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 moment one irritated pelican nearly swallows the entire head of his unlucky competitor .
In April 2018, Lourdes Cuello, 50, from New Jersey, US, was making a cup of tea when her hair and hoodie caught fire on her gas stove .
A woman brutally beaten in a revenge attack has slammed the soft sentence handed to her assailant .
A couple celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary last week and have received a special card from newly crowned King Charles and Queen Camilla .
Peering curiously into a basket hanging off the arms of a snowman, this little squirrel appears fascinated by the snowy figure .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
Exibiting their superhuman strength these ants look ready to create an art attack by lifting pencils several thousand times their own weight .
Most people bend over backwards to keep children entertained, but this baboon show us how it’s done .
When couples talk about wanting a white wedding, few will be referring to getting hitched on a glacier sat on top of an active volcano .