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.
THIS is the fascinating abandoned house, complete with mystery portraits and homely items, that has been dubbed - crooked cottage .
A BROWN bear wades through waters in Alaska and waits for his lunch .
THIS BIGFOOT 'Jesus bird' may look silly, but he's perfectly designed for walking on water .
Walking down the street in her local town, heads turn as Jessica Villafane passes by .
A mother-of-three who weighed almost 16st has revealed how she lost 7 .
Britons have finally received some good news about the weather with temperatures expected to reach 30 degrees this weekend .
football club has scored an own goal after it had to embarrassingly rename its stadium in honour of the DEVIL .
A woman who was addicted to eating curries has shed an impressive 8st after giving up her favourite food .
A widow whose love rat ex-boyfriend left her homeless has had the last laugh after a judge ordered her ex to pay back £300,000 .
A baby who was given just a three per cent chance of survival at birth has beaten the odds to come home - even though docs told his parents to abort him 12 times .
A six-year-old boy has been left almost blind after a one-in-a-million allergic reaction to antibiotics .
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 .