MASKED intruders look sinister but really they are a gang of urban exploring pranksters. Using make-up, special effects and light-painting techniques two urban explorers and their partners in grime have travelled around the best of British abandoned site to capture off-radar locations at their most spooky. The creepy photographs were taken by film maker and visual effects artist David Broad, and his partner Julie Kendall, after being gripped by the urban exploration world. 'Julie and I went for a walk one day and saw a sign that read 'danger keep out this is not a playground', well this was like a red flag to a bull and we had to see,' said David
A grand 56-bedroom hotel, once heaving with injured soldiers during the First World War, now lies completely abandoned .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .
Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
An adorable black bear cub struggles to find the perfect spot for an afternoon nap as he wriggles around on the branch of a maple tree .
A lazy tree frog, tired of hopping along a branch, chooses the slowest form of transport when it jumps on top of an unsuspecting snail .
Throwing a right hook as he launches onto his opponent with his gnarling teeth at the ready, this is the OTTER-LY ruthless showdown between two otters .
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 .
CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .
FLYING through the air, these delighted pooches pull their best poses mid-flight .
Pouncing down on top of his twin brother, these two snow leopard cubs practice their kung-fu moves .