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

THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .

AT first glance these images could easily be mistaken for photographs, but they are in-fact real life drawings created using nothing but coloured pencils .

Andrea Kubinova, 30, from London, became great friends with serial killer and necrophiliac, Dennis Nilsen .

The lighthouses of Brittany, from Brest to Le Conquet, stand tall on France’s north-western coast against stunning scenery .

THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .

A woman has revealed how she almost died after she developed sepsis from a cold .

THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .

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 .

SPLASHING around in a paddling pool, this little elephant soaks up the sunshine .

She was recently named Best Dressed Woman in a new list and is regarded as one of the most stylish women in the world .

A six-year-old boy has been left almost blind after a one-in-a-million allergic reaction to antibiotics .