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.
OFFERING a glimpse into the past, a mash-up of old and new photographs show how the world’s biggest cities have changed .
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An adorable little squirrel wakes from a nap and pops out his tongue for the camera .
An osprey soars through the air at 30 miles per hour before swooping down to catch its prey from a lake .
STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
A once bustling gold rush town in Mono County, California now stands completed deserted .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
FROM a HOLLYWOOD actress to the face of an innocent child, these are incredible drawings with an unlikely twist .
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