A mother has spoken of her outrage after discovering her missing cat had been stolen - only to be told she cannot have its location due to the Data Protection Act .

A man who spent 30 minutes impaled on iron railings after attempting to scale an 8ft fence has told of his agonising ordeal - and how he suffered a similar mishap as a child .

Pouncing down on top of his twin brother, these two snow leopard cubs practice their kung-fu moves .

A baby girl has become the youngest British patient to receive a life-saving cardiac operation after her heart swelled to twice its normal size within days of her birth .

Housands of cushions handmade as gifts for Olympics athletes may go to waste after London 2012 KNITWITS stitched up volunteers by refusing to allow them to hand them out .

This is the moment a nimble red fox and a lumbering Alaskan brown bear were locked in a tense stand-off .

WITH A LITTLE cap of fresh snow resting on his head, this squirrel tries his best to pull off his new look .

BRAIDED, sculpted and beaded, these are the eye-catching hairstyles worn by the tribal women of Angola .

LYING flat out on his back, this little meerkat makes the most of the English sunshine .

NEVER mind being careful not to choke on your food, this mother bird has a bigger challenge on her hands, as her ravenous offspring impatiently launches its head down into her stomach .

A woman who left a fellow nightclubber needing plastic surgery after savagely biting her on the hand because she was hungry, has been spared prison .

A woman who was cruelly called ‘tumour girl’ by bullies has finally found love .