From the crisp, snow clad mountains to vivid bright blue rivers, these breath-taking photographs capture the incredible beauty of various landscapes across France and Italy .

Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .

A PENSIONER was left with a fractured jaw after being beaten and robbed outside his home in Birmingham last weekend .

While the various controversies rumble on regarding transport, security issues and overly-officious copyright enforcement, a couple of designers is saying what we're all thinking about the Olympics - and putting it on bags .

WITH HIS PAW covering his mouth, this cheeky cub looks amused by something .

SAILING peacefully across a river in the early morning light, a fisherman in China keeps a 1000 year old tradition alive .

A weightlifter has lost a whopping 12st after swapping biscuits for biceps .

WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .

Daniel Blore, 21, of Innage Crescent, Bridgnorth, stabbed his mother three times in the attack on January 11 this year, Stafford Crown Court heard .

Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .

Meet the dog-loving woman who spends £20k a year looking after her 30 pet PUGS .

STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .