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 .

AN ADORABLE one-eyed kitten has been dubbed the 'pirate cat' because of his pirate-like facial expressions .

PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .

A pair of chicks bravely decided to befriend a python, despite being the snake's favourite choice of food .

RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .

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 .

A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .

LEAPING for joy five-feet above the waves this baby whale cutie is saying HELLO to its family after being lost .

These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .

ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .

An American black bear mimics John Travolta’s famous Saturday Night Fever dance move by hurling its arm in the air .

Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .