A weekly selection of some of the best pictures taken by our photographers in Britain, selected by our visuals editors.

Manchester City’s Robinho gestures during a match against Newcastle United in Manchester January 28, 2009. The Premier League star, Britain’s most expensive footballer, denied any wrongdoing or criminality after his arrest over allegations of serious sexual assault.  REUTERS/Nigel Roddis

An installation entitled “Tehran Prostitutes” by Shirin Fakhim is seen at The Saatchi Gallery in west London January 28, 2009. The installation forms part of a forthcoming exhibition entitled New Art From The Middle East. REUTERS/Toby Melville

Prime Minister Gordon Brown watches apprentices during his visit to a construction skills academy in Glasgow, January 23, 2009. REUTERS/David Moir

A man stands with a brightly coloured umbrella in Portsmouth, January 28, 2009. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor

Alex Kapranos (C), Paul Thomson (L) and Bob Hardy of rock band Franz Ferdinand perform for fans at a record store, to promote their new album, in London January 26, 2009. REUTERS/Andrew Winning

Swimmers prepare to participate in the opening ceremony of the UK Cold Water Swimming Championships at Tooting Bec Lido in London January 24, 2009. REUTERS/Kieran Doherty

A game of poker is reflected in the sunglasses of player Chris Elliot at the World Series of Poker Europe competition at the Empire Casino in London October 1, 2008. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor

Saturday: A worker changes a sign in the window of the Woolworths store in Ashby de la Zouch in central England on December 27, 2008. Woolworths collapsed into administration in November and its administrators said earlier in December that all its stores would close by Jan. 5, with the loss of 27,000 jobs, unless a last-minute buyer could be found. REUTERS/Darren Staples

Sunday: A pro-Palestinian demonstrator waves a muddy boot during a protest near the Israeli Embassy in London on December 28, 2008, against the Israeli strikes on Gaza. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor

Monday: A busker warms his hands outside a shop offering price discounts in Loughborough, central England on December 29, 2008. As many as 600,000 people could lose their jobs in Britain next year, making 2009 the worst year for unemployment since 1991, personnel experts warned on Monday. REUTERS/Darren Staples

Tuesday: Aston Villa’s Ashley Young (L) crosses the ball which led to a Hull City own goal during their Premier League soccer match in Hull on December 30, 2008. REUTERS/Nigel Roddis . (No online/Internet usage of this picture without a license from the Football Data Co Ltd. For licence enquiries please ring 0 207 864 9000.)

Wednesday: A woman walks through Victoria Park during heavy fog in Leicester in central England on December 31, 2008. REUTERS/Darren Staples

Thursday: Fireworks explode behind Big Ben on the Houses of Parliament in London during a pyrotechnic show to celebrate the New Year on January 1, 2009.  REUTERS/Stephen Hird

Friday: People view properties advertised for sale in the window of an estate agent in west London January 2, 2009. House prices in Britain fell by a bigger-than expected 2.2 percent in December for an annual drop of 16.2 percent, the country’s biggest mortgage lender Halifax said on Friday. REUTERS/Stephen Hird

Wednesday: A homeless man sits outside the entrance to Green Park Tube Station in central London on Christmas Eve, while a man and a woman kiss goodbye after a shopping trip. There was yet more evidence this week that the world’s economies are limping into the new year,  with Britain contracting more sharply than first thought and further signs that the U.S. economy is in a sharp decline. REUTERS/Andrew Parson

Tuesday: A homeless man has his hair cut at the charity Crisis UK temporary day centre for the homeless at a school in London. Crisis UK opens its doors to the homeless over the festive period from 23 until 30 December. A survey for Crisis suggests nearly one in 10 people are struggling to keep up with rent or mortgage payments, and the charity fears there will be a surge in homelessness in 2009. REUTERS/Luke McGregor

Monday: A framed portrait of Oscar Wilde is seen with a lot label as it sits amongst other photographs at London’s Cafe Royal. Lots from the historic establishment that is due to be redeveloped into a luxury hotel will be auctioned on January 20, 2009. REUTERS/Andrew Winning

Sunday: Mourners stand together during the Lockerbie air disaster twentieth anniversary service in the memorial garden at Dryfesdale cemetery.  Sunday marked the twentieth anniversary of the bombing over Lockerbie of a Pan Am jumbo jet flying from London to New York that killed 270 people. REUTERS/David Moir

Saturday: Shoppers walk past reduced price Santa hats on the last weekend before Christmas in Oxford Street, central London. REUTERS/Andrew Parsons

Friday: Cast members from The Royal Opera perform during a rehearsal of ‘Turandot’ at The Royal Opera House in central London. Puccini’s classic piece runs over the festive period and throughout January at the Covent Garden venue.  REUTERS/Toby Melville

Thursday: A woman walks past a shop in central London displaying a sign that says “It is your patriotic duty” to shop. Data shows that online shoppers are behind an unexpected rise in retail sales in November. But record high government borrowing and shrinking mortgage lending underline the scale of the country’s economic downturn. REUTERS/ Eddie Keogh