STARING intently into the camera, a polar bear appears to be lost in thought while relaxing in the snow .

SNUGGLING up against their teddy bears, these baby sloths could easily be mistaken for one of the cuddly toys .

Fetching a tiny carrot and a head-shaped snowball, a red squirrel builds the perfect snowman .

FORGET Thorpe Park this summer as this is a 50 mile-per-hour ride over the Colorado River CANYON .

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 .

A British diver has set a new world record for the longest warm water scuba dive by spending a mammoth 49 hours and 56 minutes under water .

OFFERING a glimpse into the past, a mash-up of old and new photographs show how the world’s biggest cities have changed .

WELCOME to the pretty 122-inch-tall red dwelling that lays claim to the title of the UK's smallest house .

A young woman has told how she has been robbed of her fertility and now faces an uncertain future after she was diagnosed with cervical cancer at the age of just 22 .

A bear cub unwinds in a forest in eastern Finland by practicing yoga with a series of stretches .

CCTV stills of the sickening attack .

Peering curiously into a basket hanging off the arms of a snowman, this little squirrel appears fascinated by the snowy figure .