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 .

PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .

GETTING behind the camera, this monkey practices his photography skills on his friends .

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

IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .

WITH THEIR adorable big round eyes and fluffy white fur, these baby seals are cute enough to melt any heart .

A dog was SOW close to death after she dangerously swallowed a two-inch NEEDLE-Cute Shih Tzu Daisy could have pierced her intestines after eating the long needle and thread after finding it on the carpet .

Here's a APPY solution that should brighten up a wet weekend away camping - a wood powered stove that also recharges your smartphone .

THEIR gnarling teeth at the ready, these two baboons fight it out for the last piece of fruit .

FOR most people, spending a night locked up in a cell would be undesirable .

THE TOWERING Irish cliffs of Moher stand tall over the rippling Atlantic Ocean .

A woman has celebrated the end of her marriage to her unfaithful husband by throwing herself a DIVORCE PARTY .