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The media's leading source for UK news, sport and showbiz pictures

The Press Association photo wire delivers award-winning pictures from around the UK and Ireland, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Over 45 photographers respond rapidly to breaking stories and capture the day's events and appearances.

With the Press Association wire service, you receive first class coverage of UK news, sport and showbiz, including overseas stories with a strong domestic interest.

Using ShootLive, our photographers focus on getting the best picture, while the technology delivers it in real-time.

Pictures are transmitted within moments of being taken and distributed to national and regional newspapers, broadcasters and electronic media.

The picture wire archive is also available to picture buyers to search online.
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Stefan Rousseau was named the Photographer of the Year for the second year running at this year's British Press Awards – the Oscars of British journalism.

Photo wire

  • Man battered wife and girl to death

    Hugh McFall beat his wife Susan and their daughter Francesca to death, an inquest ruled
    A businessman who battered his wife and daughter to death with a mallet professed his love for his family repeatedly in the moments after their brutal killings, an inquest heard.
  • Mid-East leaders vow further talks

    Hillary Clinton with Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Mahmoud Abbas (AP)
    Israeli and Palestinian leaders have agreed to produce a framework for a permanent peace deal and to hold a second round of direct talks this month.
  • Oil slick seen after oil rig blast

    Boats spraying water on an oil and gas platform that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana (AP)
    A mile-long oil sheen has been spotted spreading from an offshore oil platform burning in the Gulf of Mexico.