N evil mugger who battered a Birmingham old soldier and fled with just £40 has been jailed for nine years .

A man who spent 30 minutes impaled on iron railings after attempting to scale an 8ft fence has told of his agonising ordeal - and how he suffered a similar mishap as a child .

Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .

Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .

THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .

THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .

A 21st stone woman suffering from 'body blindness' like Dawn French shed more than half her body weight after a shock revelation brought her to her senses .

WITH their robotic movements and pristine uniforms, these are the sexy traffic girls of North Korea that are becoming iconic figures in the secretive state .

A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .

A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .

A good samaritan who came to the aid of a rape victim has told how they were turned away from the Salvation Army because "they only help men" .

AN ANGRY giraffe gave a bush-riding cyclist a scare when he stomped his £2K bike into the dirt .