STAR-TI-LING: 40,000 STARLINGS MIMIC HITCHCOCK'S THE BIRDS- This could be the fearsome scene from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds as a flock of 40,000 starlings bask in the heat of a wonderful British sunset .

Oscar Pistorius entered a courtroom Monday for the start of his murder trial, walking past the victim's mother who says she came to court so she can ‘really look him in the eyes .

A group of otters put on a show of aqua aerobics, as they raise their flippers perfectly in sync .

An artist has transformed traditional Thanksgiving dinners into mini-masterpieces .

Struggling home entertainment chain Blockbuster has been slammed for advertising its workers' jobs while they are still in them in order to scare them into working harder .

Exploding out of the water, a great white shark performs a backflip during a hunt for seals .

STARING open-mouthed into the camera, this shocked fish looks out of place in the middle of its angry friends .

ROLLING around in the snow, these young brown bears take a break from their play fight to share a tender hug with one another .

A Romanian woman is celebrating her new job as a knife-thrower’s assistant after leaving her family behind to move to the UK .

A diving mad couple have finally taken the plunge, having tied the knot 30ft underwater .

THESE kaleidoscopic-like photographs capture England’s churches and cathedrals in all their glory .

A disabled sheep is enjoying a new fleece of life after receiving a specially-designed wheelchair .