HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .

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

Pic By HotSpot Media - PARROT RIDES ON THE TUBE - THIS pretty boy could be forgiven for forgetting his Oyst-aaarrrgh-card .

USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .

THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .

A coroner stunned an inquest into a honeymooner who died abroad today by asking her husband if he was involved in her drugs death .

WONDERS of the world have been transformed into their mini-versions in a seven-year round the world adventure .

MEET the real life sleeping beauty - who snoozed for TWO months when a rare sleep disorder took over her life and turned it into a nightmare .

PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .

A British jewellery designer with a passion for London's iconic Gherkin has created a pen with an INK-REDIBLE price tag of £27,500 .

PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .

PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .