At 19st and eight months pregnant, Ashley Whitfield, went into hospital to have her baby son, Isaac, delivered by emergency C-section .

CONTRASTING settings reveal some of England’s most beautiful landscapes in all their glory .

WITH STUNNING colours and serene scenes, these photographs capture the otherworldly beauty of the English coast .

A hungry hippo is seconds away from catching a bird in its gigantic jaws .

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

PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .

NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .

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

THIS is the incredible moment a pelican throws a fish into the air and SLAM DUNKS it into its enormous throat sack .

Popping impressive moves despite high-wiring at three THOUSAND feet .

Swirling water and sand create amazing aerial images of river deltas across Iceland .

Surveying its surroundings, a tiny harvest mouse climbs the stem of a dandelion .