STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life. Now, Tavern Bland and the Fresh from the Farm Shop have become dusty tributes to the 1970s and 1980s. The pub and the shop in Haxey in North Lincolnshire have been abandoned for a number of years. The last time there were residents in either is unknown, but the contents of both buildings remain intact…
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
BURSTING colours of reds, pinks and purples give the illusion of a collection of stunning flowers .
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 .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
A medical student has gone from chunky to hunky after being dumped by his ex- girlfriend for being too 'chubby' .
MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .
An adorable baby girl was born with a heart-shaped birthmark on her forehead - after being conceived on Valentine's Day .
A woman with a rare condition that means she collapses every time she laughs fears she may have passed the rare illness onto her young son .
These are the fascinating pictures of miniature table sculptures molded around bonsai trees that take up to a painstaking 18 months to create .
COURAGEOUS climbers descend 400 metres as they manoeuvre their way through thick walls of ice .