Animal rescue volunteers have told how a cat riddled with cancer was forced to ripped off its own ears after it was abandoned by its owners. Poor Victoria was so ravaged by cancer that she had torn off her own ears by the time she was discovered wandering the streets by a passer-by distraught at her obvious plight. At first it was thought she had been mauled by a dog but on closer inspection by a vet it became clear the pain of the tumours had been so severe the little black and white cat had made a desperate bid to escape the agony. Victoria was found walking the streets of Newent, Gloucs., and handed over to charity workers at the New Start Cat Rescue Centre who took her in and paid for an operation on her ears. It is costing them thousands of pounds to rehabilitate her but volunteers there say the affectionate feline deserves a new chance at life..
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 .
THIS ONE of a kind experience brings a whole new meaning to the phrase 'a coffee to go' .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .
An artist has transformed traditional Thanksgiving dinners into mini-masterpieces .
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TENNIS was a game made for three according to the first Victorian rule book .
WITH SNOW COVERING the ground around them, these two polar bears play fight .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
ALL IS not as it seems in these deceptive cityscapes .
MESMERIZING night sky photographs offer a spellbinding look at the stars .
A lively lemon shark grins into the camera and showcases his impressive teeth .