If you had to scrape the snow off your car this morning or slip-slide your way into work over icy pavements spare a thought for these little critters .

The UK's first hotline - and possibly the galaxy's - for people who have been targeted by aliens has opened to the public .

An adorable rescue dog who had her eyes gouged out by thugs in Romania has found a loving home in the UK .

An adorable young fallow deer peers over its shoulder and is greeted by a cheeky jackdaw crow sitting on its back .

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 .

A deranged dad beat his girlfriend so savagely in a vicious 30 minute attack that the indent of his sovereign ring was left on her face .

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

HMS Ark Royal arrives in the Turkish port of Aliaga at the ship scrapping firm Leyal’s yard .

Grandmother Janet Kirby was told she couldn't board her plane home after being accused of assault .

A CHEEKY snail fancies his chances at getting a free ride on a sunny afternoon .

With no luck at the front of the bus, the deer runs around the center seats trying to escape through the window – THIS is the astonishing moment a DEER crashed through the front windshield of a bus before it went hysterically running around the vehicle .

She was recently named Best Dressed Woman in a new list and is regarded as one of the most stylish women in the world .