Marcus Hobbs with partner Amy Leach, Nigel Sligh and Hexxie the Burmese Python (Picture: SWNS)

A prominent Saint Petersburg-based Napoleon expert has confessed to murdering his young lover and former student and dismembering her body in a grisly crime that sent shock waves across Russia. Oleg Sokolov, a 63-year-old history lecturer who received France's Legion d'Honneur from Jacques Chirac in 2003, was arrested Saturday on suspicion of murder after he was hauled out of the icy Moika River with a backpack containing a woman's arms.

Professor Oleg Sokolov has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of Anastasia Yeschenko (Picture: east2west news; TASS/Getty)

NHS report has revealed an increase in the number of people taking Class A drug (Picture: Getty)

Students kick back and relax on a mat that reads ‘stay weird’ (Pictures: Ruptly)

They recount tales of Viking raids, Norse history, kings and gods: a priceless collection of mediaeval manuscripts, bequeathed by an Icelandic scholar to the University of Copenhagen in the 18th century, that Iceland now wants back. The UN cultural organisation UNESCO has called them "the single most important collection of early Scandinavian manuscripts in existence", with the earliest one dating from the 12th century.

The big birds are reportedly causing mayhem in the aptly named township of Toms River.

The bird is taking flowers left at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Australia’s national war memorial in Canberra and using them to build a colorful nest.

Rob Alleva gets bit or stung by a lot of dangerous animals on the new History Channel series "Kings of Pain."

Dr. Ralph Tran said each face fights to eat, so "most of the food just ends up in the middle eye and on her forehead." As a result, her forehead is now bald.