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.
The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
A BABY-faced burglar is starting a seven year stretch in custody after being nabbed by a Jaffa Cake .
THESE kaleidoscopic-like photographs capture England’s churches and cathedrals in all their glory .
SHOVELLING food into his mouth, this hungry gorilla enjoys a peaceful moment at dinner time .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
At first glance what might look like ordinary rusty bridge and road railings, are in fact amazing works of art .
This brave Hyena finally catches his pray among the thousands of flamingos, Lake Nakuru, Kenya - OUTNUMBERED among thousands of flamingos, this bold hyena is not put off from hunting for a morning snack .
A SERENE turquoise glow glimmers from underneath these powerful icebergs .
STRIKING photos capture nature at its most raw and powerful during Earth’s most electrifying event .
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .
With an abandoned tricycle sitting in an empty corridor, this derelict but once grand mansion could be the setting for The Shining .