Whittaker’s Gin Distillery. JG May 2026Derek Dowler barrels along at the Whittaker’s distillery in Nidderdale, North Yorkshire, where London Dry gin is madetimes photographer james glossop

NINTCHDBPICT001079836495An outfit from Ciara Burns inspired by Pepita in Coco, the Pixar film about the Land of the Dead, will be among dozens of designs from students at the Edinburgh College of Art on show at the Queen’s Hall in the city on FridaySally Jubb

Arctic air is set to sweep across the UK this weekKaren Walsh walks across the rope bridge through the jungle section of the Lost Gardens of Heligan in Cornwall William Dax/SWNS

Crafted At Sothebys London For London Craft Week – Official Launch Of London Craft WeekClifton Wright is among eight artists whose work features in an exhibition at Sotheby’s to mark London Craft Week Tristan Fewings/Getty Images for sotherby’s

NINTCHDBPICT001079555616Workmen called to deal with subsidence on a country road near Walton, Somerset, were met with an uneven surface that sent their lorry rolling into a ditch Jason Bryant/BNPS

Flowers from the Farm, Chelsea Flower Show, London, 11th May 2026Caroline Bolton, Aizel Finch and Sarah Bedford of Flowers from the Farm, the UK trade association for cut flowers, prepare blooms for the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London, which begins next weekStephen Chung/PinPep

Bougies Spring Forst - Hampshire VinyardCandles burn in the early hours at Burges Field, a vineyard in Itchen Stoke, Hampshire, to protect leaves from the late spring frostMick Rock/LNP

NINTCHDBPICT001079810428Damselflies met a wildlife photographer head-on in Reggio Emilia, northern Italy. Alberto Ghizzi Panizza, 51, said the curled leaf and eye contact made for a “surreal portrait”Alberto Ghizzi Panizza/Animal News Agency

Romania World Hat WalkA colourful group gathered in Bucharest on Sunday for the World Hat Walk. Participants in cities around the world were encouraged to celebrate “hat culture, style and self-expression”Vadim Ghirda/AP

World's oldest sweet shop has same best sellers after 199 yearsJames Hatfield helps run The Oldest Sweet Shop in Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, which opened in 1827. It is the oldest continuously trading confectioner in the world as verified by Guinness World RecordsTom Maddick/SWNS

Towering solar flames erupt from surface of the SunAJ Smadi, a Washington-based astronomer, has captured plasma eruptions on the sun up to ten times the size of EarthAJ Smadi/TwoPointO Media

FIA World Rally Championship Rally De Portugal 2026, Fafe, Braga - 10 May 2026Sami Pajari and Marko Salminen were on a high in Braga, Portugal, before slumping to seventh during the World Rally Championships eventMiguel Lemos/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock

APTOPIX Spain La Liga SoccerFC Barcelona fans celebrate on the city’s streets after their team’s victory over Real Madrid, which secured the league title, on SundayJoan Mateu Parra/AP

"The Roast of Kevin Hart" Red Carpet at Netflix Is A Joke FestJennifer Lopez, 56, attended The Roast of Kevin Hart in Los Angeles. The affectionate, if unorthodox, tribute to the comic actor involved jokes being made at his expenseChristopher Polk/Variety/GETTY IMAGES

NINTCHDBPICT001079842146Three Canada geese have hatched at Knowle Park in Cranleigh, Surrey, after being incubated in the nest of mute swans named Harry and SallyMARTIN BAMFORD

BETSPIX - New York Yankees v Milwaukee BrewersBrice Turang of the Milwaukee Brewers was offered some help cooling down by his team-mates after a home run against the New York YankeesJohn Fisher/Getty Images

Janet the gannet gatecrashes guillemot fish deliveryA gannet known as Janet — now believed to be a male, but whose name has stuck with locals — attempts to muscle in on a bazaar of guillemots about to tuck into a sand eel on Inner Farne off NorthumberlandSian Elizabeth/TwoPointO Media

Freedom of the City of LondonPenny Lancaster, 55, the wife of Sir Rod Stewart, 81, has received the freedom of the City of London at Guildhall for her charitable endeavours and her work as a special constableIan West/PA

NINTCHDBPICT001079860173Four Barbary macaques have been born at Trentham Monkey Forest in Staffordshire. Conservationists hailed a “small but important win for a highly endangered species” whose wild population has halved in 40 yearsJoshua Torlop/Trentham Monkey Forest

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