WE’RE all familiar with the heart-wrenching pictures of dogs abandoned in animal shelters, but one photographer has found an innovative way of showcasing the pooch’s personality .

WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .

A deranged dad beat his girlfriend so savagely in a vicious 30 minute attack that the indent of his sovereign ring was left on her face .

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

A brave praying mantis makes an unusual friend in an Oriental garden lizard .

Meet mother of four, Jackie Wright, whose bizarre fear means she is terrified of HOLES .

A shoe designer from London has spent a whopping £30,000 on Hello Kitty memorabilia .

A woman who left a fellow nightclubber needing plastic surgery after savagely biting her on the hand because she was hungry, has been spared prison .

A mother has spoken of her outrage after discovering her missing cat had been stolen - only to be told she cannot have its location due to the Data Protection Act .

A miracle baby has overcome a one-in-five-million brain condition – after a blob of glue saved his life .

A young woman has told how she has been robbed of her fertility and now faces an uncertain future after she was diagnosed with cervical cancer at the age of just 22 .

YOU’VE heard of the northern lights now feast your eyes on the natural wonder of the SOUTHERN lights .