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 .

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

Raising his arms above his head and lying flat on his back, a polar bear stretches as he sprawls out across the ice .

Meet the world's most lifelike Disney princess - a 21-year-old man from California .

Most women would jump at the chance to put on some lipstick, sling on a pair of heels and head out for a romantic meal with their other half .

When Louise Steen walked down the aisle, she imagined a perfect future with her older hubby – but her life would soon become a living hell .

Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .

AN ADORABLE one-eyed kitten has been dubbed the 'pirate cat' because of his pirate-like facial expressions .

Pint- size Maci Winters only has one wish this Christmas - to be as tall as the other boys and girls on the school playground .

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

An aerial view of flooding in Gloucestershire .

Leaping out of the ocean, a group of gentoo penguins fly through the air before landing safely on an iceberg .