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Labour candidate Paulette Hamilton celebrates as she arrives at Erdington Academy for the count for the Erdington by-election early on Friday morning. Ms Hamilton won the by-election, becoming Birmingham's first black MP. PA

On Monday morning a man dressed as superhero Batman stood on top of a pod on the London Eye ahead of the release of 'The Batman' in cinemas across Britain. PA

Volunteers at the Klub Orla Bialego (White Eagle Club) in Balham, south London, sift through donations on Monday made by members of the public, prior to their aid convoy setting off to Ukraine in aid of refugees fleeing the Russian invasion. PA

People wait to get on a bus at Liverpool Street station in London on Tuesday morning, during a strike by members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union. All London Underground lines were suspended for the day. PA

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, visited a goat farm near Abergavenny and Blaenavon in Wales on Tuesday. The farm has been providing milk to a local cheese producer for nearly 20 years. PA

Alex Pickett from Andover in Hampshire receives advice from an embassy official as he attempts to sign up to join the Ukrainian armed forces at the Ukrainian Embassy in west London on Tuesday. PA

Olympic gold medal winning curler Vicky Wright returned to her day job as a nurse on Tuesday. On her arrival she was clapped on to the ward by colleagues at Forth Valley Hospital in Larbert, Scotland. PA

A boy chorister of Winchester Cathedral takes part in the Shrove Tuesday pancake race on Tuesday. PA

People from rival parishes of St Michael and St Paul compete in Scoring the Hales annual Shrove Tuesday Football match in Alnwick. Reuters

Tuesday also saw players take part in the Atherstone Ball Game in Atherstone, Warwickshire. The game honours a match played between Leicestershire and Warwickshire in 1199, when teams used a bag of gold as a ball. PA

On Wednesday MPs in the House of Commons gave a standing ovation to the Ambassador of Ukraine to the UK, Vadym Prystaiko, who was sitting in the public gallery. PA

Rend Platings and her husband Michael outside their home in Cambridge on Wednesday, which they have painted in the colours of the Ukraine flag in a show of support for friends in the country. PA

Tube strikes continued in London on Thursday, with Jubilee line trains parked unused at the London Underground Stratford Market Depot. The strike crippled commuter services in London. PA

A group of people supporting the Sunflower of Peace charity organisation place sunflowers outside the Russian Embassy in west London on Thursday. PA

Visitor assistant Rachel Corr stands in the set created for 'I Am Curious, Orange (1988)', which was a collaboration between Michael Clark and post-punk band The Fall, at the preview for the Michael Clark: Cosmic Dancer exhibition at the V&A Dundee on Thursday. PA

Labour candidate Paulette Hamilton celebrates as she arrives at Erdington Academy for the count for the Erdington by-election early on Friday morning. Ms Hamilton won the by-election, becoming Birmingham's first black MP. PA

On Monday morning a man dressed as superhero Batman stood on top of a pod on the London Eye ahead of the release of 'The Batman' in cinemas across Britain. PA

Volunteers at the Klub Orla Bialego (White Eagle Club) in Balham, south London, sift through donations on Monday made by members of the public, prior to their aid convoy setting off to Ukraine in aid of refugees fleeing the Russian invasion. PA

People wait to get on a bus at Liverpool Street station in London on Tuesday morning, during a strike by members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport union. All London Underground lines were suspended for the day. PA

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, visited a goat farm near Abergavenny and Blaenavon in Wales on Tuesday. The farm has been providing milk to a local cheese producer for nearly 20 years. PA

Alex Pickett from Andover in Hampshire receives advice from an embassy official as he attempts to sign up to join the Ukrainian armed forces at the Ukrainian Embassy in west London on Tuesday. PA

Olympic gold medal winning curler Vicky Wright returned to her day job as a nurse on Tuesday. On her arrival she was clapped on to the ward by colleagues at Forth Valley Hospital in Larbert, Scotland. PA

A boy chorister of Winchester Cathedral takes part in the Shrove Tuesday pancake race on Tuesday. PA

People from rival parishes of St Michael and St Paul compete in Scoring the Hales annual Shrove Tuesday Football match in Alnwick. Reuters

Tuesday also saw players take part in the Atherstone Ball Game in Atherstone, Warwickshire. The game honours a match played between Leicestershire and Warwickshire in 1199, when teams used a bag of gold as a ball. PA

On Wednesday MPs in the House of Commons gave a standing ovation to the Ambassador of Ukraine to the UK, Vadym Prystaiko, who was sitting in the public gallery. PA

Rend Platings and her husband Michael outside their home in Cambridge on Wednesday, which they have painted in the colours of the Ukraine flag in a show of support for friends in the country. PA

Tube strikes continued in London on Thursday, with Jubilee line trains parked unused at the London Underground Stratford Market Depot. The strike crippled commuter services in London. PA

A group of people supporting the Sunflower of Peace charity organisation place sunflowers outside the Russian Embassy in west London on Thursday. PA

Visitor assistant Rachel Corr stands in the set created for 'I Am Curious, Orange (1988)', which was a collaboration between Michael Clark and post-punk band The Fall, at the preview for the Michael Clark: Cosmic Dancer exhibition at the V&A Dundee on Thursday. PA

Labour candidate Paulette Hamilton celebrates as she arrives at Erdington Academy for the count for the Erdington by-election early on Friday morning. Ms Hamilton won the by-election, becoming Birmingham's first black MP. PA

The UK week in pictures: Tube strikes, ovation for Prystaik, and the Atherstone ball game

'The National' selects the most striking photos from across Britain over the past week

The National

March 04, 2022

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