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 .

Kevin Silva, 52 from Indiana in the USA, has spent an estimated £65K ($100K) on Batman trinkets over the years, and even keeps his 2,500-item haul in his very own basement 'Bat Cave' .

WELCOME to the real Frankenstein's lab where carefully pickled creatures are left to stew in jars .

A diabetic who was addicted to energy drinks has lost 8st after doctors warned her habit was blinding her .

SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .

An adorable red squirrel says goodbye to the summer as he shelters from the rain underneath a small blue umbrella .

A middle spotted woodpecker swoops into her nest and feeds her young in a forest in Trentino, Italy .

A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .

Sarah Gould, before weight loss Mum told "get down the gym fatty" -A 20 stone woman who was told "get down the gym fatty" on a night out has shed a third of her weight in time for her dream wedding .

A transgender woman has beaten the bullies after spending £25K on surgery to become a beauty pageant queen .

A COUNCIL has come under fire for slapping fines on people’s GRAVESTONES for breaching petty regulations on pot plants .

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 .