FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters. The art works entitled 'Houndton Tabby', were designed by illustrator and artist Kim Parkhurst, 39, after she combined her love of drawing and Downton Abbey. 'I've been painting portraits of animals in historical costume for some time,” explains New Yorker Kim. “I've taken some familiar and beloved characters whose demeanour, personality, and appearance seemed to translate to certain breeds of dog or cat. 'I got to thinking about Mr Bates' character and storyline, and Brendan Coyle's facial structure, and how he could look hard but also had the warmest, kindest eyes.
TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
Beautiful turquoise waves rise and fall in a series of stunning images taken along the coastline of south-eastern Australia .
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FISTS fly as two gorillas take each other on in a dramatic battle .
HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .
A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .
A striped marlin means business as it spots lunch and spears a small fish .
AN ITALIAN mechanic has created the world’s most ferocious mini-car .
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 .
SOARING at 112 miles per hour through the air, this petite blonde certainly lives up to her title as the fastest flying woman in the world .