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 .

As sunlight cascades through its vibrant stained glass windows, every inch of the Nasir-ol-Mulk Mosque bursts with colour .

A skydiver cheated death after plunging 13,000 feet without his parachute opening but survived after landing in a bog .

Gabrielle Dale, 26, was subjected to seven years of coercive control and physical abuse at the hands of her violent boyfriend Sean Owen, 29 .

BLOWING bubbles underwater, this adorable polar bear slides into his tank for a playful dip .

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

FOR TWO memory-impaired parents their new-born baby Cian is a living timekeeper .

MEET the little lion of suburbia with a mane that makes him look like a mini-king of the jungle .

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

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 .

DINING under the stars, this restaurant takes you back in time - inside an ancient cave .

A mum-of-two has splashed out £20k on her seven reborn dolls, but refuses to treat her real kids .