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.
From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .
In 2021, Anneka Watkinson, now 37, from Lancashire, met Chris, now 40 .
Giancarlo pictured at home during his recovery, wearing his compression garments - A mother-of-three has revealed how her 10-month-old son was severely burnt at nursery .
WELCOME to the real Frankenstein's lab where carefully pickled creatures are left to stew in jars .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - FUNKY BUMP: FROM MIRROR bellies to rainbow bumps these pregnancy casts of stone and bronze could be the funkiest way to preserve your bump for posterity .
A ROAD KILL munching Scot has chewed on everything from a dead squirrel to an unlucky crow – all in the name of art .
HUDDLED together in the hollow of a tree, it would be easy to overlook these two sleepy owls as they blend into the trunk .
Working at a height of 36,000ft, pilots may have the best view in the world .
Those with a fear of flying and a ticket to Lukla Airport will want to look away now .