Blonde teen Jess Stubbs has certainly got girl power - as Britain’s youngest TRUCKER. The 18-year-old from Wetton, Derbyshire spends her days behind the wheel of her enormous 44 tonne HGV lorry, transporting goods across the country.The Road Haulage Association have confirmed Jess is the youngest female trucker in the UK. Arnold Monk, head of training, said: “She is the youngest commercial, female truck driver in the UK. 18 is the minimum age that anyone can take a truck driving test.
With luminous colours and alien- like features, these magical mushrooms look like they belong on another planet .
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TRYING their best to wriggle away, three adorable tiger cubs receive their health checks at Chester Zoo .
What lies beneath this building site? Britain's great hope of winning the pre-WW2 arms race against Nazi Germany .
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These are the faces of orphans suffering from the horrifying effects of chemical warfare .
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PERCHING on top of a gate, this young barn swallow waits patiently for his mum to return with dinner .
Kevin Silva, 52 from Indiana in the USA, has spent an estimated £65K ($100K) on Batman trinkets over the years, and even keeps his 2,500-item haul in his very own basement 'Bat Cave' .
SOARING through the air, a hungry white-tailed kite prepares to snatch a vole from his mother’s claws .
Balanced on one leg, a frog assumes the crane kick martial arts stance made famous in the movie The Karate Kid .
