A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside. Freelance photographer Matt Bigwood wanted to convey the movement of stars when he photographed the night sky over Gloucestershire. Using long exposures, Matt shot the same location multiple times, before layering the images on top of each other to create the star trails in the sky. The 46-year-old, of Wotton-under-Edge, Gloucestershire, says: “My aim is just to produce eye-catching pictures that convey maybe an hour or more movement into one image.
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
PUCKERING up and enjoying some quality time, these are the most lovable monkeys on the planet .
SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
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 .
An Australian explorer has travelled the globe with a toy pig, known as Travel Piggy, in search of a missing cuddly companion .
A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
HEART-MELTING shots of a French bulldog and a ten-month-old French baby could be the cutest you’re likely to see .
Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .