Revellers watch a huge red moon rise above Glastonbury Tor in Somerset, UK as the Earth's sattelite is its closest for years, producing a 'supermoon'

Revellers watch a huge red moon rise above Glastonbury Tor in Somerset, UK as the Earth's sattelite is its closest for years, producing a 'supermoon'

A mob attempts to attack the police van containing Christopher Halliwell as it leaves Swindon Mags court with a heavy police prescence

A mob attempts to attack the police van containing Christopher Halliwell as it leaves Swindon Mags court with a heavy police prescence

Olympic gold medalist Amy Williams arrives back in Bath on an open top bus swamped by the media

Olympic gold medalist Amy Williams arrives back in Bath on an open top bus swamped by the media

The Prime Minister David cameron and his wife Samantha pause by the coast path at Daymer Bay beach with the famous Doom Bar in the background on a sunny morning in Cornwall

The Prime Minister David cameron and his wife Samantha pause by the coast path at Daymer Bay beach with the famous Doom Bar in the background on a sunny morning in Cornwall

A general view of the hailstones and debris at Ottery St Mary, Devon after freak weather has brought havoc on the town

A general view of the hailstones and debris at Ottery St Mary, Devon after freak weather has brought havoc on the town

People are restrained by police outside Plymouth magistrates court where Vanessa George, accused on seven serious accounts of child pornography, appeared

People are restrained by police outside Plymouth magistrates court where Vanessa George, accused on seven serious accounts of child pornography, appeared

Vanessa George tries to hide her face as she arrives in a van to Bristol Crown Court, charged with serious child sex offences

Vanessa George tries to hide her face as she arrives in a van to Bristol Crown Court, charged with serious child sex offences

Pete Doherty is led out of Gloucester Crown Court by police and marched towards Gloucester police station on the opposite side of the road

Pete Doherty is led out of Gloucester Crown Court by police and marched towards Gloucester police station on the opposite side of the road

Millionaire lottery winners go wild with champagne and spray it everywhere after winning a whopping £56 Million

Millionaire lottery winners go wild with champagne and spray it everywhere after winning a whopping £56 Million

Her Royal Highness Duchess of Cornwall shakes hands with a dog in the dog arena on the first day of the Royal Cornwall show, held at the Royal Cornwall Showground, Wadebridge, Cornwall

Her Royal Highness Duchess of Cornwall shakes hands with a dog in the dog arena on the first day of the Royal Cornwall show, held at the Royal Cornwall Showground, Wadebridge, Cornwall

A woman is dragged from the floor by Garda where she was sitting to block the path of a Garda van containing an arrested protester as protesters demonstrate against Tony Blair book signing his memoirs 'A Journey' inside Eason's bookstore on O'Connell Street in Dublin, Ireland

A woman is dragged from the floor by Garda where she was sitting to block the path of a Garda van containing an arrested protester as protesters demonstrate against Tony Blair book signing his memoirs 'A Journey' inside Eason's bookstore on O'Connell Street in Dublin, Ireland

Family of mother-to-be Nikitta Grender carry her white coffin from St John's Church, Newport, Wales after her service led by her boyfriend and father

Family of mother-to-be Nikitta Grender carry her white coffin from St John's Church, Newport, Wales after her service led by her boyfriend and father

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