HMS Ark Royal arrives in the Turkish port of Aliaga at the ship scrapping firm Leyal’s yard. The former flagship of the Royal Navy will now be turned into slabs of steel and sold by the Kilo. The 22,000 ton ship, which carried 22 aircraft and had a complement of 1,051, was retired five years ahead of schedule in 2011, a high-profile casualty of the government’s controversial defence cuts. Tears were shed when, after more than a quarter of a century of service, Britain’s most famous warship left Portsmouth last month and began her final solemn journey.The mighty aircraft carrier was sold to ship recycling firm Leyal for £2.9m, where it now faces the ultimate indignity of being taken apart like a scrapped second hand car.
Throwing a right hook as he launches onto his opponent with his gnarling teeth at the ready, this is the OTTER-LY ruthless showdown between two otters .
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
A mother-of-one has revealed how a neighbour’s friend ‘mauled’ her face, leaving her scarred for life .
DIVING down at a speed of 75mph, this is the moment a hungry osprey caught his prey .
HEARTWARMING belongings lie abandoned in this eerie former dairy farm which has been left to crumble away for decades .
A six-year-old boy has been left almost blind after a one-in-a-million allergic reaction to antibiotics .
A young girl has been forced to stay indoors this winter because a rare allergy to the cold could kill her .
FULL OF STUNNING colours and swirling shapes, the furrows on these fields create a mix of mesmerising patterns .
A host of websites that are almost twenty years old are collecting a cult following thanks to their retro appeal .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .