Hay-on-Wye: People brave wet weather at the Hay festival, where fire crews pumped a large quantity of floodwater from the sitePhotograph: Barry Batchelor/PABrighton: A tourist braves a paddle in the sea on a wet and windy bank holiday weekendPhotograph: Gareth Fuller/PALondon: People with umbrellas are reflected in puddles on Blackfriars bridgePhotograph: David Levene/Guardian
Gloucester: Contestants in the men's race chase a Double Gloucester cheese during the annual bank holiday cheese-rolling competitionPhotograph: Matt Cardy/GettyThe British economy is entering a period of "significant downswing" and will grow even more slowly in 2009 than this year as house prices fall further, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development warned. Read the articlePhotograph: Dominic Lipinkski/PABrighton: People walk along the beach as clouds loom overhead Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/GettyTynemouth: Surfers on Tynemouth beach enjoy a sunny bank holidayPhotograph: Gareth Fuller/PATynemouth: A woman walks along the beachPhotograph: Owen Humphries/PA
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