Sam Notaro built his own flood defences to protect his four-bedroom home in Moorland, Somerset Flooding is likely to get worse around Somerset as groundwater levels continue to rise .

Standing on the edge of a never-ending black hole, this is one leap you wouldn't want to make .

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

SPLASHING in the water and fighting in-between rocks, these energetic tigers enjoy their fun-filled morning .

A brave cricket takes his chances as he sits on top of this green papua tree frog .

STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .

AN anorexic woman whose heart stopped after she starved herself to 3st has revealed that ‘dying’ for a minute helped shock her into recovery .

A BUMPER season of births has left zoo with three of the cutest exotic kittens you're likely to see .

An Italian photographer travelled to northern India where he visited poverty stricken suburbs and captured ordinary people in a series of intimate and expressive portraits .

WITH THEIR adorable big round eyes and fluffy white fur, these baby seals are cute enough to melt any heart .

THESE LOVE BIRDS can’t keep their beaks off each other as they share a very public display of affection .

FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .