Playing, splashing and generally messing around, these polar bears show they certainly have a soft spot for the water, and not just each other .

ROLLING up snow in its tiny paws, this little squirrel is looking for a snowball fight .

A university graduate who was obsessed with achieving a thigh gap has told how she shrunk to just 6st after developing anorexia athletica .

CAMPED out in the middle of a forest, these unusual hut hotels take you back to basics .

LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .

A woman with a rare allergy to water has told how the condition is so severe it prevents her from KISSING her fiance .

RACING through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles .

Those with a fear of flying and a ticket to Lukla Airport will want to look away now .

A photographer has travelled the length of the UK capturing lighthouses and their picturesque surroundings .

Marina Afonina, now 51, from Northampton, met Ioan Budea in 2006 .

T least three people have been killed and more than 100 injured, some seriously, in two explosions at the finish line of the Boston Marathon .

CLINGING onto nothing but ice, this brave climber reaches heights of 1000 FEET as he scales frozen solid waterfalls .