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.
BREATHING life back into old photographs, these black and white images are transformed by colour .
PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .
An elegant snowy owl spreads her wings and glides effortlessly above the snow covered field .
Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .
BURSTING colours of reds, pinks and purples give the illusion of a collection of stunning flowers .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
FLOATING effortlessly on his back, this little otter laps up a rare glimmer of English spring sunshine .
USUALLY full to bursting, these London Underground stations stand silent and completely commuter free .
AT 4,800 metres high and just three metres wide, this is the most dangerous road in the world .
BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .
ARM extended and head flung back, this little chipmunk performs a loose-limbed yoga move .
A panic stricken kitten that got her head stuck in a car tyre has been freed by quick thinking RSPCA staff .