THESE kingfishers prove no rod is needed as they go fishing for their dinner. With a splash, they dive down into the water to catch their next meal. The photographs were captured by Italian photographer Alessandro Rossini, 33, on the banks of the river Adda in Italy." In these pictures you can see how marvellous nature is,” says Alessandro, of Lissone.
These are the men with one of the most unpleasant jobs in the world .
A SPECTRUM of colours fills the sky during this spectacular and natural display of light .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .
CCTV shows a dark figure dumping the dog- A pet dog suffering with cancer has been put down after being dumped at an animal rescue in what officials said is the worst abandonment of any animal they have witnessed .
A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .
AIRPORT staff have been put on alert after diet pills that come in grenade shaped containers sparked security alerts .
THIS astonishing film shows the moment a hit-and-run driver ploughed into a woman and a toddler on a Coventry street .
SNEAKING slowly into the water, this Bengal tiger plans a vicious attack on three unsuspecting deer .
AN EXERCISING turtle and an ice-skating chick are hardly everyday exploits in the animal community .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .