CEMETERY FINES

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.

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UNUSUAL ANIMAL FRIENDSHIP

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TRIG-OF -THE- EYE STREET ART

At first glance what might look like ordinary rusty bridge and road railings, are in fact amazing works of art .

ABANDONED TEXTILE MILL

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THE JUMP

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SPLASHING KINGFISHER

CAUSING a splash, this determined kingfisher goes hunting for dinner .

FIREFLIES ILLUMINATE AN ENCHANTING FOREST IN TAIWAN

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Armed with a snorkel, flippers and her skimpy bikini, an intrepid female free diver swims alongside an array of reef sharks .

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AMAZINGLY DETAILED PENCIL SCULPTURES

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