SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive. Equipped with a bird, gas lamp and net, he fishes without the aid of a rod by using an unusual method - first practiced in 960 AD. The fisherman, pictured in southern China, releases a cormorant bird which dives into the water and retrieves a carp, before returning to the fisherman’s reed raft. The stunning images of cormorant fishing were captured on the River Li in Guilin, China by Russian photographer Viktoriia Rogotneva when he visited the fishermen of Guilin.
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
A family of foster carers are facing bankruptcy and homelessness after they signed up to a Government scheme to renovate their house to be used for disabled children's short breaks .
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More weather chaos is heading our way, with ice and snow already hitting areas across Birmingham .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
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A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .