FULL of empty patient beds and stained bathtubs, this abandoned hospital lies forgotten. St. Gerard's Hospital in Birmingham, which was once used to save lives and treat the deadly disease tuberculosis, has now been left to rot - along with everything inside. These eerie photographs were captured by an urban explorer known as Urbex-SW, who took up photography after becoming intrigued by the abandoned contents of the derelict houses close to his childhood home. 'These photographs show the hospital as it was when it was abandoned back in 1988,' says Urban-SW.
WITH A STERN look of determination on their faces, these adorable pooches perfect their doggy paddle as they dive head first into a swimming pool .
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
A pair of snarling foxes go paw-to-paw and brawl after unexpectedly crossing paths .
An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .
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 .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .
SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .
POWERFUL bolts of lightning illuminate the night sky in an incredible autumn storm over the Sardinian coastline .