From the crisp, snow clad mountains to vivid bright blue rivers, these breath-taking photographs capture the incredible beauty of various landscapes across France and Italy .

A floating market in Indonesia is bursting with vibrant colours as wooden rowing boats loaded with fruit and vegetables crowd the river .

A quiet Himalayan mountain village springs to life for a colourful Buddhist festival designed to expel evil spirits and bring happiness .

A mother has spoken of her outrage after discovering her missing cat had been stolen - only to be told she cannot have its location due to the Data Protection Act .

A middle-aged couple from Somerset have developed a rather unusual hobby to occupy their time: writing to killers on death row .

WRAPPED up in classy headscarves, these adorable pooches are the picture of sophistication .

A proud stag attempts to impress the females by donning an enormous fern headdress in London's Bushy Park .

A former takeaway addict, who once weighed 20st, has lost over 8st in a bid to ditch her ‘fat sister’ tag .

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 .

ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .

A mother-of-one has told how she nearly died after contracting toxic shock syndrome from a tampon .

Enjoying life’s little pleasures is something that many struggle to do .