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 DANGER-mad female pensioner could be the oldest Brit to cage dive with CROCODILES .
AN ITALIAN mechanic has created the world’s most ferocious mini-car .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
An American woman whose skin turned silver after using nose drops is warning people of the dangers of medicines containing the metal .
PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
An intrepid photographer travelled to the abandoned ghost town of Bodie in northern California to capture the historic buildings that are trapped in time .
Meet the real-life Little Bo Peep - a young woman who spends her days tending to her four pet SHEEP .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
HOTSPOT MEDIA - MILEY MASH-UP: MILEY CYRUS’ naked wrecking ball vid has been lampooned in this side-spitting photo-mashup .
The UK's first hotline - and possibly the galaxy's - for people who have been targeted by aliens has opened to the public .
SURROUNDED by tens of thousands of fish, this outnumbered diver is dwarfed by a mass of sea life .