‘At home, my mother / greets us both with these words: / I love monkeys’ … a traditional Chinese papercut marking the year of the monkey. Photograph: Getty Images‘At home, my mother / greets us both with these words: / I love monkeys’ … a traditional Chinese papercut marking the year of the monkey. Photograph: Getty ImagesCarol Rumens's poem of the weekPoetryA sunny reflection on the obstacles a couple has overcome

US news blogColoradoTranquilized black bear falls safely from tree on University of Colorado campusTo the amusement of onlookers, bear tumbles onto pads set up by wildlife officials, who then released it in the Rocky MountainsNo, this is not a bear bouncing on a trampoline, although it certainly resembles one. This picture in fact shows the animal falling safely from a tree after being tranquilized. The black bear had wandered onto the University of Colorado campus on Thursday, where it had padded around a university residence hall for some time before climbing a tree.

Jeff Beck – a life in pictures Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share via Email The maverick virtuoso rock guitarist has died aged 78. A pioneer with heavier styles, he paved the way for heavy metal, won eight Grammys and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo artist and member of the Yardbirds. We look back at a landmark career

Georgia Kevin Davis's sister: 'They didn't allow us to see him in the hospital' – video Delisa Davis, sister of Kevin Davis, says police in Georgia did not allow her family to visit her brother after he had been shot by a DeKalb County police officer. Kevin Davis remained cuffed to his hospital bed until he died on 31 December. 'He was just a great guy,' Delisa Davis told the Guardian's Jon Swaine.

Massachusetts This article is more than 7 years oldSnake island: Massachusetts to establish colony of venomous rattlesnakesThis article is more than 7 years oldThe plan is to save a species that’s been wiped out in the state – but some residents fear the snakes, which are capable of swimming, will escape the island A colony of venomous rattlesnakes is to be established on an uninhabited island in Massachusetts in a bid to save a species that has been virtually wiped out in the state.