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 .

With the vivid red smoke billowing into the sky amid the misty sand dunes, these are the blissful views provided at the break of dawn at a volcano .

Sophie Carr, 23, from Swindon, was just six when her older brother Alex, then 12, abused her during a game of mummies and daddies .

THE THOUGHT OF BECOMING shipwrecked on a remote destination would fill most holidaymakers with dread .

From vivid greens to glowing pinks, the colours of the aurora borealis fill the night sky above a snow covered Lapland .

Here's a collection of art for the DIGIT-AL age as these fascinating illusions of landmarks, places and even a banana are made using just a pair of hands .

CHUCKLING away, this little seal appears to find something hilarious .

MAKING himself at home, this little snail perches happily on top of this frog's head .

A shoe designer from London has spent a whopping £30,000 on Hello Kitty memorabilia .

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

WELCOME to all that remains of Britain's once state-of-the-art military hospital where plastic surgery was pioneered for injured WW1 troops who survived the SOMME .

UNDERWATER and above-water seaside shots show the best of British beach-life .