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.
AN ADORABLE one-eyed kitten has been dubbed the 'pirate cat' because of his pirate-like facial expressions .
Families in an Indian slum put their lives on the line by living on top of an ACTIVE railway track .
WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .
A cricket perches on an unusual seat after crawling up the snout of a crocodile .
A rare manuscript of one of Charlotte Bronte’s earliest poems went under the hammer today and fetched nearly £100,000 – double what it was expected to get .
THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .
STRETCHING his little legs in the air, a smiley leaf-tailed gecko breaks free from his old, scaly skin .
A TAXIDERMY truck spotted in America’s Deep South could be the most gruesome wagon on the road .
A DETERMINED great blue heron holds on tightly to its prey as the furry gopher attempts to wriggle free .
A little brown bear cub shows his doting mum that she is always on parent duty as he uses her as a scratching post .
STOLEN £2K BULLDOG REUNITED WITH FAMILY VIA TWITTER - A £2,000 bulldog puppy snatched from her home by burglars has been reunited with her family thanks to Twitter .