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 .

A Crohn's sufferer has told of her humiliation after she soiled herself when a Co-op staff member reportedly refused to let her use the toilet .

A mining town in Australia’s outback appears to be completely deserted, but its residents have escaped the scorching heat by living in underground caves .

A little boy was left fighting for his life in hospital after a horrific allergic reaction to epilepsy medication made his skin fall off in chunks .

An amputee who was cruelly nicknamed 'peg-leg' by school bullies has conquered her insecurities to become a model .

This brave Hyena finally catches his pray among the thousands of flamingos, Lake Nakuru, Kenya - OUTNUMBERED among thousands of flamingos, this bold hyena is not put off from hunting for a morning snack .

A woman with a rare allergy to water has told how the condition is so severe it prevents her from KISSING her fiance .

Primed and ready for action, this collection of striking images from the battlefield could be mistaken for authentic photos taking during World War II .

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

An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .

This is the moment a puffin delved into the ocean and bit off more than he could chew to collect a beak full of fish .

A coroner stunned an inquest into a honeymooner who died abroad today by asking her husband if he was involved in her drugs death .