What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany. The “Shadow Tunnels” under Birmingham's Longbridge site in are the remnants of Lord Austin's secret plans that were hatched to bolster British military might in the face of German military aggression. Pictures show the site where munitions workers produced the Merlin engines that powered the Spitfires and Hawker Hurricanes used to win control of the British skies during the Battle of Britain in 1940. Local urban explorer Tom Robinson, 20, delved into the tunnel to bring back exclusive picture of Great Britain's hidden wartime heritage
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HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .
A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .
A couple celebrated tying the knot with a spectacular Alice in Wonderland-themed wedding reception .
DIVING boffins fired harpoons into 30-foot-long whale sharks in a bid to put the sea-beasts on Google Maps .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
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A BRITISH couple are the first to tie the knot inside an enormous GLACIER in Iceland .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .
A diver looks like a minnow as she swims alongside a gigantic whale shark, the largest species of fish on the planet .
