver! child actor Mark Lester who said today that Michael Jackson wanted to perform his This Is It concerts so his children could see him doing "what daddy does best". Issue date: Monday June 29, 2009. He said "perfectionist" Jackson would not have taken the 50 gigs on if he had doubts about his ability to complete them. Lester also revealed on This Morning how, despite his small frame, Jackson loved to tuck into his favourite meal of fish and chips when he visited London. See PA story DEATH Jackson Lester. Photo credit should read: Yui Mok/PA Wire URN:7506658 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]Local and European elections 2009.File photo dated 02/03/09 of Bob Ainsworth in front of a Hercules aircraft at RAF Lyneham, in Wiltshire. The Defence Secretary said today that supporting British troops in Afghanistan is the highest priority for the defence budget. Issue date: Monday June 29, 2009. Mr Ainsworth was speaking as he returned from a three-day trip to Afghanistan, his first since becoming Defence Secretary at the start of this month. See PA story DEFENCE Ainsworth. Photo credit should read: Ben Birchall/PA Wire URN:7504730 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall visit Wales.The Duchess of Cornwall is given flowers by a wellwisher, after her visit to the Compass Children's Centre in Gloucester, to see fathers preparing fresh cooked food for their families. Picture date: Friday June 26, 2009. See PA story ROYAL Wales. Photo credit should read: John Stillwell/PA Wire URN:7494698 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]New Speaker of the Commons.John Bercow marks his first day in the job of Commons Speaker by discarding the traditional wig and tights worn by many of his predecessors for a business suit and "smart but unfussy" gown for his role. Picture date: Tuesday June 23, 2009. See PA story POLITICS Speaker. Photo credit should read: PA Wire URN:7481095 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]Order of the Garter Service.A general view of the procession leaving St Georges's Chapel after attending the Garter Ceremony. Picture date: Monday June 15, 2009. The Order of the Garter, established by Edward III in 1348, is in the Queen's personal gift, without advice from Government ministers. See PA story ROYAL Garter. Photo credit should read: Chris Jackson/PA URN:7449039 (Press Association via AP Images)
[Click image for details ]Trooping the Colour.Britain's Queen Elizabeth II with the Duke of Edinburgh, centre and Prince of Wales, left, on Horse Guards Parade during the annual Trooping the Colour parade. Picture date: Saturday June 13, 2009. The Queen celebrates her official birthday today with the Trooping the Colour parade involving more than 1,000 soldiers in the traditional display of pomp and pageantry. See PA story ROYAL Trooping. Photo credit should read: Lewis Whyld/PA Wire URN:7438872 (Press Association via AP Images)
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