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

A photographer has captured spellbinding images of stars swirling above the English countryside .

Heart pounding, Rebecca Cain jumped as a car door slammed on the street outside .

HEARTWARMING belongings lie abandoned in this eerie former dairy farm which has been left to crumble away for decades .

A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state .

A woman has shed half her body weight after undergoing a gastric sleeve op to shrink her stomach .

OPEN mouthed and wide eyed this little squirrel appears startled .

Southern England, the south-west and west Wales have been warned to expect more wild weather, with heavy rain and high tides possibly leading to coastal flooding and travel disruption over the weekend .

FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .

A care worker who broke her spine after jumping from a window to escape a sex attack at the hands of a resident has called for tougher safety measures to protect care staff .

SAT with his arms folded and a cross look on his face, this Gorilla looks like he's had enough of the Christmas holidays already .

Two people have been arrested after a man and woman were shot dead at a house in the Midlands in the early hours of this morning .