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

STANDING on its hind legs, a nosey polar bear presses its paws against the window of a truck and takes a peek at the tourist inside .

FROM COLOURFUL autumn leaves to living trees at first glance you might miss these people blended with nature .

A man has made a SPUD-TACULAR amount of money sending potatoes in the post .

Forget One Direction and Cheryl Cole, a new calendar is celebrating Britain's real heroes - the nation's most inspiring mums .

Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .

A feisty squirrel takes on a fearsome foe when he decides to tackle a T-REX .

With blue waves tumbling over them, these surfers glide underneath a tunnel of water .

A former size 30 comfort-eater ditched her husband and lost over 10st after he called her a 'fat cow' .

A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .

A former cosmetic rep who swapped make-up for a career as a Marilyn Monroe lookalike has pocketed a staggering $4million (£2,630,000) as a full-time doppelgänger .

A former soldier who bravely took on penny-pinching NHS bosses in his fight against terminal cancer has died, aged 37 .