Angry hippos! Two beasts lock jaws as they fight for more than an hour in Botswana 

Graphic photos show two enormous hippos engaged in a bloody battle for territory. The brawl took place in the Okavango Delta in Botswana earlier this year, as the hippos fought for territory, with space in waterways – decimated by a huge drought last year – at a premium.  The startling shots show the two bloody … Read more

The Jaws of death: Close-ups of a great white shark show why it isn’t safe to go back in the water

Breath-taking snaps, taken off the coast of South Africa, show a great white gnashing away at the bars of an underwater cave; a humongous shark showing off its dazzling, razor-sharp teeth directly in front of a startled photographer; and the chilling smile of the ocean’s most lethal killer. The images were shot by British photographer … Read more

DOMINIC LAWSON: Jaws and freedom loving Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson looks shattered. The bags under his eyes have bags of their own. This is unsurprising: he is where the buck stops in dealing with a public health crisis on a scale not seen in this country for generations. There is an additional reason, I suspect, for his mental turmoil. Inexorably, pressure is increasing … Read more

JOHN HUMPHRYS: If Boris Johnson wants to copy his hero from Jaws he’ll need to be a lot braver 

A cabinet minister was interviewed on Today this week. Big deal. Isn’t that what the programme has been doing for about 60 years? Indeed it is — but not for the past three months. There’s been a government boycott of serious programmes and Boris Johnson has not appeared on Today since the election. He’s ordered … Read more