Lying angelically with a range of expressions etched on their tiny faces, little bundles of joy are innocently captured in their first few days in these adorable photographs .

FINALLY catching a meal, a pair of great white egrets fight over their dinner .

A lazy otter finds the ideal spot to soak up the sun and sleep off his lunch .

A mum-of-two has revealed how her childhood friend of 20 years attacked her with a cosh and broke her nose in a vicious attack .

PRANKSTER Dom Joly was so livid when he was slapped with a parking ticket that he took to Twitter to vent his anger – only to discover he was the victim of his own gag! The comic got a taste of his own medicine when he was tricked by a fellow joker for the first time in a decade .

A woman has revealed how she left her husband of 24 years, after falling in love with a man, 18 years her junior .

THIS is the EXPLOSIVE moment when a 50 metre high pylon came crashing down to earth in a rural field .

PICKING up a tiny tea-pot with its paws, a little red squirrel struggles to prepare its morning tea .

A BLIND man was battered with a brick in a sickening attack by two thugs .

A 23st woman who was left humiliated after breaking a TOILET SEAT has lost an incredible 11st .

Forget One Direction and Cheryl Cole, a new calendar is celebrating Britain's real heroes - the nation's most inspiring mums .

Brave Amy, 18, has waived her anonymity to tell how she jailed rapist Philip Sims-Neighbour, 37, of Hylton Road, Worcester .