A widow whose love rat ex-boyfriend left her homeless has had the last laugh after a judge ordered her ex to pay back £300,000. Lyn Walcott, 68, of Hadleigh, Essex, was forced to move in with friends after she lent money to her boyfriend of seven years, Martin Forster, 57, to pay off debts and buy stock for his jewellery business. The mother-of two met Martin, a professional gambler, on a blind date in March 2005, and the couple quickly became an item.
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
A young otter wades through a lake with his eyes set on an older rival’s fish .
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .
SKIPPING on the spot, an adorable little owl embraces the 'running man' challenge .
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - BACK TO THE FUTURE WITH AR' KID: A POSTAL SORTER has perfected the art of time travel by delivering images that are from the past .
A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .
THROWING himself off 1,100ft bridges in a wheelchair, this is the PARALYSED base jumper who knows no fear .
An Indonesian farmer is dragged through muddy water as he clings to the tails of two charging cows .
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 .
MOUTH OPEN wide, this little stoat appears to be in mid-song as he belts out a tune for his onlookers .