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

THIS cheeky gorilla tries his best to wriggle free from his mum .

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 .

SNOWBOARDING in your £2,000 wedding dress sounds like a nightmare for most brides .

Villages on the Somerset Levels have faced weeks of flooding with no respite from the conditions in sight .

These adorable pictures show the moment two cuddly red panda cubs take their first look at the outside world and are weighed for the very first time .

A soldier who lost both legs and an arm in Afghanistan has found love with a blonde bombshell he met through his newfound passion for rally driving .

A GLOWING range of greens and blues sweep across the sky in a spectacular display of light .

BASKING in smug satisfaction, a confident squirrel gives a wink to the camera .

HUDDLING under a leaf, a pair of adorable Javan scops owls take shelter from the rain .

SWOOPING down from the sky, this agitated eagle is looking for a fight .

This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .