A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .

WITH THEIR adorable big round eyes and fluffy white fur, these baby seals are cute enough to melt any heart .

FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .

A "supermoon" rises this weekend .

A photographer has transformed women with alopecia into stunning sirens - showing that bald is beautiful .

These photographs of extreme weather capture storms furiously rolling across the sky above America .

A soldier who lost both legs and an arm in Afghanistan has found love with a blonde bombshell he met through his newfound passion for rally driving .

A project to create an underwater tribute to the stone Moai statues of Easter Island ended in disaster when 15 replica structures were destroyed after toppling from a boat and into the sea .

Bathers on a New Zealand beach stripped naked and took to the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to shatter the record for the world's largest skinny dip .

As sunlight cascades through its vibrant stained glass windows, every inch of the Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque bursts with colour .

LYING back in the snow, these two polar bears share a cuddle as they call time out on playtime .

A teenager has beaten anorexia after becoming so ill that her mum planned her funeral .