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 the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .

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 .

A talented 16st pole dancer who was once dubbed a 'disgusting human form' by online trolls is fighting back to show her bullies that big is beautiful .

Made up of 40,000 pieces, putting in over 200 hours of work and blunting endless blades, this is the final result for the world’s largest jigsaw, finally finished on Wednesday .

With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .

THIS incredible shimmer of silver fish mirrors the image of that of an underwater tornado .

FROM THE world famous Girl with a Pearl Earring painting to a jaguar in the grass, these incredible drawings are created from coloured ballpoint pens .

A mum-of-two has splashed out £20k on her seven reborn dolls, but refuses to treat her real kids .

FOR most restaurateurs, the phrase ‘the customer is always right’ is gospel .

With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .

A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .