FROM MRS Patmore to Lady Sybil, these barking mad illustrations show the WOOF-er side of some of our most loved Downton characters .

Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .

When mum-of-three Becky Tully was told she couldn’t have any more children due to health reasons, she refused to give up on having the little girl she had always wanted .

From vibrant blues to dazzling oranges, these eye catching hummingbirds proudly show off their impressive colours .

A woman has spent over £11k to get the perfect body after a 9st weight loss left her with excess skin .

N evil mugger who battered a Birmingham old soldier and fled with just £40 has been jailed for nine years .

A trout manages to escape the jaws of a hungry cormorant - only to find itself back inside the bird's long beak .

IN THE not so MISTY MOUNTAINS of Wiltshire, there lies an abandoned hobbit house .

ONCE A doctor’s surgery, family home and office, an array of medical equipment is scattered throughout this abandoned home .

BALANCING 30 metres above ground, these slackliners take the expression of living dangerously one step further, by tightrope walking NAKED .

From a floating jelly fish to a relaxed seal, Britain’s unappreciated beach life is captured above and below the water .

HEART-MELTING shots of a French bulldog and a ten-month-old French baby could be the cutest you’re likely to see .