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 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 .
PUSHING the diver out of his way, this little sea turtle shows he’s not in the mood for photographs .
IN a galaxy far, far away, this collection of stunning interstellar formations will leave you STARSTRUCK .
WITHOUT a care in the world, this little chimpanzee shows off her gymnastic skills as she swings around her enclosure .
These are the amazing close up pictures of North Korea's mass games - after photographers were previously banned from taking shots so close to the dazzling formation dances .
A trio of ants are locked in a tug of war over a fly as they pull the bug by its legs .
NOT YOUR everyday selfie, this plucky diver poses with some of the scariest predators in the ocean .
SWIMMING in unison, millions of silverside fish dwarf the divers .
LIKE A living balloon this baitball of sardines is ready to burst when threatened by a pointy nosed sailfish .
A northern potoo shows it is a master of disguise as it perches on a tree stump and blends into the bark .
WITH his spiked ears and yellow and blue body, a colourful monkey bears an uncanny resemblance to Marvel Comics’ Wolverine .
A BAMBI was dramatically caught in mid-air by a greedy Nile crocodile in a once-in-a-million flying pincer move .