• On Monday morning Lancashire police spoke to media in Hutton announcing they had recovered a body during the search for missing woman Nicola Bulley. PA
    On Monday morning Lancashire police spoke to media in Hutton announcing they had recovered a body during the search for missing woman Nicola Bulley. PA
  • King Charles III met Ukrainian recruits on Monday during a visit to a training site in Wiltshire. PA
    King Charles III met Ukrainian recruits on Monday during a visit to a training site in Wiltshire. PA
  • Humza Yousaf launched his campaign to become the next First Minister of Scotland on Monday, at Clydebank Town Hall, West Dunbartonshire. PA
    Humza Yousaf launched his campaign to become the next First Minister of Scotland on Monday, at Clydebank Town Hall, West Dunbartonshire. PA
  • Visitors came to see 'Dippy the Diplodocus' at the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum in Coventry on Monday, where the museum will be hosting the 26-metre long replica skeleton for the next three years. PA
    Visitors came to see 'Dippy the Diplodocus' at the Herbert Art Gallery and Museum in Coventry on Monday, where the museum will be hosting the 26-metre long replica skeleton for the next three years. PA
  • Tuesday morning began with a spectacular sunrise in Tynemouth. PA
    Tuesday morning began with a spectacular sunrise in Tynemouth. PA
  • Empty fruit and vegetable shelves were pictured at an Asda in east London on Tuesday amid their shortage which is likely to last weeks, retailers have warned. PA
    Empty fruit and vegetable shelves were pictured at an Asda in east London on Tuesday amid their shortage which is likely to last weeks, retailers have warned. PA
  • Workers in London took part in the Shrove Tuesday Inter-Livery Pancake Race at the Guildhall on Tuesday. Reuters
    Workers in London took part in the Shrove Tuesday Inter-Livery Pancake Race at the Guildhall on Tuesday. Reuters
  • The Atherstone Ball Game, a tradition said to stem from a match between Leicestershire and Warwickshire in 1199, was played for the 823rd time on Shrove Tuesday. PA
    The Atherstone Ball Game, a tradition said to stem from a match between Leicestershire and Warwickshire in 1199, was played for the 823rd time on Shrove Tuesday. PA
  • Defence Secretary Ben Wallace visited Bovington Camp on Wednesday where Ukrainian soldiers were undergoing training. AFP
    Defence Secretary Ben Wallace visited Bovington Camp on Wednesday where Ukrainian soldiers were undergoing training. AFP
  • Thousands of knot gathered on a lagoon on Wednesday in Snettisham, Norfolk. The so called 'Snettisham Spectacular' is a time when high tides push the wading birds off their feeding ground to a lagoon. Getty
    Thousands of knot gathered on a lagoon on Wednesday in Snettisham, Norfolk. The so called 'Snettisham Spectacular' is a time when high tides push the wading birds off their feeding ground to a lagoon. Getty
  • On Wednesday evening members of Ukraine's Dnipro Opera sang the Ukrainian national anthem after a performance of Giacomo Puccini's opera Madama Butterfly in Scarborough Spa theatre. AFP
    On Wednesday evening members of Ukraine's Dnipro Opera sang the Ukrainian national anthem after a performance of Giacomo Puccini's opera Madama Butterfly in Scarborough Spa theatre. AFP
  • Handout photo taken with permission from the Twitter feed of Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys of the Ukrainian flag painted on the road outside the Russian embassy in London by protesters ahead of the anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine on Friday. Issue date: Thursday February 23, 2023.
    Handout photo taken with permission from the Twitter feed of Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys of the Ukrainian flag painted on the road outside the Russian embassy in London by protesters ahead of the anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine on Friday. Issue date: Thursday February 23, 2023.
  • Forensic officers worked at the scene where off-duty PSNI detective chief inspector John Caldwell was shot in the Killyclogher Road area of Omagh, Northern Ireland, on Thursday. PA
    Forensic officers worked at the scene where off-duty PSNI detective chief inspector John Caldwell was shot in the Killyclogher Road area of Omagh, Northern Ireland, on Thursday. PA
  • On Thursday evening people gathered in Trafalgar Square, London, for a vigil for Ukraine held ahead of the anniversary of the conflict with Russia. Reuters
    On Thursday evening people gathered in Trafalgar Square, London, for a vigil for Ukraine held ahead of the anniversary of the conflict with Russia. Reuters
  • On Friday, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the Ukrainian Ambassador to the UK, Vadym Prystaiko, stood outside 10 Downing Street to observe a minute's silence to mark the first anniversary of the war in Ukraine. PA
    On Friday, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the Ukrainian Ambassador to the UK, Vadym Prystaiko, stood outside 10 Downing Street to observe a minute's silence to mark the first anniversary of the war in Ukraine. PA
  • 461 paper angels were hung from the roof of the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in London on Friday, one for each child that has died in the past year of the conflict in Ukraine. PA
    461 paper angels were hung from the roof of the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in London on Friday, one for each child that has died in the past year of the conflict in Ukraine. PA

The UK week in pictures: Ukraine war anniversary, Shrove Tuesday and a tomato shortage


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Updated: February 24, 2023, 12:56 PM