OFFERING a glimpse into the past, a mash-up of old and new photographs show how the world’s biggest cities have changed. A new phone app allows users to travel back in time by overlaying vintage images, such as London's Tower Bridge in 1892 or the Eiffel Tower in 1940, with how the locations look today. Users can compare the past and present of cities such as London, Paris, Washington and Saint Petersburg. This window to the past was created English entrepreneur David Webb, 45, the creator and CEO of the Timera app.
AN American accountant has grown the world's biggest MELON and smashed his way into the record books with his mammoth 350 .
A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .
BURSTING from the water, a beautiful but deadly Sumatran tiger jumps for food in an Indonesian zoo .
THIS alien-like bug would look more at home in outer-space but it can actually be found wriggling around here on Earth .
WIDE EYED with a huge smile across her face, this little elephant is a picture of happiness .
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
SOME OF the sea’s most terrifying creatures show their softer side as they join a group of diners for lunch .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
THE CRAZE for mimicking the video game Streetfighter has spread to the streets of London .
SNUGGLED up in the hay away from the elements, this adorable hoglet has sought solace with a familiar friend .
THIS LITTLE squirrel tries to keep himself snug as snow starts to fall around him .