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.
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
FLEXING his muscles and staring straight at his opponent, this bodybuilding squirrel is the nuts .
Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .
A BEAUTIFUL sight for the eyes and the imagination, these liquid sculptures take shape in many different colours and formations .
With the full moon looming behind him, this polar bear nestles down for the night .
SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .
ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .
This brave Hyena finally catches his pray among the thousands of flamingos, Lake Nakuru, Kenya - OUTNUMBERED among thousands of flamingos, this bold hyena is not put off from hunting for a morning snack .
The claws come out at meal time as a group of white tailed eagles brawl over road-kill .
Sitting all alone on drift ice in the Arctic Ocean, this lonely little fella looks lost .
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 .