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.
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
A cheeky chipmunk offers some of his spare food, before deciding against the idea and shoving the extra peanut into his already crammed mouth .
A photographer has transformed women with alopecia into stunning sirens - showing that bald is beautiful .
NEW DELHI, A woman activist of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party crosses a police barricade near the residence of ruling Congress party chief Sonia Gandhi during a protest against the recent rape of a five-year-old girl in New Delhi, India, April 21, 2013 .
A stunning ice cave in Iceland is illuminated by sunlight as the bright blue ice appears glow inside .
A brave leopard kicks back and relaxes in the sunshine - just inches from an enormous crocodile .
A woman left disfigured and traumatised by an addiction to lip filler injections has issued a warning to others searching for the perfect pout after the plastic chemicals nearly killed her .
A British diver has set a new world record for the longest warm water scuba dive by spending a mammoth 49 hours and 56 minutes under water .
SQUABBLING over the last piece of grain, these hungry squirrels are determined to stock up on as much food as possible .
A grandmother has told how she has been unable to feel emotion for the last 12 years thanks to heart drugs she had to take in order to survive .