Open water swimmers take an early morning dip at Brompton in Bangor, County Down, after restrictions in Northern Ireland eased allowing the full return to outdoor sport. PA Photo. Picture date: Monday May 24 2021. Eased restrictions have removed the limit of 15 and for outdoor sport only being permitted for those affiliated to a governing body or an organisation that regulates a sport or sporting activity. See PA story ULSTER Coronavirus. Photo credit should read: Liam McBurney/PA Wire
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A North African 10-Bore Toe-Lock silver-mounted gun, Signed the work of Muhammad Dated 1263 A.H. corresponding to 1846 A.D. with a guide price of £2,000 – £3,000 is held, during a preview for the forthcoming Antique Arms and Armour Sale, at Bonhams’ London. Aaron Chown/PA Wire
A field of rape seed near the windmill at Great Haseley in Oxfordshire. Steve Parsons/PA Wire
A gallery assistant with Gonogo by Goshka Macuga at the National Gallery, in London, one of the six artworks prorposed as the next design for the Fourth Plinth at Trafalgar Square. Kirsty O’Connor/PA Wire
Police forensic officers walk along a street in Peckham, southeast London, close to where black equal rights activist and mother-of-three Sasha Johnson was shot in the head during the early hours of Sunday. Kirsty O’Connor/PA Wire
Tommy Brady, 78, enjoying his first pint of Smithwick’s Ale since Christmas Eve at The Garrick Bar in Belfast, after the latest easing of the Covid-19 rules in Northern Ireland. Liam McBurney/PA Wire
British-Nigerian artist, Yinka Ilori unveils an outdoor public basketball court, which he has designed, at Bank Street Park in Canary Wharf, London. Matt Alexander/PA Wire
Open water swimmers take an early morning dip at Brompton in Bangor, County Down, after restrictions in Northern Ireland eased allowing the full return to outdoor sport. Liam McBurney/PA Wire
New Health Secretary Humza Yousaf MSP getting his covid vaccination at Caird Hall in Dundee alongside nurse Louise Lennox. Steve MacDougall / DCT Media
People walk along the sea front at Blyth in Northumberland. Owen Humphreys/PA Wire
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge talk to service users during a visit to Turning Point Scotland’s social care centre in Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire, to hear about the vital support that they provide to those with complex needs, including addiction and mental health challenges. Phil Noble/PA Wire
