An Asian Resident of BlackburnThis undated shot of urban Blackburn, by the Guardian photographer Don McPhee, has a caption scrawled at the bottom: Searching out the Asian vote in Blackburn. In the 1970s, when McPhee joined the paper, community tensions increased and support grew for the far right after the arrival of a large number of Asian immigrants in northern England. McPhee, who was based in Manchester, became known for stories such as this, and his photographs frequently

the Guardian photographer David Levene took time out to photograph one of the city’s best-loved tourist spots

Thorpe covered assignments across the globe – from the Soviet Union to Japan – but returned again and again to his native northern England

Heather Watson

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Spectators take photos of Andy Murray with the trophy after the mens singles final on Centre Court today during Wimbledon 2013 day thirteen at the All England Lawn Tennis Club on July 7th 2013 in London

“I was lucky to be there at the moment they came through the gate – I felt I’d captured the animals’ breath in the cold air

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The Guardian photographer Murdo MacLeod recently took a morning drive around Loch Tummel

Wast Water is the deepest lake in the Lake District

but this quiet moment of sportsmanship displayed by Andrew Flintoff

Bed or wed

When Mo Farah won the men’s 5