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.
A Canadian couple celebrated their engagement by recreating iconic moments from the film The Notebook .
THIS is the moment one irritated pelican nearly swallows the entire head of his unlucky competitor .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .
BLOWING bubbles underwater, this adorable polar bear slides into his tank for a playful dip .
A diver explores the crystal clear waters of the Silfra canyon in southern Iceland, which is the only place on Earth where you can dive or snorkel between two continental plates .
Some will get up close and personal with Mother Nature’s deadliest animals to get the perfect shot, posing the question, what lengths will a photographer go to for that all important picture? But in this case, the question should be what depths .
A photographer from the United Arab Emirates travelled to Pakistan where he captured the lives of local people in a series of expressive portraits .
Pic By HotSpot Media - PARROT RIDES ON THE TUBE - THIS pretty boy could be forgiven for forgetting his Oyst-aaarrrgh-card .
A terrified moose, trapped in a frozen lake, bobs her head above the icey water and awaits her rescue .