A man who conned tax officials out of £34 million and funded a lavish lifestyle of luxury hotels and restaurants has been jailed for one of the longest sentences in British criminal fraud history .

A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .

NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .

A woman has lost a massive 15st after beating her addiction to cheese .

A photographer has captured stunning photographs of the Milky Way above picturesque landscapes in the UK and Italy .

A six-year-old boy has been left almost blind after a one-in-a-million allergic reaction to antibiotics .

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 .

SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .

A mum has warned of the dangers of child eating disorders, after her 10-year-old daughter developed anorexia when school bullies branded her ‘FAT’ .

A man who developed anorexia as a teen has told that dying for 20 minutes helped shock him into recovery .

Villages on the Somerset Levels have faced weeks of flooding with no respite from the conditions in sight .

From squids to Star Wars, these flipping marvellous creations are pancake portraits .