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Stressed? You bet I was. Shark wrestler Paul Marshallsea, hailed as a hero, is sacked because he was on sick leave

62-year-old apparently risked his life grabbing a six foot shark's tail as it approached the children

Watch out – fewer CCTV cameras about

Watch out – fewer CCTV cameras about

Budget cuts mean some local councils have had to dispense with much of their CCTV cover... and that's just fine with some people

Review: This Tomb Raider reboot shows a new side to Lara Croft - but the bloodlust is still palpable

Michael Plant reviews the latest game in the Tomb Raider series

Instagram and Polaroid's Socialmatic camera

Polaroid meets Instagram as new camera looks set to dominate 2014

The ailing Polaroid brand looks set to earn a second wind, thanks to the very force that nearly killed it off in the first place: the Internet.

Portfolio: Annie Collinge

The fashion world is awash with colourful figures, but few are quite as kaleidoscopic as Julie Verhoeven. As both an illustrator and designer, she has cultivated a reputation for bold surrealism, her psychedelic look part and parcel of her work.

Film review: To the Wonder - The camera as a lovelorn kitten, mewing for attention

A mere 18 months after The Tree of Life, the previously unprolific Terrence Malick is back with To the Wonder, an impressionistic, non-linear, semi-improvised meditation on the love of nature and the nature of love.

Wyman with the band

Shine a light... on the Rolling Stones: Bill Wyman's photography exhibited

The Stones' drummer, Charlie Watts, gazes sardonically into the camera, relaxed and unguarded. In this case, the photographer was his bandmate Bill Wyman, who played bass for the band for 30 years, before leaving in 1993. Now Wyman has delved into his archives to showcase unseen pictures from four decades in a new exhibition beginning in London this week.

Her Majesty's Prison

TV review: Her Majesty's Prison – Aylesbury, ITV

Black Mirror, Channel 4

Scene of the tragedy: the house where Oscar Pistorius lived with Reeva Steenkamp in Silver Woods is heavily protected

Security guards, electric fences and CCTV could not stop cold-blooded killing

Peace shattered at a gated community insulated from crime

The 10 Best photo printers

Don’t let your photos sit idle on your camera - we've got the kit to print out those memories, at home or on the move.

International Space Station photograph captures giant 'underwater' wave spread over hundreds of miles in the Caribbean Sea

Image was captured from the International Space Station

Residents flee homes as fire engulfs restaurant and flats in Sidcup

Residents have fled their homes after a blaze engulfed a restaurant and a number of flats.

Clare Balding to host chatshow on BT Sport

Clare Balding has landed her own chatshow which will see her interview some of the biggest names in sport.

The Samsung Galaxy Camera could act as your main smart device

A Week With: The Samsung Galaxy camera

A camera that lets you tweet from the street.

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