A COUNCIL has come under fire for slapping fines on people’s GRAVESTONES for breaching petty regulations on pot plants. Disgusted mourners have arrived at their loved ones graves to find penalty notices insensitively stuck to the headstones, demanding money for having more than one pot plant. Several visitors to Alfreton Cemetery in Derbyshire were met with a letter from Amber Valley Borough Council stating they had to pay for a garden permit.
At least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .
FROM motorcycling to department store shopping these spookily faceless people are part of the Chinese-fad for wearing protective solar-visors in public .
LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
A diving guide leaves a shark completely docile and balanced in the palm of his hand .
More weather chaos is heading our way, with ice and snow already hitting areas across Birmingham .
Is your cat bored? Do his usual playthings simply not do it for him anymore? Not to worry - there's an app for that .
SWIMMING slowly towards the shore, a small group of bottlenose dolphins arrive for breakfast at a beach in Western Australia .
HIDDEN in the middle of the Mojave Desert, a secret oasis awaits intrepid travellers .
