A COUNCIL has come under fire for slapping fines on people’s GRAVESTONES for breaching petty regulations on pot plants. Disgusted mourners have arrived at their loved ones graves to find penalty notices insensitively stuck to the headstones, demanding money for having more than one pot plant. Several visitors to Alfreton Cemetery in Derbyshire were met with a letter from Amber Valley Borough Council stating they had to pay for a garden permit.
A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .
DASHING through the snow, this little stoat is on the lookout for a Christmas feast .
AIRPORT staff have been put on alert after diet pills that come in grenade shaped containers sparked security alerts .
RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .
THROWING himself off 1,100ft bridges in a wheelchair, this is the PARALYSED base jumper who knows no fear .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner .
THESE kaleidoscopic-like photographs capture England’s churches and cathedrals in all their glory .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
The view from this rooftop pool is sure to make most holidaymakers envious .
Going for long rides through vast fields together, this twosome share an unbreakable bond .