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.
Southern England, the south-west and west Wales have been warned to expect more wild weather, with heavy rain and high tides possibly leading to coastal flooding and travel disruption over the weekend .
WITH THEIR adorable big round eyes and fluffy white fur, these baby seals are cute enough to melt any heart .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
A US firefighter has battled osteoarthritis and four hip replacements to break the world paddleboarding record .
LEAPING for joy five-feet above the waves this baby whale cutie is saying HELLO to its family after being lost .
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .
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 .
