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.
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
Soldiers standing guard outside the Woolwich barracks in London - Two terror suspects are under armed guard in separate hospitals in London after a serving soldier was hacked to death in the street .
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .
A family of foster carers are facing bankruptcy and homelessness after they signed up to a Government scheme to renovate their house to be used for disabled children's short breaks .
FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .
BEHIND the doors of this building, with its stacks of mattresses and discarded remains of wheelchairs, lies another victim of austerity cuts .
THIS RING of fire in the sky is the annular solar eclipse that wowed our cousins down-under .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
CAUSING a splash, this determined kingfisher goes hunting for dinner .
From foster care to the MAGICAL world of cosplay, a young girl’s dreams become reality after being adopted by a photography loving couple .
This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .