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.
FROM COLOURFUL autumn leaves to living trees at first glance you might miss these people blended with nature .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
Throwing a right hook as he launches onto his opponent with his gnarling teeth at the ready, this is the OTTER-LY ruthless showdown between two otters .
A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .
SEA LIFE and greenery in one shot show nature at its very best .
PERCHED on a branch, this Little Owl plays third wheel to two love birds .
GLAMPING is taken to a whole new level in the form of the luxurious Pop-Up Hotel .
A chipmunk, with his cheeks full to bursting, has no intention of leaving with an empty stomach .
CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .
A grey whale and her calf greet an audience of awestruck admirers on the Pacific coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico .
A cheeky gorilla sticks her tongue out and plays up for the camera at Bronx Zoo .
An Italian photographer travelled to Chile where he visited several star-gazing sites, home to some of the world's most advanced telescopes, located in the spectacular setting of the Atacama desert .