The UK week in pictures: Airport queues, Boris meets Scholz, and the Jacobite Express

'The National' selects the most striking photos from across Britain over the past week

Queues at Heathrow Terminal 2 on Monday. Mass flight cancellations, long queues and problems with e-gate passport checkpoints were blighting the UK's busiest airport as millions of people prepare to travel over the Easter holidays. PA

Passengers queue for security screening in the departures area of Terminal 2 at Manchester Airport on Monday morning. Reuters

Ocean Rebellion activists stage a protest outside the International Maritime Organisation in London on Monday. Reuters

A crowd gathered to watch the first Jacobite Express of the 2022 season cross the Glenfinnan Viaduct on Monday, on its way to Mallaig from Fort William in Scotland. PA

Ai-Da Robot, an ultra-realistic humanoid robot artist, paints during a press call at The British Library on Monday. Getty Images

Accordion player and broadcaster Gary Innes performing with dancer Rachel McLagan at The Ovo Hydro, Glasgow, on Tuesday, to help promote 'Hoolie in the Hydro, the World's Biggest Ceilidh', which will take place in December. PA

George Smith in action at the British Swimming Championships in Sheffield. PA

A digital immersive art experience titled AS WATER FALLS opens at The Lexicon in Bracknell on Tuesday, as part of a wider event to celebrate one of the Earth's most precious elements – water. PA

Strong winds and cold temperatures returned on Wednesday as surfers took advantage of the conditions at Tynemouth beach, Tyne and Wear. PA

Campaigners dressed as British Chancellor Rishi Sunak on Wednesday and protested outside the Treasury office, London, against the increase in National Insurance contributions. PA

Performer Martti Peltonen stands beneath a chocolate Easter egg as it is shattered by a crossbow bolt during a photocall for Circus Vegas in Richmond, on Wednesday, to promote the start of its first British tour in more than four years. PA

A police van, believed to contain David Smith, the British citizen charged with nine offences under the Official Secrets Act, arrives at court in London on Thursday. He had been employed as a security guard at the British Embassy in Berlin, from where he was extradited. AP

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson meets apprentices at Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant in Bridgwater on Thursday. AFP

A zombie bunny rabbit actor rehearses their role while waiting for guests inside Shepton Mallet prison on Thursday, where characters are preparing for an immersive event taking place, with zombies and real-life scary characters in the old prison workshop building. PA

Police officers try to remove Extinction Rebellion activists from Tower Bridge, who hung a banner off the London landmark on Friday morning. Reuters

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrives at No 10 Downing Street on Friday afternoon for a meeting with Prime Minister Boris Johnson. PA

This week, there were long queues as Heathrow and Manchester airports were hit by delays and cancellations as people tried to head off for their Easter holidays, British Prime Minister met German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and crowds gathered as the first Jacobite Express steam train of the 2022 season made its way through Scotland.