PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner. The adult barn swallow arrives and hovers in mid-air, with an insect hanging from its beak. The six-legged treat is then delivered directly into the young bird’s open mouth, with the mother bird still hovering above. Wildlife photographer Menno Schaefer, of Zaandam, Netherlands, captured the moment during a trip to an open field in Spaarnwoude, a village north of Amsterdam.
A woman with a rare condition that means she collapses every time she laughs fears she may have passed the rare illness onto her young son .
FIFTEEEN years after it was closed pictures by a British teacher show the calamity Hong Kong airport that was closed for being too dangerous .
A photographer has transformed women with alopecia into stunning sirens - showing that bald is beautiful .
TOMORROW (Saturday) marks the 28th anniversary of the nuclear disaster that left the city of Chernobyl devastated .
N evil mugger who battered a Birmingham old soldier and fled with just £40 has been jailed for nine years .
A world's first restaurant has opened in Canada, where having your order fall on deaf ears is a good thing .
FROM ICE bubbles to boiling lava, these photographs highlight the stunning shapes and patterns found in nature .
A woman who has suffered over 200 allergic reactions in seven years, has been crowned a BEAUTY QUEEN .
A gang whose £1-million supercar scam has echoes of the film Gone In Sixty Seconds has been jailed for a total of 12 years .
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 .
A schoolboy is the envy of his friends due to a one in 14-million condition which means he can only eat FRY-UPS to survive .
A Birmingham man inspired by sci-fi film Wall-E, has created a one- wheeled vehicle, controlled by signals from his BRAIN .