Relax with Rembrandt: artist’s self-portrait to take a slow tour of England

National Trust-owned painting will be exhibited with a meditation option for art lovers to take a long, lingering look

The impulse to race around a gallery and take in as many wonderful paintings as possible can be hard to resist.

But art enthusiasts are being urged to slow down and take a lingering, meditative look at one of the great self-portraits when it is taken on an unhurried tour of England.

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Police in England brace for disorder as far right promote anti-migrant protests

Restrictions in place on Friday in areas including Norwich and officers will monitor at least 12 other towns and cities

Police are braced for potential disorder in towns across England this weekend amid the far right’s promotion of a range of protests against asylum seekers, with anti-racism activists planning counter-protests.

Restrictions will be in place on Friday at locations including Norwich while officers will police at least 12 other towns and cities that evening.

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Gloucestershire NHS trust to discharge 140 patients over ‘extreme winter pressures’

People told to attend A&E alone as acute trust cancels operations, declaring ‘critical incident’ amid rise in flu cases

An NHS trust is preparing to cancel operations, urgently discharge 140 patients and restrict admissions to help it cope with “extreme winter pressures”.

The Gloucestershire acute trust declared a “critical incident” on Wednesday as hospitals in England asked patients seeking medical help to come alone to reduce overcrowding in A&E.

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‘Thrown like a rag doll’: British tourist narrowly survives hippo attack in Zambia

Roland Cherry, from Warwickshire, sustained severe bite wounds after being mauled by animal during safari

A man narrowly survived after being dragged to the bottom of a river and “thrown through the air like a rag doll” when he was attacked by hippo while canoeing on holiday in Zambia.

Roland Cherry, who was on five-week holiday through southern Africa with his wife, Shirley, sustained severe bite wounds across his body, including a 10in wound to his abdomen, as well as a thigh injury and dislocated shoulder in the attack.

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Pedestrian in his 60s dies after being hit by police vehicle in Nuneaton

Warwickshire police officers were responding to an urgent incident on Friday evening when the collision occurred

A pedestrian in his 60s has died after being hit by a police vehicle, Warwickshire police have said.

Officers were responding to an emergency incident in Nuneaton when their vehicle collided with the man at about 8.45pm on Friday, the force said.

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