N evil mugger who battered a Birmingham old soldier and fled with just £40 has been jailed for nine years .

A blanket of fog is lit up by the colourful glowing lights of the city below .

With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .

An American man continues on his mission to document his journey around the globe by completing a world map tattoo on his back .

A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .

HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .

COURAGEOUS CLIMBERS scale frozen waterfalls in Canada, as the ice threatens to collapse beneath them .

The family of a disabled boy who died in a tragic accident at a care home have received a four figure payout after an inquest heard carers allowed him to fall rather than restrain him because of "health and safety" fears .

FROM A mini table and chairs to a detailed violin, it’s hard to believe these incredible sculptures are all carved into the nib of PENCILS .

A COUNCIL has come under fire for slapping fines on people’s GRAVESTONES for breaching petty regulations on pot plants .

A German photographer travelled around Africa where he met and photographed members of tribes in a series of intimate portraits .

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 .