N evil mugger who battered a Birmingham old soldier and fled with just £40 has been jailed for nine years .

A kingfisher’s bright blue and orange feathers glisten in the sunlight as the bird dives into a lake .

A young polar bear cub becomes the yogi bear as she stretches off for a morning aerobics session .

A reformed boozer, who spent nine months partying in Magaluf, has shed over 6 stone after ditching her ladette lifestyle to become a fitness fanatic .

A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .

Gabrielle Dale, 26, was subjected to seven years of coercive control and physical abuse at the hands of her violent boyfriend Sean Owen, 29 .

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

A teenage girl has grown back her entire face after being struck down by a rare skin disease .

LIKE A scene from A Bugs Life, these ants work on creating their own mini community .

An Italian photographer travelled to the highlands of New Guinea where he met an Indonesian tribe untouched by the modern world .

A teenager has beaten anorexia after becoming so ill that her mum planned her funeral .

UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .