N evil mugger who battered a Birmingham old soldier and fled with just £40 has been jailed for nine years. Frail Bill Hopkins, 79, suffered a broken jaw in the cowardly attack outside his home last November. Mugger Richard Christie , 48, pounced on the pensioner from behind, repeatedly punching and kicking him in the head. He ran off with the OAP's wallet - which contained the cash, bank cards and a card from his late wife's memorial service.
These images of vintage cars, bikes and vans, pictured all over the world, could easily have come from a globetrotting petrol-head’s photo album .
Tina O’Brien, 54, from East Midlands, met Frederick Allchorne, now 62, when she was 15 .
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
A carefree bear cub reclines in the water with his feet raised in the air .
WITH A wide smile plastered across his face, this little gecko is ready for his close up .
A dog whose forehead skin was so heavy that he was going blind has finally seen his owner again after undergoing a £1K FACELIFT .
T least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
A GLAMOUR model who has spent £22K on cosmetic procedures is hoping that a revolutionary new treatment to give her a designer vagina will end her quest for perfection .
AN Irish woman has become the first adult in the world to receive a revolutionary REMOTE CONTROLLED 'ROBO SPINE', which uses magnets to combat the effects of scoliosis .
These adorable pictures show the moment two cuddly red panda cubs take their first look at the outside world and are weighed for the very first time .