A group of shelter dogs showcase their loveable personalities in a series of passport-style photographs - in the hope of finding their forever homes .

SURROUNDED by a snowstorm, these young polar bears battle the elements - as well as each other .

A woman with a rare condition that means she collapses every time she laughs fears she may have passed the rare illness onto her young son .

ROLLING across a 65-metre-high viaduct in the Alps, the red carriages of the Bernina Express add a splash of colour to the spectacular snow-covered Swiss surroundings .

A mum-of-two, who was scarred for life in a brutal attack at the hands of her ex-boyfriend, is now urging others to leave their abusive partners .

HOTSPOT MEDIA - MILEY MASH-UP: MILEY CYRUS’ naked wrecking ball vid has been lampooned in this side-spitting photo-mashup .

HUNDREDS of colour coordinated yarns lie abandoned in this once thriving textile mill .

The mother of a young woman stabbed 26 times by her ex-partner for having a secret abortion has told how her daughter was cruelly betrayed by her own social worker .

HOTSPOT MEDIA - WAVE-ING GOODBYE TO RUSH HOUR: WHILE most workers endure commuting chaos by road or rail everyday, one entrepreneur has come up with a novel way to get to the office - by KAYAK .

EAGERLY BITING his nails, this little squirrel is clearly nervous of looming predators as he searches for his meal .

CREATED over 60 years ago, this weighty machine was the Photoshop of its time .

Splashing around in the water, a mother otter and her son are tangled in a family feud .