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 .

From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .

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 .

Two people have been arrested after a man and woman were shot dead at a house in the Midlands in the early hours of this morning .

JUMPING and bouncing off one another, these young cheetahs enjoy some harmless fun .

WELCOME to all that remains of Britain's once state-of-the-art military hospital where plastic surgery was pioneered for injured WW1 troops who survived the SOMME .

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

HUDDLED together on a branch, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls soak up the sun .

A SPECTACULAR array of stars fills the night sky as they soar over this active volcano .

With a dust covered coat hung from a wardrobe door and a pair of glasses left on a shelf, a remote farmhouse lies abandoned in the Welsh countryside .

SOARING through the air, this is the moment a hungry tawny owl arrives home with dinner .

STOOD side by side next to a busy road, these buildings were once bustling with life .